24.5.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 134/23


COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 2 May 2012

on the inclusion of vine varieties in Appendix IV of the Protocol on wine labelling as referred to in Article 8(2) of the EC-US Agreement on trade in wine

(2012/275/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision 2006/232/EC of 20 December 2005 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The United States of America have requested that Appendix IV of the Protocol on wine labelling as referred to in Article 8(2) of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on Trade in Wine (2) be modified to include vine varieties that were notified by the United States to the Commission on 27 October 2011. This request was made in accordance with point 3.6(b) of the abovementioned Protocol.

(2)

The notification refers to the final rule adopted by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and published in the Federal Register of 27 October 2011 (3) amending the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau regulations by adding a number of new names to the list of grape variety names approved for the designation of American wines.

(3)

The Commission has informed the United States within 60 days of the date of receipt of the notification that the vine varieties ‘Montepulciano’ and ‘Blaufränkisch’ can currently be used only for wines from certain Member States, pursuant to Article 62(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 (4).

(4)

The Commission should therefore confirm that the Union agrees with the proposed modifications of Appendix IV to the Protocol on wine labelling, except in respect of the vine varieties ‘Montepulciano’ and ‘Blaufränkisch’.

(5)

The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not given an opinion within the time limit set by its President,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

In accordance with Article 11(5) of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine, the Commission shall confirm that the Union agrees with the proposed modifications of Appendix IV to the Protocol on wine labelling, except in respect of the vine varieties ‘Montepulciano’ and ‘Blaufränkisch’.

The amended text of Appendix IV, as accepted by the Union, is set out in the Annex.

Article 2

The Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development is hereby authorised to forward the written response to the United States of America.

Done at Brussels, 2 May 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO


(1)   OJ L 87, 24.3.2006, p. 1.

(2)   OJ L 87, 24.3.2006, p. 65.

(3)  Federal Register, Vol. 76, No 208, 27.10.2011, p. 66626.

(4)   OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 60.


ANNEX

‘APPENDIX IV

on vine variety names as referred to in Part A, point 3.3.6 of the Protocol

Aglianico

Agawam

Albariño

Albemarle

Aleatico

Alicante Bouschet

Aligote

Alvarelhão

Alvarinho

Arneis

Aurore

Auxerrois

Bacchus

Baco blanc

Baco noir

Barbera

Beacon

Beclan

Bellandais

Beta

Biancolella

Black Corinth

Black Malvoisie

(Cinsaut)

Black Monukka

Black Muscat

(Muscat Hamburg)

Black Pearl

Blanc Du Bois

Blue Eye

Bonarda

Bountiful

Brianna

Burdin 4672

Burdin 5201

Burdin 11042

Burgaw

Burger

Cabernet franc

Cabernet Diane

Cabernet Doré

Cabernet Pfeffer

Cabernet Sauvignon

Calzin

Campbell Early

(Island Belle)

Canada Muscat

Canaiolo

(Canaiolo Nero)

Canaiolo Nero

(Canaiolo)

Captivator

Carignan

(Carignane)

Carignane

(Carignan)

Carlos

Carmenère

Carmine

Carnelian

Cascade

Castel 19-637

Catawba

Cayuga White

Centurion

Chambourcin

Chancellor

Charbono

Chardonel

Chardonnay

Chasselas doré

Chelois

Chenin blanc

Chief

Chowan

Cinsaut

(Black Malvoisie)

Clairette blanche

Clinton

Colombard

(French Colombard)

Colobel

Corot noir

Cortese

Corvina

Concord

Conquistador

Couderc noir

Counoise

Cowart

Creek

Crimson Cabernet

Cynthiana

(Norton)

Dearing

De Chaunac

Delaware

Diamond

Dixie

Dolcetto

Doreen

Dornfelder

Dulcet

Durif

(Petite Sirah)

Dutchess

Early Burgundy

Early Muscat

Edelweiss

Eden

Ehrenfelser

Ellen Scott

Elvira

Emerald Riesling

Erbaluce

Favorite

Feher Szagos

Fernao Pires

Fern Munson

Fiano

Flora

Florental

Folle blanche

Forastera

Fredonia

Freedom

French Colombard

(Colombard)

Freisa

Frontenac

Frontenac gris

Fry

Fumé blanc

(Sauvignon blanc)

Furmint

Gamay noir

Garnacha

(Grenache, Grenache noir)

Garnacha blanca

(Grenache blanc)

Garronet

Geneva Red 7

Gewürztraminer

Gladwin 113

Glennel

Gold

Golden Isles

Golden Muscat

Graciano

Grand Noir

Green Hungarian

Grenache

(Garnacha, Grenache noir)

Grenache blanc

(Garnacha blanca)

Grenache noir

(Garnacha, Grenache)

Grignolino

Grillo

Gros Verdot

Grüner Veltliner

Helena

Herbemont

Higgins

Horizon

Hunt

Interlaken

Iona

Isabella

Island Belle

(Campbell Early)

Ives

James

Jewell

Joannes Seyve 12-428

Joannes Seyve 23-416

Kerner

Kay Gray

Kleinberger

La Crescent

LaCrosse

Lagrein

Lake Emerald

Lambrusco

Landal

Landot noir

Lenoir

Leon Millot

Lemberger

(Limberger)

Limberger

(Lemberger)

Louise Swenson

Lucie Kuhlmann

Madeline Angevine

Magnolia

Magoon

Malbec

Malvasia bianca

(Moscato greco)

Mammolo

Marechal Foch

Marquette

Marsanne

Mataro

(Monastrell, Mourvèdre)

Melody

Melon

(Melon de Bourgogne)

Melon de Bourgogne

(Melon)

Merlot

Meunier

(Pinot Meunier)

Mish

Mission

Missouri Riesling

Monastrell

(Mataro, Mourvèdre)

Mondeuse

(Refosco)

Montefiore

Moore Early

Morio-Muskat

Moscato greco

(Malvasia bianca)

Mourvèdre

(Mataro, Monastrell)

Müller-Thurgau

Münch

Muscadelle

Muscat blanc

(Muscat Canelli)

Muscat Canelli

(Muscat blanc)

Muscat du Moulin

Muscat Hamburg

(Black Muscat)

Muscat of Alexandria

Muscat Ottonel

Naples

Nebbiolo

Negrara

Négrette

Negro Amaro

Nero d’Avola

New York Muscat

Niagara

Noah

Noble

Noiret

Norton

(Cynthiana)

Ontario

Orange Muscat

Palomino

Pamlico

Pedro Ximenes

Peloursin

Petit Bouschet

Petit Manseng

Petit Verdot

Petite Sirah

(Durif)

Peverella

Picpoul

(Piquepoul blanc)

Pinotage

Pinot blanc

Pinot Grigio

(Pinot gris)

Pinot gris

(Pinot Grigio)

Pinot Meunier

(Meunier)

Pinot noir

Piquepoul blanc

(Picpoul)

Prairie Star

Precoce de Malingre

Pride

Primitivo

Princess

Rayon d’Or

Ravat 34

Ravat 51

(Vignoles)

Ravat noir

Redgate

Refosco

(Mondeuse)

Regale

Reliance

Riesling

(White Riesling)

Rkatsiteli

(Rkatziteli)

Rkatziteli

(Rkatsiteli)

Roanoke

Rondinella

Rosette

Roucaneuf

Rougeon

Roussanne

Royalty

Rubired

Ruby Cabernet

Sabrevois

Sagrantino

St Croix

St Laurent

St Pepin

St Vincent

Saint Macaire

Salem

Salvador

Sangiovese

Sauvignon blanc

(Fumé blanc)

Sauvignon gris

Scarlet

Scheurebe

Sémillon

Sereksiya

Seyval

(Seyval blanc)

Seyval blanc

(Seyval)

Shiraz

(Syrah)

Siegerrebe

Siegfried

Southland

Souzão

Steuben

Stover

Sugargate

Sultanina

(Thompson Seedless)

Summit

Suwannee

Sylvaner

Symphony

Syrah

(Shiraz)

Swenson Red

Tannat

Tarheel

Taylor

Tempranillo

(Valdepeñas)

Teroldego

Thomas

Thompson Seedless

(Sultanina)

Tinta Madeira

Tinto cão

Topsail

Touriga

Traminer

Traminette

Trebbiano

(Ugni blanc)

Trousseau

Trousseau gris

Ugni blanc

(Trebbiano)

Valdepeñas

(Tempranillo)

Valdiguié

Valerien

Valiant

Valvin Muscat

Van Buren

Veeblanc

Veltliner

Ventura

Verdelet

Verdelho

Vergennes

Vermentino

Vidal blanc

Vignoles

(Ravat 51)

Villard blanc

Villard noir

Vincent

Viognier

Vivant

Watergate

Welder

Welsch Rizling

White Riesling

(Riesling)

Wine King

Yuga

Zinfandel

Zinthiana

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