Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 143/2012 of 13 July 2012 amending Protocol... (22012D0143)
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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 143/2012

of 13 July 2012

amending Protocol 47 (on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Protocol 47 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 102/2012 of 30 April 2012(1).
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1166/2009 of 30 November 2009 amending and correcting Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and the applicable restrictions(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
(3) Commission Regulation (EU) No 401/2010 of 7 May 2010 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products(3), as corrected by
OJ L 248, 22.9.2010, p. 67
, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
(4) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1022/2010 of 12 November 2010 authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2010 in certain wine-growing zones(4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
(5) Commission Regulation (EU) No 53/2011 of 21 January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and the applicable restrictions(5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
(6) Commission Regulation (EU) No 538/2011 of 1 June 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products(6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
(7) This Decision concerns legislation regarding wine. Legislation regarding wine shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the seventh paragraph of the introduction to Protocol 47 to the Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Appendix 1 to Protocol 47 to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(1) the following shall be added in point 10 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009):
‘, as amended by:
— 32009 R 1166
: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1166/2009 of 30 November 2009 (
OJ L 314, 1.12.2009, p. 27
),
— 32011 R 0053
: Commission Regulation (EU) No 53/2011 of 21 January 2011 (
OJ L 19, 22.1.2011, p. 1
).’;
(2) the following shall be added in point 11 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009):
‘, as amended by:
— 32010 R 0401
: Commission Regulation (EU) No 401/2010 of 7 May 2010 (
OJ L 117, 11.5.2010, p. 13
), as corrected by
OJ L 248, 22.9.2010, p. 67
,
— 32011 R 0538
: Commission Regulation (EU) No 538/2011 of 1 June 2011 (
OJ L 147, 2.6.2011, p. 6
).’;
(3) the following point shall be inserted after point 11 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009):
‘12.
32010 R 1022
: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1022/2010 of 12 November 2010 authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2010 in certain wine-growing zones (
OJ L 296, 13.11.2010, p. 3
).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1166/2009 and Regulation (EU) No 401/2010, as corrected by
OJ L 248, 22.9.2010, p. 67
, (EU) No 1022/2010, (EU) No 53/2011 and (EU) No 538/2011 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the
Official Journal of the European Union
, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 14 July 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(7), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 102/2012, whichever is the later.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the
Official Journal of the European Union
.
Done at Brussels, 13 July 2012.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Atle LEIKVOLL
(1)  
OJ L 248, 13.9.2012, p. 40
.
(2)  
OJ L 314, 1.12.2009, p. 27
.
(3)  
OJ L 117, 11.5.2010, p. 13
.
(4)  
OJ L 296, 13.11.2010, p. 3
.
(5)  
OJ L 19, 22.1.2011, p. 1
.
(6)  
OJ L 147, 2.6.2011, p. 6
.
(7)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
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