Regulation 5 Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/2009

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/2009 applying the agreements between the European Union and third countries on the mutual recognition of certain spirit drinks, so far as it relates to the products of the United States of America described in the first and second rows of the table in Annex 1 to that Regulation (Tennessee Whisky, Tennessee Whiskey and Bourbon Whisky etc.), is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 1—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “third countries referred to therein” substitute “United States of America”;

(ii)

for “third countries concerned” substitute “United States of America”;

(b)

in paragraph 2, for the words from “referred to” to the end substitute “contained in the Spirit Drinks Regulations 2008 under the conditions laid down in the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America on the mutual recognition of certain distilled spirits/spirit drinks as if the product descriptions were registered Annex 3 geographical indications (as defined in those Regulations)”.

(3)

After Article 3 omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.

(4)

In Annex 1, in the table omit the last two rows (relating to tequila and mescal).