
Article 1 
The following article is inserted in Chapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008:
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Article 24a 
By way of derogation from Article 3 of Directive 2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and from the sixth row of section 1 of the Annex to that Directive, single distilled shochu produced by pot still and bottled in Japan, may be placed on the Union market in nominal quantities of 720 ml and 1 800 ml.'.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the date of entry into force of the Agreement.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Strasbourg, 23 October 2018.
For the European Parliament
The President
A. TAJANI
For the Council
The President
K. EDTSTADLER