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2018/0097(COD) Nominal quantities for placing on the Union market of single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ENVI VĂLEAN Adina-Ioana (icon: PPE PPE) MELIOR Susanne (icon: S&D S&D), PIECHA Bolesław G. (icon: ECR ECR), MÜLLER Ulrike (icon: ALDE ALDE)
Committee Opinion AGRI
Committee Opinion IMCO
Committee Opinion INTA
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 114-p1

Events

2018/11/12
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: to implement the provisions of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) concerning exports from Japan to the Union of shochu, a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Regulation (EU) 2018/1670 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 as regards nominal quantities for the placing on the Union market of single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan.

CONTENT: the Regulation amends Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 as regards the nominal quantities for the placing on the Union market of shochu, a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan.

The new amending regulation ensures that after the signing of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement on 17 July 2018, shochu may be marketed in the EU in traditional bottles, although the nominal quantities of these bottles do not correspond to those previously provided for pre-packaged spirit drinks.

By way of derogation from Directive 2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan, may be placed on the Union market in nominal quantities of 720 ml and 1 800 ml.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 2.12.2018. The Regulation shall apply from the date of entry into force of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan.

2018/10/24
   CSL - Draft final act
Documents
2018/10/23
   CSL - Final act signed
2018/10/23
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2018/10/09
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
2018/10/09
   CSL - Council Meeting
2018/09/12
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2018/09/12
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 611 votes to 20, with 65 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 as regards nominal quantities for placing on the Union market of single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan.

The European Parliament adopted its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal.

The proposal aims to introduce a derogation from Union rules concerning bottle sizes, for single distilled shochu, a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan that is traditionally sold in bottles of sizes of four go or one sho that correspond to nominal quantities of 720 ml (one go corresponds to 180 ml) and 1800 ml, respectively, and that are currently not among the nominal quantities permitted in the Union under Directive 2007/45/EC laying down rules on nominal quantities of prepacked products.

Documents
2018/07/12
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
Details

The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted a report by Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN (EPP, RO) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 as regards nominal quantities for placing on the Union market of single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan.

The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament adopt its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal.

This Commission proposal aims at introducing a derogation from Union rules concerning bottle sizes, for single distilled shochu , a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan that is traditionally sold in bottles of sizes of four go or one sho that correspond to nominal quantities of 720 ml (one go corresponds to 180 ml) and 1800 ml, respectively, and that are currently not among the nominal quantities permitted in the Union under Directive 2007/45/EC laying down rules on nominal quantities of prepacked products.

This proposal is an amendment to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks.

The derogation that is proposed to implement the EU-Japan EPA can only be introduced by means of a Regulation as it needs to apply in all Member States simultaneously upon entry into force of the EU-Japan EPA.

The EU has finalised negotiations for a trade agreement with Japan. An agreement in principle was reached on 7 July 2017 and negotiations were finalized on 8 December 2017. On 18 April 2018, the text of the agreement was presented by the Commission to the Council. Once approved by the Council, the agreement will be sent to the European Parliament, aiming for the entry into force before the end of the current mandate of the European Commission in 2019.

Documents
2018/07/10
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading
2018/06/13
   EP - Committee draft report
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2018/05/16
   EP - VĂLEAN Adina-Ioana (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2018/05/02
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2018/04/18
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to implement the provisions of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) concerning exports from Japan to the Union of shochu , a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan.

PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.

BACKGROUND: on 29 November 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to enter into negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Japan.

The negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan have been successfully concluded.

The Agreement provides that single distilled shochu , as defined in the Liquor Tax Law of Japan, produced by pot still and bottled in Japan, shall be allowed to be placed on the market of the European Union in traditional bottles of sizes of four go and one sho, corresponding to nominal quantities of 720 ml and of 1800 ml, respectively, provided that other applicable legal requirements of the European Union are fulfilled.

Directive 2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council provides that spirit drinks put up in pre-packages may only be placed on the Union market if they are prepacked in the nominal quantities listed in section 1 of the Annex to that Directive. For spirit drinks, section 1 of the Annex to Directive 2007/45/EC refers to nine nominal quantities on the interval from 100 ml to 2000 ml. These nominal quantities do not include 720 ml and 1800 ml, the nominal quantities in which single distilled shochu produced by pot still is bottled and marketed in Japan.

A derogation from the nominal quantities set out in the Annex to Directive 2007/45/EC for spirit drinks is therefore necessary to ensure that single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan may be placed on the Union market.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT: a trade sustainability impact assessment of the EPA between the EU and Japan was carried out by the external contractor “London School of Economics Enterprises”. The details of it are provided in Commission proposal for a Council Decision on the signing on behalf of the European Union, of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan.

CONTENT: the proposal aims at introducing a derogation from Union rules concerning bottle sizes, for single distilled shochu , a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan that is traditionally sold in bottles of sizes of four go or one sho that correspond to nominal quantities of 720 ml (one go corresponds to 180 ml) and 1800 ml, respectively , and that are currently not among the nominal quantities permitted in the Union under Directive 2007/45/EC laying down rules on nominal quantities of prepacked products.

This derogation needs to be introduced by an amendment to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council to ensure that single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan may be placed on the market in all Member States simultaneously upon the entry into force of the Agreement.

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Votes

A8-0255/2018 - Adina-Ioana Vălean - Vote unique 12/09/2018 12:39:31.000 #

2018/09/12 Outcome: +: 611, 0: 65, -: 20
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93
64
67
51
50
69
27
21
19
18
18
24
15
18
19
13
12
12
19
9
9
8
8
6
6
6
6
5
2
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United Kingdom PPE

2

Finland PPE

2

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1

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1

Luxembourg PPE

3

Estonia PPE

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1
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175

Netherlands S&D

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2

Ireland S&D

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1

Croatia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

1

Slovenia S&D

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Cyprus S&D

2

Malta S&D

3

Luxembourg S&D

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1

Latvia S&D

1

Estonia S&D

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Italy ECR

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Romania ECR

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Czechia ECR

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Netherlands ECR

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Greece ECR

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Cyprus ECR

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Netherlands ENF

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Germany EFDD

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Poland EFDD

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Czechia EFDD

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EFDD

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1
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Germany NI

2

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1

United Kingdom NI

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1

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5

Hungary Verts/ALE

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1

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3

Belgium Verts/ALE

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Netherlands Verts/ALE

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  • date: 2018-04-18T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2018/0199/COM_COM(2018)0199_EN.pdf title: COM(2018)0199 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2018&nu_doc=0199 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: to implement the provisions of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) concerning exports from Japan to the Union of shochu , a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: on 29 November 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to enter into negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Japan. The negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan have been successfully concluded. The Agreement provides that single distilled shochu , as defined in the Liquor Tax Law of Japan, produced by pot still and bottled in Japan, shall be allowed to be placed on the market of the European Union in traditional bottles of sizes of four go and one sho, corresponding to nominal quantities of 720 ml and of 1800 ml, respectively, provided that other applicable legal requirements of the European Union are fulfilled. Directive 2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council provides that spirit drinks put up in pre-packages may only be placed on the Union market if they are prepacked in the nominal quantities listed in section 1 of the Annex to that Directive. For spirit drinks, section 1 of the Annex to Directive 2007/45/EC refers to nine nominal quantities on the interval from 100 ml to 2000 ml. These nominal quantities do not include 720 ml and 1800 ml, the nominal quantities in which single distilled shochu produced by pot still is bottled and marketed in Japan. A derogation from the nominal quantities set out in the Annex to Directive 2007/45/EC for spirit drinks is therefore necessary to ensure that single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan may be placed on the Union market. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: a trade sustainability impact assessment of the EPA between the EU and Japan was carried out by the external contractor “London School of Economics Enterprises”. The details of it are provided in Commission proposal for a Council Decision on the signing on behalf of the European Union, of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan. CONTENT: the proposal aims at introducing a derogation from Union rules concerning bottle sizes, for single distilled shochu , a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan that is traditionally sold in bottles of sizes of four go or one sho that correspond to nominal quantities of 720 ml (one go corresponds to 180 ml) and 1800 ml, respectively , and that are currently not among the nominal quantities permitted in the Union under Directive 2007/45/EC laying down rules on nominal quantities of prepacked products. This derogation needs to be introduced by an amendment to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council to ensure that single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan may be placed on the market in all Member States simultaneously upon the entry into force of the Agreement.
  • date: 2018-05-02T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
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  • date: 2018-07-12T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A8-2018-0255&language=EN title: A8-0255/2018 summary: The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted a report by Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN (EPP, RO) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 as regards nominal quantities for placing on the Union market of single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan. The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament adopt its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal. This Commission proposal aims at introducing a derogation from Union rules concerning bottle sizes, for single distilled shochu , a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan that is traditionally sold in bottles of sizes of four go or one sho that correspond to nominal quantities of 720 ml (one go corresponds to 180 ml) and 1800 ml, respectively, and that are currently not among the nominal quantities permitted in the Union under Directive 2007/45/EC laying down rules on nominal quantities of prepacked products. This proposal is an amendment to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks. The derogation that is proposed to implement the EU-Japan EPA can only be introduced by means of a Regulation as it needs to apply in all Member States simultaneously upon entry into force of the EU-Japan EPA. The EU has finalised negotiations for a trade agreement with Japan. An agreement in principle was reached on 7 July 2017 and negotiations were finalized on 8 December 2017. On 18 April 2018, the text of the agreement was presented by the Commission to the Council. Once approved by the Council, the agreement will be sent to the European Parliament, aiming for the entry into force before the end of the current mandate of the European Commission in 2019.
  • date: 2018-09-12T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2018-0334 title: T8-0334/2018 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 611 votes to 20, with 65 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 as regards nominal quantities for placing on the Union market of single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan. The European Parliament adopted its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal. The proposal aims to introduce a derogation from Union rules concerning bottle sizes, for single distilled shochu, a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan that is traditionally sold in bottles of sizes of four go or one sho that correspond to nominal quantities of 720 ml (one go corresponds to 180 ml) and 1800 ml, respectively, and that are currently not among the nominal quantities permitted in the Union under Directive 2007/45/EC laying down rules on nominal quantities of prepacked products.
  • date: 2018-10-09T00:00:00 type: Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading body: EP/CSL
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  • date: 2018-11-12T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to implement the provisions of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) concerning exports from Japan to the Union of shochu, a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan. LEGISLATIVE ACT: Regulation (EU) 2018/1670 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 as regards nominal quantities for the placing on the Union market of single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan. CONTENT: the Regulation amends Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 as regards the nominal quantities for the placing on the Union market of shochu, a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan. The new amending regulation ensures that after the signing of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement on 17 July 2018, shochu may be marketed in the EU in traditional bottles, although the nominal quantities of these bottles do not correspond to those previously provided for pre-packaged spirit drinks. By way of derogation from Directive 2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan, may be placed on the Union market in nominal quantities of 720 ml and 1 800 ml. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 2.12.2018. The Regulation shall apply from the date of entry into force of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan. docs: title: Regulation 2018/1670 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32018R1670 title: OJ L 284 12.11.2018, p. 0001 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2018:284:TOC
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  • Amending Regulation (EC) No 110/2008
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  • The European Parliament adopted by 611 votes to 20, with 65 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 as regards nominal quantities for placing on the Union market of single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan.

    The European Parliament adopted its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal.

    The proposal aims to introduce a derogation from Union rules concerning bottle sizes, for single distilled shochu, a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan that is traditionally sold in bottles of sizes of four go or one sho that correspond to nominal quantities of 720 ml (one go corresponds to 180 ml) and 1800 ml, respectively, and that are currently not among the nominal quantities permitted in the Union under Directive 2007/45/EC laying down rules on nominal quantities of prepacked products.

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  • The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted a report by Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN (EPP, RO) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 as regards nominal quantities for placing on the Union market of single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan.

    The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament adopt its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal.

    This Commission proposal aims at introducing a derogation from Union rules concerning bottle sizes, for single distilled shochu, a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan that is traditionally sold in bottles of sizes of four go or one sho that correspond to nominal quantities of 720 ml (one go corresponds to 180 ml) and 1800 ml, respectively, and that are currently not among the nominal quantities permitted in the Union under Directive 2007/45/EC laying down rules on nominal quantities of prepacked products.

    This proposal is an amendment to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks.

    The derogation that is proposed to implement the EU-Japan EPA can only be introduced by means of a Regulation as it needs to apply in all Member States simultaneously upon entry into force of the EU-Japan EPA. 

    The EU has finalised negotiations for a trade agreement with Japan. An agreement in principle was reached on 7 July 2017 and negotiations were finalized on 8 December 2017. On 18 April 2018, the text of the agreement was presented by the Commission to the Council. Once approved by the Council, the agreement will be sent to the European Parliament, aiming for the entry into force before the end of the current mandate of the European Commission in 2019.

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  • PURPOSE: to implement the provisions of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) concerning exports from Japan to the Union of shochu, a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan.

    PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

    ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.

    BACKGROUND: on 29 November 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to enter into negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Japan. 

    The negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan have been successfully concluded.

    The Agreement provides that single distilled shochu, as defined in the Liquor Tax Law of Japan, produced by pot still and bottled in Japan, shall be allowed to be placed on the market of the European Union in traditional bottles of sizes of four go and one sho, corresponding to nominal quantities of 720 ml and of 1800 ml, respectively, provided that other applicable legal requirements of the European Union are fulfilled.

    Directive 2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council provides that spirit drinks put up in pre-packages may only be placed on the Union market if they are prepacked in the nominal quantities listed in section 1 of the Annex to that Directive. For spirit drinks, section 1 of the Annex to Directive 2007/45/EC refers to nine nominal quantities on the interval from 100 ml to 2000 ml. These nominal quantities do not include 720 ml and 1800 ml, the nominal quantities in which single distilled shochu produced by pot still is bottled and marketed in Japan.

    A derogation from the nominal quantities set out in the Annex to Directive 2007/45/EC for spirit drinks is therefore necessary to ensure that single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan may be placed on the Union market.

    IMPACT ASSESSMENT: a trade sustainability impact assessment of the EPA between the EU and Japan was carried out by the external contractor “London School of Economics Enterprises”. The details of it are provided in Commission proposal for a Council Decision on the signing on behalf of the European Union, of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan.

    CONTENT: the proposal aims at introducing a derogation from Union rules concerning bottle sizes, for single distilled shochu, a spirit drink produced by pot still and bottled in Japan that is traditionally sold in bottles of sizes of four go or one sho that correspond to nominal quantities of 720 ml (one go corresponds to 180 ml) and 1800 ml, respectively, and that are currently not among the nominal quantities permitted in the Union under Directive 2007/45/EC laying down rules on nominal quantities of prepacked products.

    This derogation needs to be introduced by an amendment to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council to ensure that single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan may be placed on the market in all Member States simultaneously upon the entry into force of the Agreement.

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