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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau
[TTB Ruling 2008–1]
Standards of Identity and the Use of
Semi-generic Designations and
Retsina on Certain European Wines
Imported into the United States
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau, Treasury.
ACTION: General notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
and Trade Bureau issues this ruling to
clarify the standard of identity that
applies to certain European wines when
they are imported into the United
States.
This ruling is effective on
January 24, 2008.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynn Gittes, Program Manager,
International Trade Division, Alcohol
and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau,
1310 G Street, NW., Washington, DC
20220; telephone 202–927–8104.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
TTB Ruling 2008–1
Standards of Identity and the Use of
Semi-generic Designations and
Retsina on Certain European Wines
Imported into the United States
27 CFR 4.21 Standards of Identity
Wines using one of the 17 specified
designations listed in Annex II of the
Agreement Between the United States of
America and the European Community
on Trade in Wine, which originate in
the applicable European Union member
State and which comply with the
European Union standard for such
wines, will meet the United States
standard of identity or the trade
understanding for such wine.
TTB RUL. 2008–1
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau has been asked if the
adoption of the Agreement Between the
United States of America and the
European Community on Trade in Wine
(‘‘the Agreement’’) and the related
statutory change regarding semi-generic
designations and Retsina affect the
standard of identity that applies to
certain European wines when they are
imported into the United States.
Background
On March 10, 2006, the United States
and the European Community (EC)
signed the Agreement in which the
United States agreed to seek to change
the legal status of 17 designations listed
in Annex II of the Agreement in order
to restrict their use solely to wine
originating in the applicable European
Union (EU) member State, except as
provided for under a ‘‘grandfather’’
provision. These 17 designations are:
Burgundy, Claret, Chablis, Champagne,
Chianti, Malaga, Marsala, Madeira,
Moselle, Port, Retsina, Rhine Wine or
Hock, Sauterne, Haut Sauterne, Sherry,
and Tokay. The Agreement’s
‘‘grandfather’’ provision allows persons
or their successors in interest to
continue to label non-EU wines with
one of the 17 listed designations if that
term is used only on labels for wine
bearing the brand name, or the brand
name and the fanciful name, if any, for
which the applicable Certificate of Label
Approval (COLA) or Certificate of
Exemption from Label Approval was
issued by the Secretary of the Treasury
before March 10, 2006.
Legislation changing the legal status
of the 17 designations in the Agreement
was enacted by Congress and signed by
the President on December 20, 2006, as
section 422 of the Tax Relief and Health
Care Act of 2006 (‘‘the Act’’), Public
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Law 109–432, 120 Stat. 2922, 2972. As
amended by the Act, section 5388(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26
U.S.C. 5388(c)) contains a provision
regarding the use of the 17 designations
listed in the Agreement. The provision
states that, in the case of wine of the EC,
the listed designations may be used only
if the wine conforms to the standard of
identity, if any, for such wine contained
in the regulations issued under section
5388 (27 CFR 24.257 and, by reference,
27 CFR 4.21) or, if there is no such
standard, to the trade understanding of
such class and type. All other wines
bearing the listed designations are
subject to two additional requirements:
(1) That the wine be marked with an
appropriate appellation of origin
disclosing the origin of the wine, and (2)
that the person, or the person’s
successor in interest, using a listed
designation hold a COLA or Certificate
of Exemption from Label Approval
issued by the Secretary of the Treasury
before March 10, 2006, for a wine label
bearing that designation and that brand
name or brand name and fanciful name.
Held, that an EU wine product that
bears one of the 17 designations listed
in section 5388(c)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and that
conforms to the EU standard for such
wine complies with the United States
standard of identity or the trade
understanding for such wine. The recent
amendment to 26 U.S.C. 5388(c)
concerning semi-generic designations
does not require such EU wine products
imported into the United States to meet
a new standard of identity.
Signed: January 24, 2008.
John J. Manfreda,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E8–2392 Filed 2–8–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Additional Designations of Individuals
Pursuant to Executive Order 13448
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of
three newly-designated individuals and
four entities whose property and
interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13448 of
October 18, 2007, ‘‘Blocking Property
and Prohibiting Certain Transactions
Related to Burma.’’
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The designation by the Director
of OFAC of three individuals and four
entities identified in this notice,
pursuant to Executive Orders 13448, is
effective February 5, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW. (Treasury Annex),
Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622–
2490.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
Information about these designations
and additional information concerning
OFAC are available from OFAC’s Web
site (https://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service, Tel.: 202/622–0077.
Background
On October 18, 2007, the President
signed Executive Order 13448 (the
‘‘Order’’) pursuant to, inter alia, the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701, et. seq.). In
the Order, the President took additional
steps with respect to, and expanded, the
national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13047 of May 20, 1997,
to address the Government of Burma’s
continued repression of the democratic
opposition. The President identified
twelve individuals and entities as
subject to the economic sanctions in the
Annex to the Order.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property and
interests in property that are in, or
hereafter come within, the United
States, or within the possession or
control of United States persons, of the
persons listed in the Annex, as well as
those persons determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury, after
consultation with the Secretary of State,
to satisfy any of the criteria set forth in
subparagraphs (b)(i)–(b)(vi) of Section 1.
On February 5, 2008, the Director of
OFAC exercised the Secretary of the
Treasury’s authority to designate,
pursuant to one or more of the criteria
set forth in Section 1, subparagraphs
(b)(i)–(b)(vi) of the Order, the following
three individuals and four entities,
whose names have been added to the
list of Specially Designated Nationals
and whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13448:
Individuals
1. MANN, AUNG THET (a.k.a. SHWE
MANN KO KO); Burma; DOB 19
Jun 1977; c/o Ayer Shwe Wah
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Company Limited; c/o Htoo Group
of Companies; c/o Htoo Trading
Company Limited (individual)
[BURMA]
2. THEIN, U KYAW; Burma; 503
Sembawang Rd., #02–29, 757707,
Singapore; DOB 25 Oct 1947;
citizen Burma; nationality Burma;
National ID No. S2733659J
(Singapore) issued 7 Jul 2005; c/o
Air Bagan Holdings Pte. Ltd.; c/o
Htoo Wood Products Pte. Ltd.; c/o
Pavo Aircraft Leasing Pte. Ltd.; c/o
Pavo Trading Pte. Ltd.; permanent
resident Singapore (individual)
[BURMA]
3. THIHA (a.k.a. THI HA); Burma; DOB
24 Jun 1960; c/o Htoo Group of
Companies; c/o Htoo Trading
Company Limited (individual)
[BURMA]
Entities
1. AYER SHWE WAH COMPANY
LIMITED (a.k.a. AYER SHWE WA;
a.k.a AYE YAR SHWE WAH; a.k.a.
AYEYA SHWE WAR COMPANY); 5
Pyay Road, Hlaing Township,
Yangon, Burma [BURMA]
2. HTOO GROUP OF COMPANIES; 5
Pyay Road, Hlaing Township,
Yangon, Burma [BURMA]
3. MYANMAR AVIA EXPORT
COMPANY LIMITED (a.k.a.
MYANMAR AVIA EXPORT)
[BURMA]
4. PAVO AIRCRAFT LEASING PTE.
LTD.; 3 Shenton Way, #24–02
Shenton House, 068805, Singapore
[BURMA]
Dated: February 5, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E8–2425 Filed 2–8–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Additional Designations of Individuals
Pursuant to Executive Order 13448
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of
four newly-designated individuals
whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13448 of October 18,
2007, ‘‘Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related
to Burma.’’
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
[TTB Ruling 2008-1]
Standards of Identity and the Use of Semi-generic Designations
and Retsina on Certain European Wines Imported into the United States
AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Treasury.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau issues this
ruling to clarify the standard of identity that applies to certain
European wines when they are imported into the United States.
DATES: This ruling is effective on January 24, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Gittes, Program Manager,
International Trade Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau,
1310 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20220; telephone 202-927-8104.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
TTB Ruling 2008-1
Standards of Identity and the Use of Semi-generic Designations and
Retsina on Certain European Wines Imported into the United States
27 CFR 4.21 Standards of Identity
Wines using one of the 17 specified designations listed in Annex II
of the Agreement Between the United States of America and the European
Community on Trade in Wine, which originate in the applicable European
Union member State and which comply with the European Union standard
for such wines, will meet the United States standard of identity or the
trade understanding for such wine.
TTB RUL. 2008-1
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has been asked if the
adoption of the Agreement Between the United States of America and the
European Community on Trade in Wine (``the Agreement'') and the related
statutory change regarding semi-generic designations and Retsina affect
the standard of identity that applies to certain European wines when
they are imported into the United States.
Background
On March 10, 2006, the United States and the European Community
(EC) signed the Agreement in which the United States agreed to seek to
change the legal status of 17 designations listed in Annex II of the
Agreement in order to restrict their use solely to wine originating in
the applicable European Union (EU) member State, except as provided for
under a ``grandfather'' provision. These 17 designations are: Burgundy,
Claret, Chablis, Champagne, Chianti, Malaga, Marsala, Madeira, Moselle,
Port, Retsina, Rhine Wine or Hock, Sauterne, Haut Sauterne, Sherry, and
Tokay. The Agreement's ``grandfather'' provision allows persons or
their successors in interest to continue to label non-EU wines with one
of the 17 listed designations if that term is used only on labels for
wine bearing the brand name, or the brand name and the fanciful name,
if any, for which the applicable Certificate of Label Approval (COLA)
or Certificate of Exemption from Label Approval was issued by the
Secretary of the Treasury before March 10, 2006.
Legislation changing the legal status of the 17 designations in the
Agreement was enacted by Congress and signed by the President on
December 20, 2006, as section 422 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act
of 2006 (``the Act''), Public
[[Page 7805]]
Law 109-432, 120 Stat. 2922, 2972. As amended by the Act, section
5388(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 5388(c))
contains a provision regarding the use of the 17 designations listed in
the Agreement. The provision states that, in the case of wine of the
EC, the listed designations may be used only if the wine conforms to
the standard of identity, if any, for such wine contained in the
regulations issued under section 5388 (27 CFR 24.257 and, by reference,
27 CFR 4.21) or, if there is no such standard, to the trade
understanding of such class and type. All other wines bearing the
listed designations are subject to two additional requirements: (1)
That the wine be marked with an appropriate appellation of origin
disclosing the origin of the wine, and (2) that the person, or the
person's successor in interest, using a listed designation hold a COLA
or Certificate of Exemption from Label Approval issued by the Secretary
of the Treasury before March 10, 2006, for a wine label bearing that
designation and that brand name or brand name and fanciful name.
Held, that an EU wine product that bears one of the 17 designations
listed in section 5388(c)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
and that conforms to the EU standard for such wine complies with the
United States standard of identity or the trade understanding for such
wine. The recent amendment to 26 U.S.C. 5388(c) concerning semi-generic
designations does not require such EU wine products imported into the
United States to meet a new standard of identity.
Signed: January 24, 2008.
John J. Manfreda,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E8-2392 Filed 2-8-08; 8:45 am]
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