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Decision No 1/2019 of the EU-Japan Working Group on Wine of 1 February 2019 on the forms to be used for certificates for the import of wine products originating in Japan into the European Union and the modalities concerning self-certification [2019/224]

OJ L 35, 7.2.2019, p. 36–42 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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7.2.2019   

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 35/36


DECISION No 1/2019 OF THE EU-JAPAN WORKING GROUP ON WINE

of 1 February 2019

on the forms to be used for certificates for the import of wine products originating in Japan into the European Union and the modalities concerning self-certification [2019/224]

THE WORKING GROUP ON WINE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership, and in particular Articles 2.28 and 2.35 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership (‘the Agreement’) enters into force on 1 February 2019.

(2)

Article 22.4 of the Agreement establishes a Working Group on Wine, which, inter alia, is responsible for the effective implementation and operation of Section C of Chapter 2 and Annex 2-E of the Agreement.

(3)

Pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 2.28 of the Agreement, a certificate authenticated in conformity with the laws and regulations of Japan, including a self-certificate established by a producer authorised by the competent authority of Japan, suffices as documentation serving as evidence that the requirements for the importation and sale in the European Union of wine products originating in Japan referred to in Article 2.25, 2.26 or 2.27 of the Agreement have been fulfilled.

(4)

Pursuant to subparagraph 2(a) of Article 2.28 of the Agreement, the forms to be used for certificates and the information to be provided on the certificates are to be adopted by decision of the Working Group on Wine established pursuant to Article 22.4 of the Agreement.

(5)

Pursuant to subparagraph 2(a) of Article 2.35 of the Agreement, the modalities concerning self-certification are to be adopted by the Working Group on Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.   The form to be used for certificates authenticated in conformity with the laws and regulations of Japan is set out in Annex I to this Decision.

2.   The form to be used for self-certificates established by producers authorised by the competent authority of Japan is set out in Annex II to this Decision.

3.   The modalities concerning self-certification by producers authorised by the competent authority of Japan are set out in Annex III to this Decision.

Article 2

The forms and modalities laid down in this Decision in accordance with subparagraph 2(a) of Article 2.28 of the Agreement shall enter into force on 1 February 2019.

For the Working Group on Wine, its chairs

Antonia GAMEZ MORENO

Head of Unit A4 Asia-Australasia

Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural development

European Commission

Kazuya OTSUKA

Director of European Union Economic Affairs Division

Economic Affairs Bureau

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan


ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

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ANNEX III

MODALITIES OF SELF-CERTIFICATION

1.

The National Research Institute of Brewing, under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance of Japan,

(i)

individually appoints the producers authorised in Japan to draw up the self-certificates referred to in Article 2.28 of the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership;

(ii)

supervises and inspects the authorised producers; and

(iii)

notifies the European Union:

twice a year, in the months of January and July, of the names and addresses of the authorised producers together with their official registration numbers, and

without delay, of any modification of the names and addresses or withdrawal of any authorised producers.

2.

The European Union publishes and updates without delay the names and addresses of the authorised producers in the list entitled ‘Third countries' competent bodies, designated laboratories and authorised wine producers and processors for drawing up VI-1 documents for wine imports into the EU’ which is available on the official website of the European Commission: ec.europa.eu/agriculture/sites/agriculture/files/wine/lists/06.pdf

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