These agreements are of particular importance to the EU in that they provide better protection for Community designations of origin than the protection available at multilateral level, i.e. the TRIPS Agreement. In order to grant exclusive protection to Community designations, South Africa will refrain from using the terms "port" and "sherry" on its export markets (after five years) and on its domestic market (after 12 years). It has also undertaken to give exclusive protection to certain traditional names of spirits such as "grappa", "ouzo", "Korn", "Pacharan" and "Jagatee".
De même, elle s'est engagée à protéger exclusivement certaines dénominations traditionnelles de spiritueux, telles que "Grappa", "Ouzo", "Korn", "Pacharan" et "Jagatee".