Commission Regulation (EC) No 1416/2006 of 26 September 2006 laying down specific rules on the implementation of Article 7(2) of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine concerning the protection of US names of origin in the Community

1 The US names of origin listed in the Annex may be used as names of origin for wine only to designate wines of the origin indicated by such name. The competent authorities of the Member States shall take measures to ensure that any wine not labelled in conformity with this Article is not placed on or is withdrawn from the market until it is labelled in conformity with this Article.

2 Paragraph 1 shall not: (a) affect intellectual property rights existing in the Community or the use of the sign protected as an intellectual property right in the course of trade in the Community before the date of entry into force of this Regulation; (b) prevent measures, as appropriate, to allow the use of homonymous names of origin where consumers will not be misled or to allow a person to use, in the course of trade, that person’s name or the name of that person’s predecessor in business in a manner that does not mislead the consumer.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.