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9.8.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
212/13
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 723/2012
of 8 August 2012
recognising a traditional term provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (Cream —
TDT-US-N0017)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(3)
The application for the protection of the traditional term
‘Cream’ which relates to American wines satisfies the
conditions laid down in Article 118u(1) of Regulation
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
(EC) No 1234/2007 and in Articles 31 and 35 of Regu
Union,
lation (EC) No 607/2009. The application for protection
should be accepted and the traditional term ‘Cream’
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
should therefore be entered into the electronic database
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
‘E-Bacchus’ for wines produced by the members of the
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
two representative professional organisations that
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (
submitted the application.

1 ), and in particular
Article 118u(2) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
(4) Article
30(2)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
607/2009
requires
the Commission to make public the information
Whereas:
regarding the representative trade organisation and its
members. That information should be made public in
(1) Two
representative
professional
organisations
established
the electronic database ‘E-Bacchus’.
in the United States of America, WineAmerica and Cali
fornia Export Association, submitted to the Commission
(5) The
measure
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
is
in
an application, received on 22 June 2010, for protection
accordance with the opinion of the Management
of the traditional term ‘Cream’ in relation to grapevine
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
products of category ‘3. Liqueur wine’ provided for in
Markets,
Annex XIb to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 bearing
a name of origin listed in Annex V to the Agreement
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
between the European Community and the United States
of America on trade in wine, approved by Council
Article 1
Decision 2006/232/EC ( 2 ).
The application for protection of the traditional term ‘Cream’ is
hereby accepted for American grapevine products of category
(2) In
accordance
with
Article
33
of
Commission
Regulation ‘3. Liqueur wine’ provided for in Annex XIb to Regulation (EC)
(EC) No 607/2009 of 14 July 2009 laying down certain
No 1234/2007. The term ‘Cream’ shall be entered into the
detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regu
electronic database ‘E-Bacchus’ as indicated in the Annex to
lation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected desig
this Regulation.
nations of origin and geographical indications, traditional
terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector
Article 2
products ( 3 ), the application was published in the Official
Journal of the European Union ( 4 ). No objection was
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
submitted within two months from the date of
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
publication.
Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 August 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 87, 24.3.2006, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 60.
( 4 ) OJ C 276, 13.10.2010, p. 6.

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L 212/14
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Official Journal of the European Union
9.8.2012
ANNEX
Protected Traditional Term
— Cream
Language referred to in Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 607/2009
— English
Grapevine product category or categories concerned by the protection (Annex XIb to Regulation (EC)
No 1234/2007)
— 3. Liqueur wine
List of protected designations of origin or geographical indications concerned
— Names of origin as listed in Annex V to the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of
America on trade in wine
Reference to the applicable rules in the Member State or third country
— Resolution of WineAmerica on Wine Production Definitions for the European Community adopted on 24 March
2009,
— Decision of California Wine Export Program adopted on 7 May 2009.
Summary of the definition or conditions of use
— ‘Cream’ describes a style of US fortified sweet wine. The wine will be pale yellow to light amber in colour, rich and
sweet to taste and typically with a vinous to fruity aroma. However, the wines may reflect the characteristics of careful
ageing showing ‘developed’ characters. The wine can be blended from more than one vintage and typically sustaining
sweet vinous characters. Ageing takes place in a variety of vessels. Fortification must be from grape spirit.
Name of the country or countries of origin
— United States of America
The list of the members of the representative trade organisation established in the third country that are entitled
to use the protected traditional term is accessible on:
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/markets/wine/e-bacchus/

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