The European Union has concluded an agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters with the United States of America and has signed an agreement with the United Mexican States on the mutual recognition and protection of certain spirit drinks. Those agreements provide for the application, within a certain time, of the regulations and administrative measures necessary to fulfil the obligations set out therein. In order to provide the products concerned with the guarantees laid down with regard to control and protection, a list of the products covered by the agreements concluded by the European Union should be established.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Spirit Drinks,