Agenda: CETA Committee on Wines and Spirits

May 15, 2024 (10:00am-12:30pm EST // 4:00- 6:30pm CEST)

May 16, 2024 (9:30am-12:30pm EST // 3:30- 6:30pm CEST)

Location: Virtual

• 1. Opening remarks and committee business
• 2. Performance of bilateral trade
• 3. Update on the annex amendments to the 2003 Agreement on trade in Wines and Spirit Drinks
• 4. New varietals
• 5. Geographical indications
  • 5.1. Update of the EU regulations on geographical indications (GIs)
  • 5.2. Pending applications
  • 5.3. Canada and Québec measures referring to ‘Champagne’
  • 5.4. Enforcement of GI protection in Canada
• 6. Ireland public health (alcohol)(labelling) regulations 2022
• 7. Ingredient Labelling
  • 7.1. EU/952 ingredients labelling
• 8. Environmental
  • 8.1. EU legislative proposal on packaging and packaging waste
  • 8.2. French recycling (triman) measure
• 9. Revision of the Canadian food regulations
• 10. Support programmes for the Canadian wine sector
• 11. Guidance and amendments to the charter of the French language introduced by Bill 96 in Quebec
• 12. Mark-ups and taxes in Canadian provinces
  • 12.1. Québec – Mark-up and equivalent charge on small scale producers in grocery and convenience stores
  • 12.2. Nova Scotia – Emerging Wine Regions Policy
  • 12.3. Ontario – Tax for wines and spirit drinks sold in on-site winery stores and duty-free stores
  • 12.4. Québec – Tax rates for in-province brewers, small wine makers and craft distillers
  • 12.5. Québec – Mark-up for certain specific EU products
  • 12.6. Nova Scotia – Mark-up rates for in-province craft distillers
  • 12.7. New Brunswick – Mark-up rates for in-province distillers and producers of cottage wines
  • 12.8. Alberta – Wholesale mark-up for small manufacturers
  • 12.9. Manitoba – Compliance criteria for mark-up and surcharge rates for small producers
  • 12.10. British Columbia – Wholesale mark-up rates for small in-province distillers
  • 12.11. Saskatchewan – Mark-up rates for small local producers and transparency of retail mark-ups
  • 12.12. Newfoundland and Labrador – Mark-up rates for craft distillers and cottage wineries
• 13. Access to certain market outlets in Canadian provinces and territories
  • 13.1. British Columbia – Wholesale mark-up for direct deliveries of local products to restaurants, bars, and private retailers; transparency of retail mark-ups
  • 13.2. Ontario – Alcohol Modernization
  • 13.3. Multiple jurisdictions – Direct delivery and e-commerce
• 14. Other distribution and retail practices in Canadian provinces
  • 14.1. Ontario – LCBO Terms and Conditions Section 14
  • 14.2. Ontario – Shipping from source policy
  • 14.3. Ontario – Differential payment terms
  • 14.4. Québec – Ban on overpackaging
  • 14.5. Ontario and Québec – Lightweight glass bottle policies
• 15. Any other business
• 16. Time and venue of next meeting