# Council Decision (EU) 2019/136 of 28 January 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Working Group on Wine established by the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership as regards the forms to be used for certificates for the import of wine products originating in Japan into the European Union and the modalities concerning self-certification, Attachment

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DECISION No 1/2019 OF THE EU-JAPAN WORKING GROUP ON WINE
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on the adoption of the forms to be used for certificates for the import of wine products originating in Japan into the European Union and the modalities concerning self-certification
THE WORKING GROUP ON WINE,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership, and in particular Articles 2.28 and 2.35 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership (‘the Agreement’) enters into force on 1 February 2019.
(2)
Article 22.4 of the Agreement establishes a Working Group on Wine, which, inter alia, is responsible for the effective implementation and operation of Section C and Annex 2-E of the Agreement.
(3)
Pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 2.28 of the Agreement, a certificate authenticated in conformity with the laws and regulations of Japan, including a self-certificate established by a producer authorised by the competent authority of Japan, suffices as documentation serving as evidence that the requirements for the importation and sale in the European Union of wine products originating in Japan referred to in Article 2.25, 2.26 or 2.27 of the Agreement have been fulfilled.
(4)
Pursuant to subparagraph 2(a) of Article 2.28 of the Agreement, the forms to be used for certificates and the information to be provided on the certificates are to be adopted by decision of the Working Group on Wine established pursuant to Article 22.4 of the Agreement.
(5)
Pursuant to subparagraph 2(a) of Article 2.35 of the Agreement, the modalities concerning self-certification are to be adopted by the Working Group on Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
For the Working Group on Wine
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/136/attachment/1 (the official version)
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