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ARTICLE 6
New oenological practices – safeguard provisions
1. If one Contracting Party authorises for its wines an oenological practice or process which is
not authorised by the other Contracting Party by virtue of Article 5, it may make a request to the
other Contracting Party for authorisation. In this case, the Party making the request shall place at
the disposal of the other Contracting Party an appropriate dossier including the information
necessary for the evaluation of the request.
2. A request in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be evaluated in particular in terms of the
following criteria:
(a) requirements for protection of human health,
(b) requirements for consumer protection,
(c) rules of good oenological practice, and in particular the requirement that the oenological
practice or process in question does not involve an unacceptable change in the composition of
the wine treated or a deterioration in the organoleptic characteristics thereof, and
(d) the adequacy of the requesting Contracting Party's internal regulations concerned.
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