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,

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 --- Zweigelt’ --- * * *