74As is clear from recital 5 of the preamble to Regulation No 479/2008, the EU regime applying to the wine sector has, through that regulation, been fundamentally changed with a view to achieving objectives related, in particular, to the quality of wines. To that end, the new rules on protection subject every application for the protection of a wine name to a detailed examination which is carried out in two stages, that is to say, at national and then at EU level, in accordance with Articles 118e to 118i of Regulation No 1234/2007, with no automaticity being afforded in that regard, and with the Commission having genuine decision-making power by virtue of Article 118i of Regulation No 1234/2007 which enables it either to grant or to refuse protection of the designation of origin or geographical indication depending on whether or not the conditions laid down in that regulation have been satisfied.
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