Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine

The Contracting Parties have concluded this Agreement with a view to facilitating trade in wine between them, improving cooperation in the development and enhancing the transparency of regulations affecting such trade. In order to clearly define the application scope, article 3 gives the definition of “wine”. Each Party recognizes that the laws, regulations and requirements of the other Party relating to wine making fulfill the objectives of its own laws, regulations and requirements, in that they authorize wine making practices that do not change the character of wine arising from its origin in the grapes in a manner inconsistent with good wine making practices. The Protocol on wine labelling is annexed to the Agreement.