draft commission regulation amending regulation ec no 607 2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the implementation of council regulation ec no 479 2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indications traditional terms labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products. this draft regulation amends commission regulation ec no 607 2009 notified under reference g tbt n eec 264 which details implementing rules relating to issues dealt with in chapters iii iv and v of title iii of council regulation ec no 479 2008 namely protected designations of origin and geographical indications traditional terms labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products. the amendments of regulation ec no 607 2009 concern the following points 1. on protected designations of origin and geographical indications as regards the applicant requirement transitional measures are provided for the transmission of technical files of existing protected wine names referred to in article 118s of regulation ec no 1234 2007. 2. on traditional terms - annex viii to regulation ec no 607 2009 as regards the prior rights which may be claimed in case of an opposition against an application for protection of a traditional term are corrected - the information indicated in annex xii to regulation ec no 607 2009 relating to traditional terms are transferred to the electronic database e-bacchus and new information related to the protection of traditional terms are exclusively included in that database thus gathering protected designations of origin protected geographical indications and protected traditional terms in a single it tool easily available for consultation purposes. as a consequence a number of eu legal provisions which refer to annex xii are cleaned-up - in order to improve the transparency of the rules concerning traditional terms in particular due to the fact that they are moved to the electronic database e-bacchus any modification relating to traditional terms shall follow a formally defined procedure - in order to avoid any discrimination between wines originating in the union and those imported from third countries it has been clarified that terms traditionally used in third countries may obtain recognition and protection as traditional terms in the union also where they are used in conjunction with geographical indications or names of origin regulated by those third countries - in order to clarify the relationshi between protected traditional terms and trademarks it is necessary to specify on what legal basis an application for a trademark containing or consisting of a protected traditional term shall be assessed. 3. on labelling and presentation - rules are provided for the indication of the alcoholic strength by volume of certain specific grapevine products in order to provide the public with accurate information - in order to facilitate less burdensome labelling certain information related to the name and the address of the bottler may in some circumstances not be required - in order to improve controls of certain grapevine products member states shall be allowed to regulate the use of particulars referring to producer and processor - for the sake of simplification the list of representative trade organisations and their members provided in annex xi to regulation ec no 607 2009 are published on the internet - the use of a specific type of bottle and closure for sparkling wines quality sparkling wines and quality aromatic sparkling wines shall be obligatory exclusively for the marketing and the export of such wines produced in the european union.