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►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 2409/2000 of 30 October 2000 L 278 3 31.10.2000
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 2786/2000 of 19 December 2000 L 323 4 20.12.2000
►M3Commission Regulation (EC) No 545/2001 of 20 March2001 L 81 21 21.3.2001
►M4Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2001 of 28 June 2001 L 176 14 29.6.2001
►M5Commission Regulation (EC) No 1660/2001 of 16 August 2001 L 221 8 17.8.2001
►M6Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2001 of 15 October 2001 L 273 17 16.10.2001
►M7Commission Regulation (EC) No 2047/2001 of 18 October 2001 L 276 15 19.10.2001
►M8Commission Regulation (EC) No 2429/2001 of 12 December 2001 L 328 28 13.12.2001
►M9Commission Regulation (EC) No 2464/2001 of 14 December 2001 L 331 25 15.12.2001
►M10Commission Regulation (EC) No 1315/2002 of 19 July 2002 L 192 24 20.7.2002
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1623/2000
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laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine
withregardtomarketmechanisms
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the
common organisation of the market in wine (1), and in particular Arti-
cles 24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 80 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 lays down general
rules on market mechanisms and refers for the rest to detailed
implementing rules to be adopted by the Commission.
(2)Until now, those rules have been contained in a large number ofCommunity regulations. In the interests of both economic opera-tors in the Community and the authorities responsible for
applying Community rules, all these provisions should be
brought together in a single Regulation.
(3)This Regulation must include the current rules and adapt them tothe new requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. Theymust also be simplified and made more coherent and certain
gaps must be filled in to ensure that the Community rules in
this area are complete. In addition, some rules should be mademore specific to ensure greater legal certainty when they areapplied.
(4)Article 35(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 introduces an
aid scheme for the use of grape must and concentrated grape
must made from grapes produced in the Community for thepurpose of manufacturing grape juice or other comestibleproducts made withth is juice.
(5)Such other comestible products should be specified.
(6)The economic aim of the aid scheme is to encourage the use ofraw materials of Community origin rather than imported rawmaterials in the manufacture of grape juice or other comestibleproducts made with this juice. The aid should accordingly be
granted to the users of the raw materials, i.e. the processors.
(7)It should be stipulated that the aid is granted only for raw mate-
rials with the quality characteristics required for processing intogrape juice. It should accordingly be specified in particular thatthe grapes and grape must covered by a statement must have a
density at 20 ºC of between 1.055 and 1.100 grams per cubic
centimetre.
(8)Application of the aid scheme calls for an administrative systemto monitor both the origin of products eligible for the aid andtheir intended use.
(9)To ensure that the aid scheme and the checks operate properly,the processors concerned should be required to submit a writtenstatement containing the information needed to enable the opera-tions to be monitored.
(10)However, to avoid excessive administration for bothth e proces-sors and the authorities concerned, no prior written statementshould be required from processors using only a small quantityof grapes or grape must each wine year. That quantity shouldbe fixed. The processors concerned must nevertheless informthe competent authorities of their Member State at the beginning2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 2
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of eachwine year of th eir intention to process a certain quantity
of grapes or grape must.
(11)When the processor is not the user of the product concerned,particularly where the inspecting authority concerned is in adifferent Member State than the processor, it is not always easyfor that authority to know whether a statement relates to grape
must which has not received aid under this Regulation or to
grape juice for which an aid application has already beensubmitted. The transport document accompanying the productconcerned should therefore indicate whether an aid applicationhas been submitted.
(12)In order for the aid scheme to significantly increase the use ofCommunity raw materials, it should be stipulated that aid appli-cations must be submitted for a fixed minimum quantity for each
product.
(13)Under Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, part of
the aid is to be used to organise campaigns to promote theconsumption of grape juice. The percentage of the aid earmarked
for this purpose should be sufficient to generate adequate funds
to finance effective promotion campaigns.
(14)Processing is carried out by bothoccasional processors and
undertakings working continuously. The detailed rules for
applying the aid scheme must take account of that difference instructures.
(15)In order to allow the competent authorities of the Member Statesto conduct the necessary checks, the obligations of processors asregards stock accounts should be specified.
(16)In order to avoid unwarranted expenditure and facilitate checks,a maximum ratio should be specified between the raw materialsused and the grape juice obtained, based on normal processingtechniques.
(17)For commercial reasons, some operators store the grape juiceobtained for a long time before putting it up for consumption.This being the case, a system of advances should be introducedso that the aid can be paid in advance to operators against asuitable security to protect the competent authorities against the
risk of undue payment. The time limit for the payment of
advances should therefore be specified, together with detailedrules for the release of securities.
(18)To qualify for the aid, the parties concerned must submit anapplication together with certain supporting documents. Toensure that the system operates in the same way in all theMember States, time limits should be laid down for the submis-sion of applications and for payment of the aid to processors.
(19)Under Article 44(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, grapejuice may not be turned into wine or added to wine. In order toensure compliance with that provision, the obligations andspecial checks devolving on processors and bottlers of grape
juice should be specified.
(20)Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 introduces an aid
scheme for concentrated must and rectified concentrated must
produced in the Community and used to increase the alcoholic
strengthof wines.
(21)Under Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, detailed
rules may be laid down, in particular to stipulate the conditions
for granting the aid. On that basis, rules should be laid down forapplying the measure in the case of small producers. It shouldalso be stipulated that only producers who have fulfilled theirCommunity obligations during a specified period are to beeligible under this measure.
(22)The competent authorities must be informed of enrichmentoperations involving the addition of concentrated grape mustand rectified concentrated grape must and of the quantities of2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 3
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those products which are held. Since the quantities of those
products which are or have been used for enrichment must berecorded in the registers provided for in Article 70(2) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999, there is no need to require additional
documents to be presented in order for the aid to be received.
(23)To ensure uniform application of the aid scheme concerned, the
method for establishing the potential alcoholic strength of musts
should be harmonised at Community level.
(24)The cost price of grape must used to produce concentrated grape
must and rectified concentrated grape must depends on its poten-
tial natural alcoholic strength. To take account of this fact and toavoid disrupting the existing pattern of trade, the aid should bedifferentiated so that a higher amount can be granted for concen-trated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must from the
southernmost regions of the Community, which traditionally
produce must with the highest potential natural alcoholicstrength.
(25)Article 35(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 intro-
duces an aid scheme for the use of grape musts and concentrated
grape musts produced in wine-growing zones C III (a) and C III(b) to prepare certain products falling within CN code 220600 inthe United Kingdom and Ireland and for the use of concentratedgrape musts produced in the Community to manufacture certain
products marketed in the United Kingdom and in Ireland with
instructions for using them to obtain a beverage in imitation ofwine.
(26)Products falling within CN code 2206 00 as referred to inArticle 35(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 are currentlyproduced exclusively from concentrated grape must. At thisstage, therefore, aid should be fixed for the use of concentratedgrape must alone.
(27)Application of the aid scheme calls for an administrative systemto monitor both the origin of products eligible for the aid andtheir intended use.
(28)To ensure that the aid scheme and the checks operate properly,the operators concerned should be required to submit writtenapplications giving the information needed to identify theproduct and enable the operations to be checked.
(29)In order for the aid scheme to significantly increase the use ofCommunity products, it should be stipulated that applicationsmust be submitted for a fixed minimum quantity.
(30)Aid is to be granted only for products having the minimumquality characteristics required for use for the purposes referredto in Article 35(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
(31)In order to enable the competent authorities of the MemberStates to conduct the necessary checks, the obligations of proces-sors as regards stock accounts should be specified.
(32)Entitlement to aid is acquired when the processing operations arecompleted. To allow for technical losses, the quantity actuallyused should be allowed to be up to 10 % less than the quantitystated in the application.
(33)For technical reasons, operators lay in their stocks a long timebefore manufacturing the marketed products. This being thecase, a system of advances should be introduced so that the aid
can be paid in advance to operators against a suitable security to
protect the competent authorities against the risk of unduepayment. The time limit for the payment of advances shouldtherefore be specified, together with detailed rules for the releaseof securities.
(34)Under Chapter I of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999,private storage aid may be granted for table wine, grape must,concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must.opened segment Under Article 24(2) of that Regulation, the2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 4
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grant of aid is subject to the conclusion of storage contracts.
Detailed rules should be laid down covering the conclusion,content, period of validity and effects of suchcontracts.
(35)The term ‘producer’ should be defined and, in view of the obli-gations imposed upon such persons, it should be stipulated thatproducers must be the owners of the products covered by the
storage contract.
(36)An effective check must be kept on the products covered by
storage contracts. To that end, the intervention agency of a
Member State should be allowed to conclude contracts only for
quantities stored on the territory of that Member State, and itshould be informed of any change in the product or the placeof storage.
(37)For the sake of uniformity, contracts should be concluded on thesame terms throughout the Community and be sufficientlyprecise to enable the product concerned to be identified.
(38)Experience of the various schemes for the private storage ofagricultural products has shown that it is necessary to specifythe extent to which Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom)No 1182/71 is applicable for determining periods, dates andtime limits relating to those schemes, and that the dates on
which contractual storage periods begin and end should be stated
precisely.
(39)Under Article 3(4) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71,
where the last day of a period is a public holiday, Sunday or
Saturday, the period expires at the end of the last hour of thefollowing working day. It may not be in the interest of operatorsfor this provision to be applied in the case of storage contracts,since it could result in unequal treatment where the last days ofstorage are carried over. A derogation must therefore be
provided for when the final day of storage under contract is
determined.
(40)In order to ensure that the system of contracts has an effect on
market prices, contracts should be concluded only for significant
quantities.
(41)Storage aid should be restricted to products which have an effecton market prices. Accordingly, only products in bulk should
qualify for aid. For the same reason, contracts should cover
only products of sufficiently high quality. In the case of tablewine, contracts should relate to wines at an advanced stage ofpreparation, but it must be possible during the contract periodto carry out any oenological processes needed to ensure the
preservation of the product.
(42)To encourage improvement in quality, the minimum alcoholic
strengthof wine and must eligible for storage measures sh ould
be fixed. To the same end, it should be possible to lay down
more stringent conditions for table wine covered by storagecontracts, based on the quality of the harvest.
(43)In order to avoid abuse of the system, table wines which have
been stored under contract may not subsequently be recognised
as quality wines psr.
(44)In order to prevent products covered by a contract from affecting
the market situation, marketing and certain actions preparatory
thereto should be prohibited during the contractual storageperiod.
(45)Under the third indent of Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC)No 1493/1999, rules may be adopted allowing grape mustcovered by a long-term contract to be processed into concen-trated grape must or rectified concentrated grape must duringthe period of validity of the contract. Since such processing is anormal operation, it should be permitted permanently.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 5
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(46)Intervention agencies should be notified whenever grape must is
processed while under a storage contract, so that they may carry
out the necessary checks.
(47)The processing of grape must into concentrated grape must andrectified concentrated grape must reduces the volume of productin storage and consequently brings down storage costs. However,since the product obtained has a higher value, the reduction in
storage costs is offset by the rise in interest. It is therefore justi-
fied, in cases where the product is processed during storage, forthe aid to remain at the level calculated on the basis of the quan-tity of grape must under contract prior to processing throughoutthe period of validity of the contract. Moreover, the products
obtained must have the characteristics required by the Commu-
nity rules.
(48)The amount of private storage aid should take into account tech-nical storage costs and interest. Technical storage costs candiffer according to the type of product, while the amount of theinterest depends on the value of the product. Accordingly, for
ease of administration, the amount of aid per hectolitre per day
should be fixed for separate groups of table wines and musts.Under Article 25(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, theamount of aid for concentrated grape must should be 1,5 timeshigher than for grape must. However, the amounts fixed in this
Regulation may be amended to take account of substantial fluc-
tuations in market prices or interest rates.
(49)It must also be possible to shorten the storage period in caseswhere the products are intended for export once removed fromstorage. Proof that the products have been exported should besupplied in the same way as for refunds, in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 of 15 April 1999
laying down common detailed rules for the application of thesystem of export refunds on agricultural products (
1).
(50)To ensure that this system is effective while at the same timetaking into account the administrative requirements of the inter-
vention agencies, a time limit should be laid down for payment
of the aid. However, in the case of long-term contracts, in orderto help meet the cash-flow requirements of the producersconcerned, the Member States should be authorised to introducean advance payment scheme involving the lodging of adequate
securities.
(51)When a storage contract for table wine expires, producers may,
on request, conclude a new contract using simplified formalitiesprovided the conditions for the conclusion of a new contract forthe same product are satisfied.
(52)The market for must and concentrated must for grape juice
production is expanding and, in order to promote the use of
vine products for purposes other than wine-making, permissionshould be granted for must and concentrated must covered bystorage contracts and intended for grape-juice production to besold from the fifth month of the contract onwards on simple
notification by the producer to the intervention agency. This
same possibility should apply to promote export of theseproducts.
(53)The products which may be obtained by distillation should bespecified, and in particular the minimum quality requirementsfor neutral alcohol should be laid down. In setting these require-
ments, technological progress should be taken into account, as
should the need to ensure that the alcohol produced can be soldnormally on the markets for the different uses.
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(55)In the case of voluntary distillation under Articles 29 and 30 of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, producers should be required to
conclude delivery contracts withdistillers, to be approved by th eintervention agency, so that operations can be supervised andbothparties' compliance withth eir obligations can be ch ecked.Under sucha system th e quantitative effects of distillation opera-tions on the market could be more closely monitored. However,
the contracts system needs to be adjusted to take account of the
fact that some producers wish to entrust distillation to a jobbingdistiller while others have distillation plant themselves.
(56)Specific rules are needed to ensure that wine delivered for one of
the optional distillation operations comes from the producers'
own production. To that end, such producers should be requiredto provide proof that they have actually produced and hold thewine to be delivered. Rules are also needed to ensure that theessential elements of distillation contracts are adequately
checked.
(57)Experience shows that a certain tolerance should be allowed in
the quantity and actual alcoholic strength by volume of thewine covered by delivery contracts.
(58)Time limits should be set for payment of aid to distillers by theintervention agencies. It should also be possible for the aid to bepaid to distillers in advance. A system of securities is needed toensure that the intervention agency is not exposed to unjustified
risks.
(59)In the case of distillation under Articles 27 and 28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999, experience has shown that it is not always
easy for producers to calculate exactly the quantities of products
they are required to deliver to meet their obligation. Whereproducers have delivered almost all the quantities required bythe expiry of the period for delivery and have only to makesome minor adjustments, the penalty imposed should not be outof proportion to the infringement committed. Such producers
should therefore be deemed to have fulfilled their obligations
within the time limits, provided they deliver the quantitiesoutstanding in due course.
(60)Distillation under Articles 27 and 28 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 plays a vital role in achieving balance on the
market in table wine and indirectly helps to adjust wine-growingpotential to requirements. Compulsory distillation must thereforebe enforced very strictly and all persons subject to the obligationto distil must actually deliver the required quantities for distilla-
tion. In some cases exclusion from intervention measures has not
been a sufficient incentive to ensure that persons subject tocompulsory distillation fulfil their obligations. AdditionalCommunity measures are therefore needed for producers whofail to fulfil their obligations within the time allowed but whodo fulfil them before another date to be specified.
(61)The various wine distillation operations may yield neutralalcohol as defined in the Annex to this Regulation, on the basisof criteria relating to its composition. Community methods ofanalysis should be adopted to ensure that these criteria are
complied with.
(62)These methods must be compulsory for all commercial transac-
tions and verification procedures. In view of the trade's limited
facilities, a small number of usual procedures should be allowed
so that the requisite factors can be determined rapidly and withreasonable accuracy.
(63)The Community methods of analysis should be generally recog-
nised methods and should be uniformly applied.
(64)In order to ensure that the results obtained by applying the
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reproducibility of results obtained using these methods should be
defined.
(65)The buying-in price of wine deliveries should apply ex distiller'spremises. In certain cases, transport is provided by the distillerfor practical reasons. In order not to disturb this practice, which
is often necessary, the transport costs should be deducted from
the buying-in price in such cases.
(66)The obligation to distil represents a considerable constraint for
isolated producers who make only a small quantity of wine.
The costs such producers would incur in transporting their grapemarc and wine lees for distillation would be out of all proportionto the return which they could hope to obtain on the alcoholdistilled from them. They should therefore be permitted not to
make delivery.
(67)For that part of their wine production actually delivered for
distillation under Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999,
producers should be required to deliver only by-products of
wine-making for distillation under Article 27 of that Regulation.
(68)The obligation to distil by-products is a disproportionate
constraint for some producers of small quantities in certain
wine-growing areas. At the request of their Member State, suchproducers should be allowed to have their by-products with-drawn under supervision instead of delivering them fordistillation.
(69)Producers who deliver their marc for the manufacture of oeno-cyanin generally supply unfermented grape marc. The processby which oenocyanin is extracted from such marc makes the
marc unsuitable for fermentation and distillation thereafter.
Those producers should therefore be exempted from the obliga-tion to distil in proportion to the quantity of grape marc theysupply for suchmanufacture.
(70)When wine delivered for distillation is used to manufacture winevinegar, the volume of alcohol delivered to intervention agenciesis likely to be reduced. Producers should therefore be releasedfrom their obligation to distil where they deliver to the vinegar
industry the wine which would otherwise be necessary to make
up the quantity for compulsory distillation.
(71)Where the by-products of wine-making are withdrawn under
supervision under Article 27(7) and (8) of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999, all such by-products must have been withdrawnby the end of the wine year in which they were produced. Tothis end, an appropriate monitoring system is needed, whichwill not result in disproportionately high administrative costs,particularly in Member States whose wine production is very
low.
(72)Administration of the proof that marc, wine lees and wine havebeen delivered to a distiller should distinguish between whether
the distiller is established in the same Member State as theproducer or in another Member State.
(73)Under Article 27(11) and Article 28(5) of Regulation (EC)No 1493/1999, distillers may opt either to receive aid for theproduct to be distilled or to deliver the product obtained bydistillation to the intervention agency. The amount of aid shouldbe fixed on the basis of the market price for the various productswhich may be obtained by distillation.
(74)To qualify for the aid, the parties concerned must submit anapplication together with certain supporting documents. The
type and number of documents required must reflect the differ-
ences between wine and wine lees on the one hand and grapemarc on the other. To ensure that the system operates uniformlyin all Member States, applications should be lodged and aid paidto distillers within time limits to be laid down. Some propor-tional allowance should be made for distillers who, although2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 8
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they have met their principal obligations, are late in furnishing
proof thereof.
(75)When fixing the price to be paid by the intervention agencies forthe products delivered to them, account should be taken of theaverage cost of transporting and distilling the products
concerned.
(76)A single standard price should be fixed for products delivered to
intervention agencies in connection withdistillation under
Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, irrespective of the
origin of the raw materials.
(77)In some regions of the Community, the relation between the
quantities of marc and those of wine and wine lees is such that
the average distillation costs differ from those used to calculatethe standard price. This situation makes it, or can make it,economically impossible in some of these regions to achievethe objective sought through the compulsory distillation of theby-products of wine-making. Prices differentiated according to
the raw material of the product obtained by distillation should
therefore be fixed at the same time as the standard price, whileleaving it to the Member States to decide whether such differen-tiated prices should be applied in regions where application ofthe standard price would lead to the difficulties referred to
above.
(78)Recourse to this option must not increase the expenditure
incurred by the intervention agency and, hence, by the EAGGF.
The prices differentiated according to the origin of the alcohol
should therefore be correlated with the standard price in such away that the weighted average of the former does not exceed thestandard price.
(79)In the absence of an organised Community market in ethylalcohol, the intervention agencies responsible for marketing thealcohol which they are obliged to take over following distillationunder Articles 27 and 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 must
resell it at less than the buying-in price. The difference between
the buying-in price and the selling price for such alcohol shouldbe borne, at a standard rate, by the European AgriculturalGuidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guarantee Section.
(80)Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 provides for distil-lation to support the wine market and, as a consequence, tofacilitate the continuation of supplies of wine distillate to partsof the potable alcohol sector. To take end-of-the-year surplusesinto account, the measure should come into effect from
1 September eachmarketing year.
(81)Since the Commission is responsible for organising the sale of
certain wine alcohols, it needs more detailed knowledge of the
transactions carried out on the alcohol market. The information
that the Member States send the Commission about alcoholfrom compulsory distillation should therefore be extended tocover alcohol from voluntary distillation held by the interventionagencies.
(82)The required characteristics of products that may be deliveredfor distillation should be specified in greater detail.
(83)Products entering distilleries should be physically checked usingprocedures that ensure adequate representativeness.
(84)The consequences to be incurred by producers who fail tocomply with their obligations must be specified. However, theCommission should adopt rules on the entitlement to aid ofdistillers who fail to comply with certain administrative timelimits, in particular to take account of the proportionality prin-
ciple.
(85)Rules are needed to cover cases of force majeure which may
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(86)To ensure that distillation operations are adequately supervised,
distillers should be subject to a system of approval.
(87)To take account of the actual situation on the market in wine for
distillation, bothdistillers and makers of fortified wine sh ould beallowed to fortify suchwine for distillation and th e overallarrangements should be adjusted accordingly.
(88)Member States should be able to restrict the places at whichwine may be fortified for distillation so as to ensure the most
appropriate form of supervision.
(89)Detailed rules are needed for payment of the buying-in price for
the wine, payment of aid to makers of fortified wine, payment ofthe aid in advance, and the lodging and release of securities.
(90)Since the addition of an indicator to wine for distillation is aneffective method of supervision, it should be stipulated that thepresence of suchan indicator may not prevent free movement
of suchwine or of products obtained th erefrom.
(91)To take account of the way in which products are transported to
distilleries in some Member States, particularly where smallquantities are involved, Member States should be authorised toallow them to be transported in bulk.
(92)In the case provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999, for some types of distillation the buying-in price
for wine should be reduced where producers have increased thealcoholic strength by adding sucrose or concentrated grape mustfor which they have either received or applied for aid underArticle 34 of that Regulation.
(93)It is very difficult to link the increase in alcoholic strength
obtained by eachproducer to th e wine delivered for distillation.
Determining exactly the economic advantage accruing to eachproducer would therefore require an excessive amount of admin-istrative work liable to delay payment of the aid and affect thewhole intervention system. The buying-in price should thereforebe reduced on the basis of the average increase in the natural
alcoholic strength in each wine-growing zone. To avoid the
excessive amount of administrative work needed to verify theincrease in alcoholic strength for each producer, the buying-inprice for suchwine delivered for distillation sh ould be reducedby a fixed amount for eachzone or zone division.
(94)It is only fair that producers should receive the full price if they
have not increased the alcoholic strength of any part of their
table wine by adding either sucrose or concentrated grape mustfor which they have received aid under Article 34 of Regulation(EC) No 1493/1999. Moreover, producers who have increasedthe alcoholic strength of less of their production than theydeliver for distillation should be paid the full price for the differ-
ence between the quantity enriched and the quantity delivered.
(95)The aid for the product obtained by distillation and the price of
the products taken over by the intervention agency in connectionwithdistillation under Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 must be adjusted to take account of the reduction in thebuying-in price for the wine.
(96)One feature of the Community market for alcohol is the exis-tence of stocks resulting from intervention under Articles 27, 28and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (
1).
(97)Specific detailed rules are needed for suchtendering proceduresto ensure that all purchasers are treated equally.
(98)These stocks of alcohol may be disposed of by three differenttypes of tendering procedure, depending on the use and destina-2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 10
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tion for which the alcohol is intended and the quantities of
alcohol at 100 % vol. to be disposed of.
(99)Since the aim of tendering procedures is to obtain the most
favourable price, where the Commission decides to sell
following a tendering procedure the sale must be awarded tothe tenderer offering the highest price. Rules are also neededfor cases where several tenders for the same lot offer the sameprice.
(100)Tenders for up to 5 000 hectolitres should be admissible, on
certain conditions, so that new uses devised for alcohol can be
tested at intermediate industrial scale, thereby helping to developoutlets in the longer term for significant quantities of Commu-nity alcohol without disrupting the market in spirit drinks.
(101)It is necessary to determine which forms of processing intogoods exported under inward processing arrangements may be
considered equivalent to real industrial uses.
(102)In order to ensure that alcohol sold under such tendering proce-
dures is actually used for purposes not likely to disrupt themarket in alcohol, tenders must give a precise indication of theintended use.
(103)Tenderers should be allowed to submit only one tender per type
of alcohol, type of end use and tendering procedure. The legal
consequences for tenderers who submit more than one tendershould also be specified.
(104)In order not to affect competition with products which thealcohol may replace, the Commission should be free to awardno quantities on the basis of tenders received.
(105)So that sales can be awarded in response to the greatest possiblenumber of tenders submitted where the proposed prices aredeemed satisfactory and the proposed end uses are suitable fordeveloping new industrial outlets for the product, it should bepossible, within certain limits, for tenderers who have submitted
suchtenders to be awarded a replacement lot. Sucha procedure
is likely to increase sales of Community alcohol and thus reducestocks which must otherwise be managed at a high cost to thebudget.
(106)Irrespective of the margin of tolerance on the overall quantity ofalcohol put up for sale by tender, the price to be paid before a
removal order is issued should be calculated on the basis of a
quantity of alcohol at 100 % vol., determined to the nearesthectolitre.
(107)Regular tendering procedures should be held for export of thealcohol awarded to the countries of the Caribbean area for finaluse in the fuel sector so as to give these countries greater conti-
nuity of supply. Experience shows that this outlet is most
unlikely to disrupt the market and affords a major market oppor-tunity.
(108)The size of the lots put up for sale by tender for export to theCaribbean countries should be linked to normal sea transportcapacity, thereby reducing the cost to the traders concerned of
providing performance guarantees. The time limits laid down
for removing the alcohol awarded should be adjusted accord-ingly.
(109)Public sales of wine alcohol for use as fuel within the Commu-nity should be subject to certain conditions so as to provideundertakings withsupplies to some extent and take account of
the cost of the investment in processing plant needed for that
particular use, without, however, preventing the alcohol put upfor sale from being physically moved.
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concerned can no longer be physically moved until a removal
order has been issued for it.
(111)In the case of sale by tender or public sale for use as fuel, sincephysical removal and processing of the alcohol must take placeover a period of several years, the price per hectolitre of alcoholat 100 % vol. offered by the successful tenderer should beadjusted every three months by applying a coefficient indicated
in the relevant notice of invitation to tender, so that the prices to
be paid for the alcohol awarded more closely follow the fluctua-tion of fuel prices on international markets.
(112)In view of the size of some of the vats in which part of the
alcohol obtained by compulsory distillation is stored and the
considerable length of time that some of this alcohol remains instorage, it is impossible in practice to know exactly what quan-tity of marketable alcohol is contained in certain storage vats.
(113)This being the case, any tendering procedure ultimately found to
relate to a quantity of marketed alcohol amounting to between
99 and 101 % of the quantity of alcohol originally put up forsale should be deemed to have been executed.
(114)Tenderers' statements waiving all claims in respect of the quality
and characteristics of the alcohol awarded to them should not
extend to hidden defects that by their nature could not bedetected by them beforehand and that make the alcohol unfitfor the use intended.
(115)Alcohol reserved for certain sales by tender should be denaturedwhere appropriate to prevent it from being used for otherpurposes. The quantity of alcohol awarded in such cases shouldbe denatured by adding petrol.
(116)A system of securities should be introduced to ensure that
tendering procedures are properly conducted and that the alcohol
is in fact used for the purpose specified in the relevant invitationto tender. Securities should be set at a level which will preventany utilisation contrary to the objectives of the tendering proce-dure that might cause a disturbance on the market in alcohol and
spirit drinks produced in the Community in accordance with
Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. The rules laiddown in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of 22 July1985 laying down common detailed rules for the application ofthe system of securities for agricultural products, which alsocovers wine, should be taken into account. The primary require-
ments of the obligations subject to a security should therefore be
specified.
(117)Losses may occur when alcohol is being transported by land andsea and processed prior to final use. Account should be taken of
the relevant technical standards to evaluate changes in the
volume of alcohol recorded on loading and unloading and aspecific tolerance limit should be set for each category of loss.
(118)An overall tolerance limit should be set for losses of alcohol due
to multiple land and sea transport operations in connection with
a tendering procedure for the export of alcohol to be processedin the third countries covered by this Regulation. A higher toler-ance limit should also be set for alcohol losses due to processingoperations in suchth ird countries by comparison withsimilaroperations in the Community to take account of operational,
climatic and other conditions and the fact that some equipment
is less efficient in some third countries.
(119)Penalties should be applied for losses exceeding the set tolerancelimits by withholding a standard amount of the performance
guarantee covering the cost price of the alcohol delivered to the
intervention agency in connection withdistillation under Articles27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. Part of theperformance guarantee should be released only after thesuccessful tenderer has produced evidence concerning all thelosses relating to the tender concerned so that the amount of2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 12
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guarantee available is sufficient to penalise suchillegal losses of
alcohol.
(120)Some end uses intended for alcohol covered by a tenderingprocedure require all or some of the alcohol awarded to beprocessed into rectified alcohol. Some of the intended uses forthe alcohol sold require prior rectification or dehydration that
also produces foul-tasting alcohol unsuitable for the uses initially
intended for these tendering procedures. This being the case, theconditions on which performance guarantees can be releasedshould be amended.
(121)The checks made to verify whether the alcohol is used for thepurposes specified in the relevant invitations to tender shouldinclude at least checks equivalent to those applied to the moni-toring of Community-produced alcohol. For the purposes ofchecks on certain uses or destinations, an international surveil-
lance firm may be used to verify whether the contract awarded
is duly fulfilled. In line with the strengthening and developmentof the internal market, physical checks should be conducted atthe place of departure or destination of alcohol transport opera-tions.
(122)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordancewith the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Purpose
Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and this Regulation lay
down the Community rules applicable to market mechanisms in thewine sector.
This Regulation lays down the detailed rules for applying Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999 in particular regarding aid for the use of grapes,grape must and concentrated grape must (Title I), private storage aid(Title II) and distillation (Title III).
Article 2
General provisions
1. Member States may rule that operators starting up their activities
for the first time during a given wine year are entitled to aid under thisRegulation only for products resulting from the processing of their own
grape production.
2. Without prejudice to Article 30 of this Regulation, operators who
were subject to the obligations laid down in Articles 27 and 28 ofRegulation (EC) No 1493/1999 during the previous wine year shall beeligible for the measures provided for in this Regulation only wherethey provide evidence that they fulfilled their obligations regarding
delivery or withdrawal under supervision during the wine year
concerned.
For the 2000/01 wine year, the obligations referred to in the first
subparagraph shall be those laid down in Articles 35 and 36 of Regula-tion (EEC) No 822/87.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 13
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TITLEI
AID FOR THE USE OF GRAPES, GRAPE MUST, CONCEN-
TRATED GRAPE MUST OR RECTIFIED CONCENTRATED
GRAPEMUST
CHAPTER I
MANUFACTUREOFGRAPEJUICE
Article 3
Purposeoftheaid
Aid under Article 35(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be
granted to processors who:
(a) being themselves producers or groups of producers, process or have
processed on their behalf grapes from their own harvest and grape
must and concentrated grape must obtained entirely from their own
grape crop into grape juice; or
(b) buy directly or indirectly from producers or groups of producers
grapes produced in the Community and grape must and concen-
trated grape must for the purpose of processing them into grape
juice.
The grape must and concentrated grape must used must come from
grapes produced in the Community.
Article 4
Manufactureofothercomestible productsfromgrapejuice
The grape juice or concentrated grape juice obtained may be processed
into any comestible products other than wine products as referred to in
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 or the products referred toin Article 35(1)(b) and (c) of that Regulation.
Article 5
Technicalrequirementsrelating toproducts
1. The raw materials for the manufacture of grape juice referred to
in Article 3 must be of sound and fair merchantable quality and
suitable for processing into grape juice.
2. The grape must used and the must obtained from grapes used
must have a density at 20 ºC of between 1,055 and 1,100 grams percubic centimetre.
3. At the time it is used to manufacture comestible products, the
grape juice must comply withCouncil Directive 2001/112/EC (
1).
Article 6
Administrative rules applicable to processors for inspection
purposes
1. Processors who undertake operations for the manufacture of grape
juice throughout the current wine year shall submit, before the start ofeach wine year, a grape juice processing schedule to the competentauthority of the Member State. If the processor is undertaking opera-
tions for the manufacture of grape juice for the first time after the
start of a wine year the schedule must be drawn up before operationscommence.
The schedule shall contain the following information:
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(b) the place where the grape must and concentrated grape must
intended for processing are stored;
(c) the place where processing is to be carried out.
2. Processors who carry out operations for the manufacture of grape
juice only on specified dates shall submit, at least three working daysbefore the operations are to start, a processing statement to the compe-tent authority of the Member State.
The processing statement shall contain the following information:
(a) the information required under the second subparagraph of para-
graph1;
(b) the quantity of grapes, grape must or concentrated grape must
intended for processing;
(c) the density of the grape must and concentrated grape must;
(d) the starting date and probable duration of processing operations.
The statement must cover a minimum quantity of:
(a) 1,3 tonnes for grapes;
(b) 10 hectolitres for grape must;
(c) 3 hectolitres for concentrated grape must.
3. In addition to the information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2,
Member States may ask processors to provide further information.
4. The competent authority of the Member State shall stamp the
schedules and statements provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 and returna copy to the processor.
5. As an exception to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, Member States may
introduce simplified procedures for processors who use no more than5 tonnes of grapes or 40 hl of grape must or 12 hl of concentratedgrape must eachwine year.
6. Processors shall keep stock records showing the following infor-
mation taken from the accompanying documents or registers referred to
in Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999:
(a) the quantities and the density of the raw materials entering their
premises each day and, where applicable, the name and address ofthe seller;
(b) the quantities and density of raw materials used each day;
(c) the quantities of grape juice produced each day;
(d) the quantities of grape juice leaving their premises each day and
the name and address of the consignee, or the quantities of grape
juice used eachday by th e processor.
The supporting documents relating to the stock records shall be made
available to the inspection authorities on the occasion of any checks.
Article 7
Administrativerulesapplicabletousersforinspectionpurposes
1. For the purposes of this Chapter, ‘user’ means any operator
carrying out one of the following operations: bottling, packaging orpresenting the grape juice or concentrated grape juice, storing with aview to sale to one or more undertakings responsible for carrying outthe preceding or following operations, or preparing other comestible
products from that juice.
Suchoperations may also be carried out by processors as referred to in
Article 3.
2. Users shall submit to the competent authority of the place of
unloading a written undertaking not to process the grape juice into thewine products referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999or the products referred to in Article 35(1)(b) and (c) of that Regula-tion.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 15
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The Member States shall lay down the requirements for submitting
suchundertakings. However, th e undertaking must be submitted beforethe grape juice or concentrated grape juice is used, and no later than
four months after the submission of the aid application referred to in
Article 8 of this Regulation.
Export shall be regarded as compatible with such undertakings.3. Where processors dispatch the grape juice to a user within the
Community:
(a) processors shall indicate on the accompanying document referred to
in Article 70(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 whether the
manufacture of the grape juice has been or will be subject to an
aid application from them and the actual or planned date ofsubmission of the application;
(b) users shall send the accompanying document to the competent
authority of the place of unloading no later than 15 days after
receipt of the product;
(c) where users dispatch the juice they have received to another
operator within the Community they shall ensure that that operatorsigns their written undertaking and shall submit it to the competent
authority within the time limit set in the second subparagraph of
paragraph2;
(d) the competent authority, after having received the written under-
taking, shall stamp the accompanying document and send a copy
of the stamped accompanying document to the processor of the
grape juice in question no later than 30 days after receipt of theundertaking.
4. Under Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2729/
2000 (
1), during the wine year the competent authorities shall check
by sampling, on the basis of a risk analysis, to ensure that the under-
taking referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article has been respected. The
checks shall relate to at least 10 % of the quantities covered by appli-cations for the stamping of the accompanying documents provided forin paragraph 3(d) of this Article received during the previous wineyear.
Article 8
Aidapplications
1. Processors as referred to in Article 6(1) shall submit aid applica-
tions to the competent authority of the Member State no later than six
months after the end of the wine year. These shall be accompanied by
the following documents:
(a) a copy of the processing schedule referred to;
(b) a copy of the stock records referred to in Article 6(6) or a summary
thereof; the Member States may require such copies and summaries
to be certified by an authority responsible for inspections.
Member States may require further documentation.2. Processors as referred to in Article 6(2) shall submit aid applica-
tions to the competent authority of the Member State no later than sixmonths after the end of the processing operations. These shall beaccompanied by the following documents:
(a) a copy of the processing statement referred to;
(b) a copy of the stock records referred to in Article 6(6) or a summary
thereof; the Member States may require such copies and summariesto be certified by an authority responsible for inspections.
Aid applications shall indicate the quantity of raw materials actually
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3. The processor shall submit to the competent authority of the
Member State, no later than six months after submitting the aid appli-cation:
(a) a copy of the accompanying document stamped by the competent
authority as laid down in Article 7(3)(d);
(b) a copy of the accompanying document bearing the customs stamp
certifying export.
4. As an exception to paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States may intro-
duce simplified procedures for processors who use no more than 5tonnes of grapes or 40 hl of grape must or 12 hl of concentrated grape
must eachwine year. Th ese procedures must be completed no later
than six months after the end of the wine year.
Article 9
Aidamountsandrules
1. Aid for the use of grapes, grape must and concentrated grape
must shall be fixed per unit of quantity of raw material actually used
as follows:
(a) for grapes: EUR 4,952 per 100 kg;
(b) for grape must: EUR 6,193 per hl;
(c) for concentrated grape
must: EUR 21,655 per hl.
2. Except in cases of force majeure , no aid shall be payable on
quantities of raw materials in excess of the following ratio between
the raw material and the grape juice obtained:
(a) 1,3 for grapes, in 100 kg per hl;
(b) 1,05 for must, in hl per hl;
(c) 0,30 for concentrated must, in hl per hl.
Where the product obtained is concentrated grape juice, those ratios
shall be multiplied by five.
Article 10
Paymentoftheaid
The competent authority shall pay the aid within three months of the
date of presentation of the required documentation referred to in Article
8.
Article 11
Advancepayments
1. Processors may request advance payment of an amount equal to
the aid referred to in Article 9 calculated for the raw materials which
they can prove have entered their premises, provided they have lodged
a security with the competent authority. That security shall be 120 % ofthe amount of the advance.
2. Advances shall be paid by the competent authority within three
months of presentation of proof that the security has been lodged.However, no advances shall be paid before 1 January of the wine year
concerned.
3. After the competent authority has checked the required documen-
tation referred to in Article 8 the security referred to in paragraph 1 ofthis Article shall be released in full or in part in accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 17
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Article 11a
Penalties andcasesof force majeure
1. If the processor presents the required documentation referred to in
Article 8 late, but within six months of expiry of the deadline referredto in that Article, the aid shall be reduced by 30 %.
If the processor presents the documentation after the six months
referred to above have elapsed, no aid shall be paid.
2. If a check reveals that the user has not complied with the under-
takings referred to in Article 7(2) and (3) the aid shall be recoveredfrom the processor. If the user is domiciled in a Member State otherthan that where the processor is domiciled the Member State concernedshall notify the Member State where the processor is domiciled of the
non-compliance without delay.
3. Except in cases of force majeure , if processors are found not to
have complied with the obligations imposed on them under thisChapter other than the obligation to process into grape juice the rawmaterials covered by the aid application the aid shall be reduced. TheMember State concerned shall set the rate of that reduction.
4. If the quantity of raw material actually used is between 95 % and
99,9 % of the quantity for which the advance was paid the security
referred to in Article 11 shall be forfeit for the quantity not processed
during the wine year.
Except in cases of force majeure , if the quantity of raw material actu-
ally used is less than 95 % of the quantity for which the advance waspaid, the security shall be forfeit in its entirety.
5. In cases of force majeure , the competent authority of the Member
State shall determine the measures which it deems appropriate in thelight of the reasons invoked and shall inform the Commission thereof.
CHAPTER II
AID FOR MUST USED TO INCREASETHE ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH
OFWINEPRODUCTS
Article 12
Purposeoftheaid
1. Aid as referred to in Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999 shall be granted to producers of table wines or quality wines
produced in specified regions (quality wines psr) who use concentrated
grape must and rectified concentrated grape must produced in theCommunity to increase the natural alcoholic strength by volume ofthe products referred to in Annex V(C) to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, in the case of quantities of ten
hectolitres or less per wine year, the Member States may decide to
grant the aid to producers of concentrated grape must and rectifiedconcentrated grape must when the purchasers are individual wine-growers using the product exclusively for enriching their ownproduction.
The Member States shall adopt detailed rules for applying this measure
and notify the Commission thereof.
Article 13
Amountoftheaid
1. The amount of the aid referred to in Article 34(1) of Regulation
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strength by volume (% vol.) per hectolitre, for the following categories
of products:
(a) Concentrated grape must from grapes harvested:
— in wine-growing zones C III (a) and C III EUR 1.699/% vol./hl
— elsewhere EUR 1.466/% vol./hl
(b) Rectified concentrated grape must from grapes harvested:
— in wine-growing zones C III (a) and C III EUR 2.206/% vol./hl
— elsewhere EUR 1.955/% vol./hl
However, for wine years 2000/01, 2001/2002 and 2002/03 for rectified
concentrated musts obtained from grapes harvested elsewhere than in
wine-growing zones C III (a) and C III (b) and produced in establish-ments that began production of rectified concentrated musts before1 January 1986 in Spain or before 30 June 1982 elsewhere, the amountshall be that laid down for products of wine-growing zones C III.
2. The potential alcoholic strength of the products listed in para-
graph 1 shall be determined by applying the figures in the table of
equivalence in Annex I hereto to the readings at 20 ºC from a refract-
ometer used in accordance with the method laid down in the Annex toCommission Regulation (EC) No 558/93 (
1).
A tolerance of 0,2 shall be allowed in checks by the competent autho-
rities.
Article 14
Aidapplications
Producers wishing to receive the aid provided for in Article 34(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall submit an application to thecompetent intervention agency covering all operations to increase alco-holic strength to which that Article applies. Applications must reachthe intervention agency within two months of the date on which the
last operation was carried out.
Applications shall be accompanied by the documents relating to the
operations for which aid is requested.
However, the Member States may provide for several aid applications
to be submitted covering some of the operations to increase alcoholicstrength.
Article 14a
Checks
1. The competent authorities of the Member States shall take all
necessary steps to ensure the checks needed in order to verify in parti-
cular the identity and volume of the product used to increase the
alcoholic strength and compliance with Annex V, points C and D, toRegulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
2. Producers shall be obliged to allow the checks referred to in para-
graph1 at any time.
Article 15
Conditionsforgrantingtheaid
1. Except in cases of force majeure , no aid shall be payable if the
producer does not carry out the operation referred to in Article 34(1)of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 in accordance withAnnex V(C)and (D) to that Regulation.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 19
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2. Except in cases of force majeure , where producers fail to comply
with any of the requirements of this Regulation other than that referredto in paragraph 1, the aid payable shall be reduced by an amount to be
fixed by the competent authority depending on the seriousness of the
infringement.
3. In cases of force majeure , the competent authority shall determine
the measures which it deems necessary in view of the circumstancesinvoked.
Article 16
Paymentoftheaid
The competent authority shall pay the aid no later than 31 August
following the end of the current wine year.
Article 17
Advancepayments
1. From 1 January of the wine year concerned, producers may
request that an amount equal to the aid calculated for the productsused to increase alcoholic strength be paid to them in advance providedthat they have lodged a security in favour of the intervention agency.
The security shall be equal to 120 % of the aid applied for.
Applications shall be accompanied by such of the documents referred
to in the second paragraph of Article 14 as are available. Theremaining documents shall be submitted before the end of the wineyear.
2. The intervention agency shall pay advances within three months
of presentation of proof that the security has been lodged.
3. After the competent authority or the authorised department has
checked all the documents, and taking account of the amount to bepaid, the security shall be released in whole or in part, as the casemay be, in accordance withth e procedure laid down in Article 19 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85.
CHAPTER III
AID FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS IN THE
UNITEDKINGDOMANDINIRELAND
Article 18
Purposeandamountoftheaid
1. Aid as referred to in Article 35(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 shall be granted:
(a) to manufacturers who use concentrated grape must obtained
entirely from grapes produced within wine-growing zones C III(a) and C III (b) for the manufacture in the United Kingdom andIreland of products falling within CN code 2206 00 for which theuse of a composite name including the word ‘wine’ may beallowed by these Member States under Annex VII(C)(3) to Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999, hereinafter called ‘manufacturers’. The
amount of the aid shall be EUR 0.2379 per kilogram;
(b) to operators who use concentrated grape must obtained entirely
from grapes produced in the Community as the main component
in a set of products which they market in the United Kingdom
and Ireland, withclear instructions enabling th e consumer to obtaintherefrom a beverage in imitation of wine, hereinafter called‘operators’. The amount of the aid shall be EUR 0.3103 per kilo-gram.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 20
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2. To be eligible for aid, concentrated grape must shall be of sound,
fair and merchantable quality and suitable for use for the purposesreferred to in Article 35(1)(b) or (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
Article 19
Aidapplications
1. Manufacturers and operators wishing to receive aid as provided
for in Article 35(1)(b) or (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shallsubmit a written application, between 1 August and 31 July of thewine year concerned, to the competent authority of the Member Statein which the concentrated grape must is used.
Applications must be made at least seven working days before the
manufacturing operations begin.
However, the period of seven working days may be shortened where
the competent authority so authorises in writing.
2. Aid applications shall cover a minimum quantity of 50 kilograms
of concentrated grape must.
3. Aid applications shall show, in particular:
(a) the name or business name and the address of the manufacturer or
operator;
(b) the wine-growing zone from which the concentrated grape must
originates, as defined in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999;
(c) the following technical information:
(i) the place of storage,
(ii) the quantity (in kilograms or, if the concentrated grape must
referred to in Article 35(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999 is put up in containers withcontents not exceeding 5
kilograms, the number of containers),
(iii) the density,
(iv) the prices paid,
(v) the place where the operations referred to in Article 35(1)(b)
and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 are carried out.
The Member States may require additional information for the purpose
of identifying the concentrated grape must.
4. A copy of the accompanying document(s) covering transport of
the concentrated grape must to the manufacturer's or operator'spremises, drawn up by the competent authority of the Member State,
shall be attached to the aid application.
Column 8 of the document shall indicate the wine-growing zone where
the fresh grapes used were harvested.
Article 20
Conditionsforgrantingtheaid
1. Manufacturers and operators shall be bound to use the full quan-
tity of concentrated grape must covered by an aid application for thepurposes referred to in Article 35(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC)No 1493/1999. A shortfall of 10 % of the quantity of concentrated
grape must stated in the application shall be tolerated.
2. Manufacturers and operators shall keep stock accounts showing in
particular:
(a) the consignments of concentrated grape must purchased and
brought each day into their premises, together with the informationindicated in Article 19(2)(b) and (c) of this Regulation and the
name and address of the seller(s),
(b) the quantities of concentrated grape must used each day for the
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(c) the consignments of finished products mentioned in Article 35(1)(b)
and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 produced and dispatchedeach day from their premises, together with the name and address
of the consignee(s).
3. Manufacturers and operators shall inform the competent authority
in writing, within one month, of the date when all the concentratedgrape must covered by an aid application has been used for thepurposes referred to in Article 35(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC)No 1493/1999, allowing for the shortfall provided for in paragraph 1
of this Article.
4. Except in cases of force majeure , no aid shall be payable where
manufacturers or operators fail to fulfil the requirement set out in para-graph1 of th is Article.
5. Except in cases of force majeure , where manufacturers or opera-
tors fail to comply with any of the requirements of this Regulationother than that referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the aid
payable shall be reduced by an amount to be fixed by the competent
authority depending on the seriousness of the infringement.
6. In cases of force majeure , the competent authority shall determine
the measures which it deems necessary in view of the circumstancesinvoked.
Article 21
Paymentoftheaid
The competent authority shall pay aid for the quantity of concentrated
grape must actually used not later than three months after receiving the
information referred to in Article 20(3) of this Regulation.
Article 22
Advancepayments
1. Manufacturers and operators as referred to in Article 18 of this
Regulation may apply for an amount equal to the aid to be paid in
advance provided they have lodged a security for 120 % of the saidamount in favour of the competent authority.
2. Advance payments as referred to in paragraph1 sh all be paid
within three months of presentation of proof that the security has beenlodged, provided that evidence is supplied that the concentrated grape
must has been paid for.
3. After the competent authority has received the information
referred to in Article 20(3) of this Regulation, and taking account ofthe amount of aid to be paid, the security referred to in paragraph 1shall be released in whole or in part, as the case may be, in accordancewithth e procedure laid down in Article 19 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2220/85.
TITLEII
PRIVATESTORAGEAID
Article 23
Purpose
This Title lays down the detailed rules for applying the storage aid
scheme referred to in Chapter I of Title III of Regulation (EC)No 1493/1999.
Article 24
Definitions
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Article 25
Amountoftheaid
Storage aid shall be payable throughout the Community at the
following standard rates per hectolitre per day:
(a) EUR 0.01837 for grape must;
(b) EUR 0.06152 for concentrated grape must;
(c) EUR 0.06152 for rectified concentrated grape must;
(d) EUR 0.01544 for table wines.
Article 26
Rulesapplicabletobeneficiaries
1. Intervention agencies shall conclude private storage contracts only
withproducers.
For the purposes of this Title, ‘producer’ means any natural or legal
person or group of such persons which carries out, or has carried out
on their behalf, any of the following operations:
(a) the processing of fresh grapes into grape must,
(b) the processing of grape must into concentrated grape must or recti-
fied concentrated grape must,
(c) the processing of fresh grapes, grape must or grape must in fermen-
tation into table wine.
The organisations referred to in Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999 shall be treated as producers for the quantities obtained by theirmembers. The individual members delivering wine covered by aprivate storage contract shall be responsible for fulfilling the obliga-
tions referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation.
2. Producers may conclude contracts only for products:
— produced by them, or
— produced on their responsibility and which they own, or
— in the case of producer organisations as referred to in the third
subparagraph of paragraph 1, produced on the responsibility of theirmembers.
3. The intervention agency of a Member State may conclude
contracts only for products stored on the territory of that Member State.
4. Products may not simultaneously be the subject of both a private
storage contract and the arrangements referred to in Article 5(1) ofCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
Article 27
Characteristics ofproductseligible foraid
When contracts are concluded:
(a) the grape musts concerned must have been obtained exclusively
from varieties classified as wine grapes in accordance with
Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and may not have a
natural alcoholic strength by volume lower than the minimumnatural alcoholic strength laid down for the wine-growing zone inwhich they originate,
(b) table wines:
(i) must comply withth e minimum quality requirements fixed in
Annex II to this Regulation for the category for which thecontract is concluded;
(ii) must have a reducing sugar content not greater than two grams
per litre, except in the case of table wines from Portugal,which must have a reducing sugar content not greater thanfour grams per litre;
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(iv) must be free of bad tastes.
(c) The radioactivity levels of the products referred to in Article 24 of
this Regulation may not exceed the maximum levels permittedunder Community rules. However, the level of radioactive contam-ination of products shall be monitored only if the situation so
requires and only during the period necessary.
Article 28
Quantitieseligible foraid
1. The total quantity of products for which producers conclude
storage contracts may not exceed the quantity stated in their production
declaration for the wine year concerned, submitted in accordance withArticle 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, plus any quantitiesthey obtained after the date on which their declaration was submittedand recorded in the registers referred to in Article 70 of Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999.
2. Contracts shall cover a minimum quantity of 50 hectolitres in the
case of table wine, 30 hectolitres in the case of grape must and 10hectolitres in the case of concentrated grape must and rectified concen-trated grape must.
Article 29
Conclusionofcontracts
1. Producers may conclude contracts provided they supply the
following information for each container in which the product
concerned is stored:
(a) details enabling the product to be identified,
(b) the following analysis data:
(i) the colour,
(ii) the sulphur dioxide content,
(iii) the absence of hybrids, in the case of red products, as demon-
strated by analysis for malvidol diglucoside.
For grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated
grape must, the following information shall also be provided:
(c) the reading obtained at a temperature of 20 ºC with a refractometer
used in accordance with the method referred to in the Annex toRegulation (EEC) No 558/93. A tolerance shall be permitted of
0,5 for grape must and 1 for concentrated grape must and rectified
concentrated grape must.
For table wine, the following analysis data shall also be provided:
(d) the total alcoholic strength by volume,
(e) the actual alcoholic strength by volume,
(f) the total acidity, expressed in grams of tartaric acid per litre or in
milliequivalents per litre; however, Member States may waive thisrequirement for white wines,
(g) the volatile acid content, expressed in grams of acetic acid per litre
or in milliequivalents per litre; however, Member States may waive
this requirement for white wines,
(h) the reducing sugar content,
(i) behaviour in air over 24 hours,(j) the absence of bad tastes.
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2. The Member States may limit the number of contracts that a
producer can sign eachwine year.
3. Contracts for table wines may not be concluded before the date of
the first racking of the wine concerned.
4. Producers wishing to conclude storage contracts for table wines
shall, when submitting their applications, advise the intervention
agency of the total quantity of table wine they have produced duringthe current wine year.
To that end, they shall submit a copy of the production declaration(s)
provided for in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and,where applicable, of the registers referred to in Article 29 of this Regu-lation. In cases where the declaration is not yet available, a provisional
attestation may be produced.
5. Without prejudice to Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999, contracts shall contain at least:
(a) the name and address of the producers concerned,
(b) the name and address of the intervention agency,
(c) the type of product, classified as indicated in Article 25 of this
Regulation,
(d) the quantity,
(e) the place of storage,
(f) the first day of the storage period,
(g) the amount of aid in euros.
For table wine, contracts shall also include:(h) a statement that the first racking has taken place,
(i) a clause to the effect that the volume may be reduced by a percen-
tage to be determined by the Commission in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 should the total volume covered by contracts significantlyexceed the average volumes covered in the last three wine years;such reduction may not reduce the quantities in storage below the
minimum levels referred to in Article 28(2). Where this clause is
applied, the full amount of the aid due for the period prior to thereduction shall remain payable.
6. The Member States may require further information with a view
to identifying the product concerned.
Article 30
DerogationfromArticle 2ofthisRegulation
The Member States may authorise the conclusion of contracts before
producers have supplied the evidence referred to in Article 2 of thisRegulation provided suchcontracts include a statement by producerscertifying that they have met the obligations referred to in thatArticle or fulfil the requirement referred to in Article 58 of Title III
of this Regulation and that they undertake to deliver the remaining
quantities needed to comply fully with their obligations within thetime limit laid down by the competent national authority.
The evidence referred to in the first paragraph shall be supplied before
31 August of the wine year concerned.
Article 31
Beginningofthestorageperiod
1. The first day of the storage period shall be the day following the
date on which the contract is concluded.
2. However, if a contract relates to a storage period beginning after
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Article 32
Endofthestorageperiod
1. Storage contracts for grape musts, concentrated grape musts and
rectified concentrated grape musts shall expire between 1 August and30 November following the date of conclusion.
2. Storage contracts for table wines shall expire between
1 September and 30 November following the date of conclusion.
3. To determine the expiry date, producers shall send the interven-
tion agency a statement specifying the last day of validity of thecontract. The Member States shall lay down the requirements forpresenting these statements.
In the absence of a statement, contracts shall expire on 30 November.4. Producers who have not applied for an advance under Article 38
of this Regulation may sell the grape must or concentrated grape mustfor exportation or manufacture of grape juice from the first day of thefifthmonthof storage.
In such cases, producers shall inform the intervention agency in accor-
dance withparagraph3.
The intervention agencies shall ensure that the products are actually
used for the purpose stated.
Article 33
Earlyterminationofthecontractattherequestoftheproducer
1. Producers who have not applied for an advance under Article 38
of this Regulation may terminate storage contracts as of 1 Juneprovided the Commission so authorises in the light of market trends,information on stocks and harvest forecasts.
2. In addition, where the Commission decides to reduce the quanti-
ties covered by contracts in accordance withArticle 29(5)(i) of th isRegulation, producers may unilaterally terminate their contract wholly
or in part in the month following the publication of that decision.
Article 34
Detailedimplementingrulesrelatingtostorage
1. Throughout the storage period and until the last day of validity of
the contract, products in storage:
(a) must comply withth e relevant definitions in Annex I to Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999,
(b) must retain at least the minimum alcoholic strength required for the
category of table wine concerned at the time of conclusion of thecontract,
(c) may not be kept in containers of less than 50 litres capacity,
(d) must remain in bulk, and
(e) in the case of wine, must remain fit for offer or supply for direct
human consumption at the end of the storage period.
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 6, products under contract may
undergo only suchoenological treatments and processes as are neces-
sary for their preservation. A variation shall be permitted in thevolume entered in the contract which may not exceed 2 % for wineand 3 % for grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concen-trated grape must. When there has been a change of vat, the variationpermitted is set at 3 % to 4 % respectively.
3. Without prejudice to Article 33 of this Regulation, producers may
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Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, producers may undertake,
while a contract is still valid, to send table wine covered by it for distil-lation under Title III of this Regulation on expiry of the contract.
4. Producers shall inform the intervention agency in advance, within
a period to be laid down by the Member State concerned, of any
change during the contract period:
(a) in the place of storage, or
(b) in the manner in which the product is put up. In such cases, they
shall indicate the containers in which the product is to be defini-tively stored.
5. Where producers intend to transport the product under contract to
a place of storage located elsewhere or to premises not belonging tothem, the product may be transported only once the interventionagency, informed pursuant to paragraph 4, has authorised it.
6. Producers who have concluded private storage contracts for grape
must may process all or part of that must into concentrated grape mustor rectified concentrated grape must during the period of validity oftheir contract.
Producers who have concluded private storage contracts for concen-
trated grape must may process all or part of that must into rectified
concentrated grape must during the period of validity of their contract.
Producers may have the processing operations referred to in the
previous two subparagraphs carried out by a third party provided that
the said producers own the products obtained after processing and thatthey have presented a prior declaration. The Member State concernedshall check these operations.
7. The producers concerned shall inform the intervention agency in
writing of the date when the processing referred to in paragraph 6 ofthis Article is to commence, the place of storage and how the productis put up.
Suchnotification must reachth e intervention agency at least 15 days
before the date of commencement of the processing operations.
Within one month of the day of completion of the processing opera-
tions, producers shall send the intervention agency an analysis reportconcerning the product thus obtained, including as a minimum the
data required for the product concerned under Article 29 of this Regu-
lation.
8. Where the processing referred to in paragraph 6 is carried out, the
amount of storage aid for the product under contract shall be equal to:
(a) the amount referred to in Article 25(a) of this Regulation for the
processing referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 6,
(b) the amount referred to in Article 25(b) of this Regulation for the
processing referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 6.
The aid shall be calculated, for the entire storage period, on the basis of
the quantity of product covered by the contract before processing.
Article 35
Changesintheproductduringstorage
1. Should all or part of the product under contract cease to satisfy
the requirements of Article 34(1) of this Regulation during the periodof validity of the contract, the producer shall inform the intervention
agency without delay. Such notification shall be supported by an
analysis report. The intervention agency shall terminate the contractfor the quantity concerned with effect from the date of the analysisreport.
2. Should a check carried out by the intervention agency or any
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intervention agency shall terminate the contract for the quantity
concerned on the date that it determines.
Article 35a
Checks
1. The competent authorities of the Member States shall take any
measures required to ensure the checks necessary to verify the identityand volume of the product covered by the contract and compliancewithArticle 34.
2. Producers shall be obliged to allow the checks referred to in para-
graph1 at any time.
Article 36
Conditionsforgrantingtheaid
1. Except in cases of force majeure ,
(a) where producers fail to fulfil their obligations under Article 34(1)
to (5) and (7) of this Regulation or refuse to submit to checks, noaid shall be payable;
(b) where producers fail to fulfil one of their obligations under this
Regulation or under the contract, other than those referred to in(a) above, the aid shall be reduced by an amount determined bythe competent authority depending on the seriousness of the infrin-gement.
2. In cases where force majeure is recognised, the intervention
agency shall take such action as it considers necessary having regard
to the circumstances involved.
Article 37
Paymentoftheaid
1. The competent authority shall pay the aid no later than three
months after the expiry date of the storage contract.
2. In cases where a contract has been terminated in accordance with
Articles 33 or 35, the aid payable shall be in proportion to the actual
duration of the contract. The competent authority shall pay the aid nolater than three months after the day on which the contract is termi-nated.
Article 38
Advancepayments
1. Producers may request that an advance be paid to them provided
that they have lodged a security for 120 % of the advance in favour ofthe intervention agency. Without prejudice to Article 32, the amount of
the advance shall be calculated on the basis of the amount of the aid
for the product in question, as referred to in Article 25.
2. Advances shall be paid by the competent authority within three
months of presentation of proof that the security has been lodged.
3. Once the aid is paid by the competent authority, the security
referred to in paragraph1 sh all be released.
Where entitlement to the aid is lost in accordance with Article 36(1)(a),
the whole security shall be forfeit.
Where the application of Article 36(1)(b) results in an aid amount that
is lower than the sum already paid, the security shall be reduced by120 % of the amount paid in excess of the aid due. Securities reducedin this way shall be released not later than three months after the dateof expiry of the contract.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 28
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The Member States shall make the necessary adjustments where the
clause provided for in Article 29(5)(i) is applied.
Article 39
Qualitywines
A table wine which has been the subject of a storage contract may not
subsequently be recognised as a quality wine psr or used in making a
quality wine psr, a quality sparkling wine psr, a quality liqueur wine
psr or a quality semi-sparkling wine psr as defined in Article 54(1) ofRegulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
TITLEIII
DISTILLATION
Introduction
Article 40
Purpose
This Title lays down the detailed rules applicable to distillation as
referred to in Chapter II of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
Article 41
Definitions
1. For the purposes of this Title:
(a) ‘producer’ means:
(i) for the purposes of Chapter I of this Title: any natural or legal
person or group of suchpersons h aving produced wine fromfreshgrapes, grape must or partially fermented grape must orfrom new wine still in fermentation, obtained personally orpurchased, or any natural or legal person or group of suchpersons subject to the obligations referred to in Article 27 of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999;
(ii) for the purposes of Chapters II and III of this Title: any natural
or legal person or group of suchpersons h aving produced winefrom freshgrapes, grape must or partially fermented grape
must, obtained personally or purchased;
(b) ‘distiller’ means any natural or legal person or group of such
persons:
(i) distilling wine, wine fortified for distillation or the by-products
of wine-making or of any other form of processing grapes, and
(ii) approved by the competent authorities in the Member State in
whose territory the distillation premises are located;
(c) ‘maker of wine fortified for distillation’ means any natural or legal
person or group of such persons, other than distillers:
(i) processing wine into wine fortified for distillation, and
(ii) approved by the competent authorities in the Member State in
whose territory the premises are located;
(d) ‘competent intervention agency’ means:
(i) for the purposes of receiving and approving contracts or
declarations relating to the delivery of wine for distillation
and receiving and approving contracts relating to the deliveryof wine for fortification, the intervention agency designated bythe Member State in whose territory the wine is located at thetime when the contract or declaration is submitted,
(ii) for the purposes of paying aid to makers of wine fortified for
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(iii) in all other cases, the intervention agency designated by the
Member State in whose territory distillation takes place.
2. For the purposes of this Title, natural or legal persons or groups
of such persons other than makers of wine fortified for distillation shallbe deemed to be distillers if they:
(a) are approved by the competent authorities in the Member State in
which they are established;
(b) buy from a producer as defined in paragraph1(a) wine or th e by-
products of wine-making or of any other form of processing of
grapes with a view to having them distilled on their own account
by an approved distiller, and
(c) pay the producer not less for the products purchased than the
minimum buying-in price for the distilled product in question.
Persons or groups deemed to be distillers shall be subject to the same
obligations and enjoy the same rights as distillers.
3. Member States may stipulate, in accordance withrules wh ich
they determine, that for the purposes of concluding contracts and deli-
vering wine for distillation, associations of wine-growers' cooperativesmay on request be deemed to be producers for those quantities of wineproduced and handed over by member cooperatives. The latter shall inany case continue to hold the rights and be bound by the obligations
laid down in Community rules.
Should an association intend to carry out a distillation operation under
this Title in agreement with the wine-growers' cooperatives concernedduring a specified wine year, it shall inform the intervention agencythereof in writing. In such cases:
(a) member cooperatives may not individually sign distillation
contracts or make deliveries for the distillation concerned,
(b) the quantities of wine delivered for distillation by the said associa-
tion shall be booked to the member cooperatives on whose behalfthe delivery is made.
For the purposes of Article 2 of this Regulation, should one or more
member cooperatives fail to comply withth e obligations laid down
therein, irrespective of the consequences for the latter, the association
shall be excluded from deliveries for the distillation concerned, up tothe limit of the quantities of wine delivered on behalf of the wine-growers' cooperatives which committed the infringement.
Member States availing themselves of the option provided for in this
paragraph shall inform the Commission thereof and shall notify it ofthe provisions they have adopted for this purpose. The Commissionshall inform the other Member States.
Article 42
Approvalofdistillers
1. The competent authorities of the Member States shall approve the
distillers established in their territory who intend to perform distillationoperations under this Title and shall draw up a list of the approveddistillers. However, these authorities may decide not to include on the
list approved distillers who are unable to obtain products of an alco-
holic strength of at least 92 % vol. by means of distillation underChapter I of this Title.
The competent authorities shall be responsible for updating the said
list, and the Member States shall forward any subsequent amendments
to it to the Commission. The Commission shall publish that list and
any amendments to it.
2. The competent authority may withdraw approval, either tempora-
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Article 43
Alcoholobtainedbydistillation
Only the following products may be obtained by distillation under this
Title:
(a) neutral alcohol complying with the definition in Annex III to this
Regulation, or
(b) spirits distilled from wine or from grape marc, complying withth e
definitions in Article 1(4)(d) or (f) of Council Regulation (EEC)No 1576/89 of 29 May 1989 laying down general rules on the defi-nition, description and presentation of spirit drinks(
1), or
(c) a distillate or raw alcohol with an alcoholic strength of at least 52 %
by volume.
Where the product specified in point (c) in the first subparagraph is
obtained, it may be used only under official supervision for:
(i) the production of an alcoholic beverage,
(ii) processing into one of the products referred to in (a) or (b) above,
withth e exception of spirits distilled from grape marc,
(iii) the production of alcohol for industrial purposes.
For the purposes of the distillation operations referred to in this Title,
Member States shall take the necessary steps to ensure compliance withthe obligation laid down in the second subparagraph.
Article 44
Analysismethodforneutralalcohol
Annex V to this Regulation sets out the Community methods for the
analysis of neutral alcohol as defined in Annex IV hereto.
CHAPTER I
COMPULSORYDISTILLATION
Section I: Distillation of by-products of wine-making
Article 45
Obligationtodeliver by-productsfordistillation
1. Producers required to distil under Article 27 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 shall discharge their obligations by delivering for distil-lation, not later than 15 July of the wine year concerned:
(a) all of their marc and wine lees to an approved distiller, and
(b) where applicable, any wine to an approved distiller or approved
maker of wine fortified for distillation.
The Member States may stipulate that this delivery must take place
before the date referred to in the first subparagraph.
Where producers make deliveries to a distiller whose approval has been
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Article 46
Requirementsforby-productsdelivered fordistillation
1. Notwithstanding Article 27(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999,
the amount of alcohol contained in products delivered for distillation
by producers delivering marc for the manufacture of oenocyanin shallbe at least 5 % of the amount of alcohol contained in the wine; or atleast 7 % for white quality wines psr.
2. For the purpose of determining the amount of alcohol to be deliv-
ered for distillation in the form of the products specified in Article 48of this Regulation, the standard natural alcoholic strengths by volumeto be applied in the different wine-growing zones shall be:
(a) 8.5 % for zone B,
(b) 9.0 % for zone C I,
(c) 9.5 % for zone C II,
(d) 10.0 % for zone C III,
3. To keep distillation costs within acceptable limits, the minimum
average requirements that wine-making by-products must meet on
delivery to the distillery shall be the following:
(a) grape marc:
(i) in wine-growing zone B: two litres of pure alcohol/100 kilo-
grams,
(ii) in wine-growing zone C: two litres of pure alcohol, by actual
or potential strength/100 kilograms where it is obtained from
varieties listed in the classification of vine varieties for theadministrative unit concerned as varieties other than wine-grape varieties; litres of pure alcohol, by actual or potentialstrength/100 kilograms where it is obtained from varietieslisted in the classification for the administrative unit concerned
solely as wine-grape varieties;
(b) wine lees:
(i) in wine-growing zone B: three litres of pure alcohol/100 kilo-
grams, 45 % moisture content,
(ii) in wine-growing zone C: four litres of pure alcohol/100 kilo-
grams, 45 % moisture content,
4. In the case of producers who deliver wine of their own production
to the vinegar industry, the amount of alcohol, expressed as pure
alcohol, contained in the wine delivered shall be deducted from the
amount of alcohol, expressed as pure alcohol, contained in the wine tobe delivered for distillation to discharge the obligation referred to inArticle 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
In the case of producers who deliver wine and by-products of their own
production for supervised experiments conducted by the MemberStates, the provisions referred to in Articles 45, 46 and 47 shall applyand aid shall be paid to the person authorised to conduct the experi-
ment at a rate of EUR 0,277/% vol/hl.
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Article 47
Buying-inprice
1. The buying-in price referred to in Article 27(9) of Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999 shall apply to bulk merchandise ex distiller'spremises.
2. Distillers shall pay the buying-in price as referred to in paragraph
1 to producers within three months of the day on which the quantityconcerned is delivered to the distillery.
However, unless the producer objects, distillers may:
(a) pay the producer on account 80 % of the buying-in price, no more
than three months after delivery of the products, or
(b) make the payment on account referred in (a) following delivery of
the products and no later that one month after presentation of theinvoice to be drawn up for them before 31 August following the
close of the wine year concerned.
Distillers shall pay the balance to producers no later than the following
31 October.
Article 48
Aidtobepaidtodistillers
1. The aid referred to in Article 27(11)(a) of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 shall be fixed, per % vol. of alcohol and per hectolitre ofproduct obtained by distillation, as follows:
(a) for neutral alcohol:
— obtained from marc: EUR 0,8453,
— obtained from wine and wine lees: EUR 0,4106;
(b) for spirits distilled from marc and distillates or raw alcohol
obtained from marc having an alcoholic strength of at least 52 %vol.: EUR 0,3985;
(c) for wine spirits and raw alcohol obtained from wine and wine lees:
EUR 0,2777.
Where the distiller provides evidence that the distillate or raw alcohol
obtained by distillation of marc was used otherwise than as spiritsdistilled from marc, a further amount of EUR 0,3139/% vol./hl shallbe paid.
2. No aid shall be due for quantities of wine delivered for distilla-
tion exceeding the producer's obligation as provided for in Article 45by more than 2 %.
Article 49
Exceptionstotheobligationtodeliver fordistillation
1. The obligations laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 shall not apply to:
(a) producers who withdraw by-products of wine-making under super-
vision under Article 50(1) of this Regulation,
(b) producers of quality sparkling wines of the aromatic type and
quality sparkling wines and semi-sparkling wines of the aromatic
type produced in specified regions who have prepared such winesfrom grape must or partially fermented grape must which hasbeen purchased and stabilised to eliminate the wine lees.
2. Producers who, during the wine year in question, do not produce
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3. For that part of their wine production actually delivered to a
distillery for distillation under Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, producers shall be required to deliver only by-products of wine-
making for distillation under Article 27(3) of that Regulation.
4. Under Article 27(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the
Member States may provide, in respect of all or part of their territory,that producers who do not exceed a production level to be established,and produced by themselves on their own premises, may dischargetheir obligation to deliver the by-products referred to in paragraphs 3
and 6 of that Article by withdrawing those products under supervision.
However, that production level may not exceed 80 hl of wine or must.
Article 50
Withdrawals
1. Only the following producers may avail themselves of the option
referred to in Article 27(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999:
(a) those established in production areas where distillation is a dispro-
portionate constraint. A list of the production areas concerned shallbe drawn up by the competent authorities of the Member States,who shall inform the Commission thereof;
(b) those who have not made wine or processed grapes in any other
way on cooperative premises and who have disproportionate distil-lation costs on account of their low volume of production or thespecial characteristics of production and the location of the distil-leries.
2. For the purposes of Article 27(7) and (8) of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999, the by-products shall be withdrawn without delay and
no later than the end of the wine year in which they were obtained.Withdrawal, together with an indication of the estimated quantities,shall be either entered in the registers kept in accordance withArticle 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 or certified by the compe-tent authority.
The withdrawal of the wine lees in question shall be regarded as
having taken place once the lees have been denatured to make their
use in winemaking impossible and where the delivery of the denaturedlees to third parties has been entered in the registers referred to in thefirst subparagraph. The Member States shall take the measures neces-sary to ensure that such transactions are checked.
Member States whose wine production exceeds 25 000 hectolitres per
year shall check by sampling at least whether the average minimum
alcoholic strength referred to in Article 51 has been complied with
and whether all the by-products have been withdrawn within the timelimits set.
Article 51
Requirementsforby-productswithdrawn
The minimum pure alcoholic strength of the by-products of wine-
making withdrawn under supervision under Article 27(7) and (8) ofRegulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be as follows:
(a) grape marc:
(i) 2.1 litres/100 kilograms in the case of quality white wines psr,
(ii) 3 litres/100 kilograms in other cases.
(b) wine lees:
(i) 3.5 litres/100 kilograms in the case of quality white wines psr,
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Section II: Distillation of wine from dual-purpose grapes
Article 52
Determinationofquantitynormallyproduced
1. In the case of wine obtained from grapes of varieties classified as
bothwine-grape varieties and varieties for oth er uses as referred to in
Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the total quantity
normally produced shall be determined for each region concerned.
The total quantity normally produced shall comprise:
— wine products intended for the production of table wine and wine
suitable for yielding table wine,
— must intended for the production of concentrated must and rectified
concentrated must for the purposes of enrichment,
— must intended for the production of liqueur wines with a designa-
tion of origin,
— wine products for the production of spirits distilled from wine with
a designation of origin.
The reference period shall cover the following wine years:
— 1974/75 to 1979/80 in the Community of Ten,
— 1978/79 to 1983/84 in Spain and Portugal,
— 1988/89 to 1993/94 in Austria.
However, in the case of wine obtained from grapes of varieties classi-
fied as bothwine-grape varieties and varieties for th e production of
spirits distilled from wine witha designation of origin, th e total quan-
tity normally produced in the region during that reference period shallbe reduced by the quantities that have been the subject of distillationother than that to produce spirits distilled from wine with a designationof origin in that period. Moreover, where the quantity normally
produced in the region is over 5 million hl, this total quantity normally
produced shall be reduced by 1,4 million hl for the 2001/02 and 2002/03 wine years.
2. In the regions referred to in paragraph 1, the quantity normally
produced per hectare shall be set by the Member States concerned bydetermining for the same reference period referred to in that paragraphthe portion of wine obtained from grapes of varieties classified in the
same administrative unit as bothwine-grape varieties and varieties for
other uses.
From the 1998/1999 wine year, as regards wine obtained from grapes
of varieties classified in the same administrative unit as both wine-grape varieties and varieties for the production of spirits from winewith a designation of origin, the Member States shall be authorised to
allow producers who have received premiums from the 1997/98 wine
year for the permanent abandonment of part of their vine-growing areasas provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 to main-tain, for the five wine years following grubbing, the quantity normallyproduced at the level it stood at before grubbing.
Article 53
Determinationofthequantityofwinetobedistilled
1. All producers subject to the distillation obligation under Article
28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall have distilled the total quan-tity of their production intended for wine-making less their quantity
normally produced as defined in Article 52(2) and their quantity of
exports out of the Community during the wine year in question.
In addition, producers may deduct from the quantity to be distilled
resulting from that calculation a maximum quantity of 10 hl.
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region concerned. It shall comprise the total quantity intended for
wine-making less the total quantity normally produced as defined inArticle 52 and the quantity of wine exported from the Community in
the wine year in question.
In those regions:
— the Member State shall apportion the total quantity of wine to be
distilled in the region concerned among the individual wine produ-cers in that region in accordance with objective criteria and withoutdiscrimination and shall inform the Commission thereof,
— distillation shall be authorised only if the total quantity intended for
wine-making in the region in the wine year concerned exceeds thetotal quantity normally produced in the region concerned,
— for each wine year a difference of 200000 hectolitres shall be
allowed between the regional quantity to be distilled and the aggre-
gate individual quantities.
Article 54
Datesofdelivery ofwinefordistillation
The wine shall be delivered to an approved distiller not later than 15
July of the wine year concerned.
In cases covered by Article 68 of this Regulation, the wine shall be
delivered to an approved maker of wine fortified for distillation notlater than 15 June of the wine year concerned.
To deduct wine from the quantity to be distilled, the wine shall be
exported from the Community not later than 15 July of the wine year
concerned.
Article 55
Buying-inprice
1. Within three months of delivery to the distillery distillers shall
pay the producers the buying-in price referred to in Article 28(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the quantity delivered. That priceshall apply to bulk merchandise ex producer's premises.
2. In the case of wine obtained from grapes of varieties classified as
bothwine-grape varieties and varieties for th e production of spirits
distilled from wine, in accordance withArticle 28(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999, the Member States may vary the buying-in pricepaid to the producers subject to the distillation obligation as a functionof yield per hectare. The provisions adopted by the Member Statesshall ensure that the average price actually paid for all wine distilledis EUR 1,34/% vol/hl.
Article 56
Aidtobepaidtodistillers
The aid provided for in Article 28(5)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999 shall be fixed, in terms of alcoholic strength by volume per hecto-litre of product obtained from distillation, as follows:
(a) neutral alcohol: EUR 0,7728
(b) spirits distilled from wine, raw alcohol and wine
distillate: EUR 0,6401
Where use is made of the possibility of varying the buying-in price in
accordance with Article 55(2), the aid referred to in the first paragraph
shall vary by an equivalent amount.
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Article 57
Exceptionstotheprohibitiononmovementofwine
Where a derogation is granted under Article 28(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999, wine covered by that Article may be moved to:
(a) a customs office for completion of customs export formalities
followed by departure from the customs territory of the Commu-
nity, or
(b) the premises of an approved maker of wine fortified for distillation
witha view to fortification.
Section III: Common provisions applicable to Sections I and II of
this Chapter
Article 58
Partial deliveries
Producers subject to one of the obligations referred to in Articles 45
and 54 who have delivered at least 90 % of the quantity of productwhich they are obliged to deliver before 15 July of the current wine
year may discharge their obligation by delivering the remaining quan-
tity before a date to be fixed by the competent national authority,which may not be after 31 July of the following wine year.
In suchcases:
(a) the buying-in price for the remaining quantities referred to in the
first subparagraph and the price for the alcohol produced therefrom
and delivered to the intervention agency shall be reduced by an
amount equal to the aid for neutral alcohol fixed for the distillationoperation in question in accordance withArticle 48(1)(a)(i) andArticle 56(a) of this Regulation,
(b) no aid shall be paid for products of distillation not delivered to
intervention agencies,
(c) the obligation shall be deemed to have been discharged by the date
fixed in accordance with the first subparagraph,
(d) the time limits for distillation, submission of proof of payment of
the price referred to at (a) and delivery of the alcohol to the inter-vention agency shall be adjusted by the competent authority to takeaccount of the extended time limit for delivery.
Article 59
Proofofdelivery
As proof of delivery, distillers shall provide producers, before
31 August of the following wine year, with a certificate stating at leastthe type, quantity and alcoholic strength by volume of the products
delivered, as well as the dates of delivery.
However, where producers deliver the products which they are to have
distilled to a distillery located in a Member State other than that inwhich the products were obtained, the distiller shall require the inter-
vention agency of the Member State of distillation to certify that the
distillery has taken over the products in question on the official docu-ment provided for in Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999covering transport of the products. The distiller shall forward a copyof the duly certified document to the producer within one month ofreceiving the products to be distilled.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 37
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Article 60
Proofstobesuppliedbydistillerstointerventionagencies
1. In order to qualify for aid, distillers shall submit an application to
the intervention agency, no later than 30 November following the wineyear concerned, enclosing for the quantities covered by their applica-tion:
a) (i) in the case of wine and wine lees, a summary of the deliveries
made by eachproducer, stating at least:
— the type, quantity, colour and alcoholic strength by volume,
— the number of the document provided for in Article 70(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, where such a document
is required for transport of the products to the distiller'spremises or, otherwise, the reference number of the trans-port document used under national rules;
(ii) in the case of grape marc, a list of the names of the producers
who have delivered marc and the quantity of alcohol containedin the marc delivered for distillation under Article 27 of Regu-lation (EC) No 1493/1999;
(b) a declaration, stamped by the competent authority designated by
the Member State, stating at least:
(i) the quantity of products obtained by distillation, broken down
by category as indicated in Article 43 of this Regulation,
(ii) the date on which these products were obtained;
(c) proof that they have paid the producer the minimum buying-in
price laid down for the distillation operation concerned within the
time allowed.
However, Member States may provide for simplified arrangements for
presenting evidence of the payment of the minimum buying-in price fordistillation of the by-products of wine-making after obtaining theagreement of the Commission to such arrangements.
2. Where producers carry out the distillation themselves, the docu-
ments referred to in paragraph1 sh all be replaced by a declaration,stamped by the competent authority of the Member State, stating at
least:
(a) the type, quantity, colour and alcoholic strength by volume of the
product to be distilled,
(b) the quantity of products obtained from distillation, broken down by
category as indicated in Article 43 of this Regulation,
(c) the dates on which these products were obtained.
3. Proof that the minimum price has been paid may be replaced by
proof that a security has been lodged in favour of the intervention
agency. The security shall be equal to 120 % of the aid applied for.
In such cases, proof that the distiller has paid the full buying-in price
referred to in Article 27(9) or Article 28(3) of Regulation (EC)No 1493/1999 shall be supplied to the intervention agency no laterthan the last day of February following the wine year concerned.
4. In cases as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 47(2)
of this Regulation, proof that the buying-in price has been paid shall bereplaced by proof that the payment on account has been made.
5. The intervention agency shall pay the aid to the distiller or, in
cases as referred to in paragraph 2, the producer no more than three
months after submission of the application together with the requisite
documents.
In the case of distillation as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999, and where the Member State differentiates thebuying-in price according to yield per hectare as provided for in Article55(2), the period referred to in the first subparagraph shall be sevenmonths.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 38
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Article 61
Datesofdistillationoperations
1. Any wine delivered to meet the obligation laid down in Article 27
of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 may not be distilled before 1January of the wine year concerned.
2. Not later than the 10th of each month, distillers shall send the
intervention agency a statement of the quantities of products distilledand products obtained during the previous month, the latter being
broken down by category as indicated in Article 43 of this Regulation.
3. Distillation may not take place after 31 July of the wine year
concerned.
Article 62
Delivery ofalcoholtotheinterventionagency
1. Without prejudice to the application of Articles 27(12) and 28(6)
of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, distillers may deliver products withan alcoholic strength of at least 92 % vol. to the intervention agencyuntil 30 November following the wine year concerned at the latest.
The operations necessary to obtain the product referred to in the first
subparagraph may be carried out either at the premises of the distiller
delivering the said product to the intervention agency or at thepremises of a jobbing distiller.
Except where the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of this Article is
applied, distillers delivering to the intervention agency may not physi-cally keep the delivered alcohol on their premises; it must be stored on
premises managed by the intervention agency.
Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, as regards Portugal and for the
2000/01 wine year, distillers may deliver products of an alcoholicstrengthof at least 92 % vol to th e intervention agency until 31December following the wine year concerned at the latest.
2. The price to be paid to the distiller by the competent authority for
the product delivered shall be fixed in % vol./hl as follows:
(a) distillation under Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999:
— raw alcohol obtained from marc: EUR 1,872,
— raw alcohol obtained from wine and wine lees: EUR 1,437;
(b) distillation under Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999:
— raw alcohol obtained from wine: EUR 1,799.
Where alcohol is stored on the premises where it has been produced,
the above prices shall be reduced by EUR 0,5 per hectolitre of alcohol.
4. In the case of distillers who have received aid under Articles 48and 56 of this Regulation, the prices referred to in paragraph 2 shall bereduced by an amount equal to the aid.
5. The intervention agency shall pay distillers no more than three
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CHAPTER II
OPTIONALDISTILLATION
Article 63
Purpose
This chapter lays down the detailed rules for applying the arrangements
for distilling wine to produce potable alcohol as referred to in Article29 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
Article 63a
Openingofdistillation
1. The distillation of table wine and wine suitable for yielding table
wine referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall
be opened for the period from 1 October to 15 December each wineyear, but from 1 October to 30 December for the wine year 2002/03.
2. The volume of table wine and wine suitable for yielding table
wine for which each producer may sign contracts shall be limited to a
percentage to be specified of his wine production declared during oneof the last three wine years including the production for the currentyear if already declared. During a given year the producer may notchange the production year chosen as the reference for the calculation
of that percentage. For the wine year 2002/03 that percentage shall be
25 %.
The volume of table wine and wine suitable for yielding table wine
produced shall be only that given as wine in the column headed ‘Table
wines’ in the declaration of quantities produced referred to in Table C
of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2001 (
1).
3. Each producer who, during the current wine year, has produced
table wine or wine suitable for yielding table wine may conclude one
or more contracts or make one or more declarations as referred to in
Article 65 of this regulation. The contracts or declarations shall beaccompanied by evidence of the lodging of a security of EUR 5 perhectolitre. Such contracts or declarations may not be transferred.
4. The Member States shall notify the Commission by 10 January of
the current year at the latest of the total volume covered by contracts or
declarations submitted under Article 65(1) for distillation during theperiod referred to in paragraph1. However, for th e wine year 2002/03the above date shall be 15 January.
5. If the quantities covered by contracts or declarations notified to
the Commission by the date referred to in paragraph 4 exceed or mayexceed the quantities corresponding to available budget resources orare substantially in excess of the absorption capacity of the potablealcohol sector, the Commission shall set a single percentage for accep-
tance of the quantities covered by the contracts or declarations
concerned. In that case, the security referred to in paragraph 3 shallbe released for the quantities notified but not accepted.
6. The Member States shall approve such contracts or declarations
between 25 January and 15 February:
— for the entire quantity if the Commission has not set the reduction
percentage referred to in paragraph5,
— for the quantity resulting from application of the reduction percen-
tage if one has been set.
However, for the wine year 2002/03 the above dates shall be 1
February and 20 February.
The Member States shall notify the Commission of the total volume
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Contracts or declarations submitted to the competent authorities in the
Member States but not notified to the Commission pursuant to para-graph4 cannot be approved.
7. Notwithstanding paragraph 5, the Member States may approve
contracts or declarations before 25 January for a quantity not exceeding
30 % of the quantity given in the contracts or declarations. However,
for the wine year 2002/03 that percentage shall be 35 %.
8. The amounts of wine to be supplied under contract shall be deliv-
ered to a distillery by 15 July of the wine year at the latest.
9. The security referred to in paragraph 3 shall be released in
proportion to the quantities supplied when the producer providesevidence of delivery to a distillery. Where a contract is performed forat least 95 % of the quantity for which it is concluded the security shallbe released in its entirety.
10. The wine supplied to the distillery shall be distilled by 30
September of the following wine year at the latest.
Article 64
Amountofaidandrulesapplying
1. The primary aid referred to in Article 29(4) of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999, to be paid to distillers or, in cases as referred to inArticle 65(3) of this Regulation, to producers for wine distilled underthis chapter shall be fixed, in terms of alcoholic strength by volumeper hectolitre of product obtained from distillation, as follows:
— EUR 1,751/% vol/hl for raw alcohol, wine distillate and spirits
distilled from wine,
— EUR 1,884/% vol./hl for neutral alcohol.
Aid applications must be submitted to the competent authority no later
than 30 November of the following wine year.
The competent authority shall pay the aid within three months of the
date of submission of the proof referred to in Article 65(8) of thisRegulation.
2. The secondary aid for the storage of alcohol obtained from distil-
lation referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
shall be EUR 0,00042/% vol/hl of product obtained from distillation
per day.
Storage applications must be submitted to the competent authority not
later than one month before the date on which storage is to begin.Applications may concern only alcohol which has already beenproduced. They shall state at least the quantity and the characteristicsof the product to be stored and the anticipated dates of the beginningand end of storage.
Unless the competent authority objects within the above one-month
time limit, the date when storage is scheduled to begin shall be deemed
to be the actual beginning date.
The secondary aid shall be paid solely to distillers and only:
— for at least 100 hectolitres of product obtained from distillation
stored in containers of a capacity of at least 100 hectolitres, and
— for no less than six months and no more than 12 months. From the
seventh month, distillers who have not claimed the advance referred
to in Article 66 of this Regulation may terminate the contract inadvance by specifying the final date in a statement addressed tothe competent authority at least one month before the chosen date.
The quantity of alcohol for which a distiller may conclude storage
contracts during a given wine year may not exceed the quantity ofproducts obtained by that distiller by distillation under this chapterduring that wine year or one of the two years preceding it.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 41
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Distillation products eligible for storage contracts shall have been
obtained by the distiller himself during the wine years referred to inthe above paragraph or, where applicable, during preceding wine years.
A margin of tolerance of 0,2 % per monthcalculated in relation to
alcohol content shall be allowed for the stored volume of productsobtained from distillation. Where that percentage is not exceeded theaid shall remain payable; if it is exceeded no aid shall be paid.
Aid applications must be submitted to the competent authority no later
than six months after the end of the storage period. The Member States
shall establish the detailed rules for this.
The competent authority shall pay the secondary aid no later than three
months after the date on which the aid application was submitted.
3. Distillation products qualifying for aid under this Article may not
subsequently be bought in by the public authorities. Should distillersnevertheless wish to sell their alcohol to the public authorities, theymust first reimburse the aid they have received.
As an exception, the first subparagraph shall not apply to quantities of
alcohol sold by public authorities under programmes that do not inter-fere withtraditional uses, suchas agrienvironmental programmes forthe sale of alcohol to the fuel sector.
CHAPTER III
PROVISIONSCOMMONTOCHAPTERSIANDII
Section I: General
Article 65
Delivery contracts
1. All producers intending to deliver wine of their own production
for distillation under Articles 29 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall conclude one or more delivery contracts, hereinafter referredto as ‘contracts’, withone or more distillers. Distillers sh all present
suchcontracts to th e competent intervention agency for approval before
a date to be specified, in accordance witharrangements establish ed bythe Member States.
Along with the contract, evidence shall be presented to the intervention
agency to prove that producers have actually produced and hold thequantity of wine to be delivered. Suchevidence may not be required
in the Member States where the authorities already hold relevant such
proof under other arrangements.
Producers subject to the obligations laid down in Articles 27 and 28 of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall also provide distillers with proofthat they have fulfilled those obligations during the period set inArticle 2(2) of this Regulation.
2. Contracts shall include at least the following information about
the wine they cover:
(a) the quantity, which may not be less than 10 hectolitres,
(b) the various characteristics, and in particular colour.
Producers may not deliver the wine for distillation unless their contract
has been approved by the competent intervention agency. The compe-
tent authority may limit the number of contracts that a producer can
conclude.
Where distillation is carried out in a Member State other than that in
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3. Producers as referred to in paragraph 1 of this article who them-
selves possess distillation facilities and who intend to carry out thedistillation covered by this chapter shall submit a declaration of
delivery for distillation, hereinafter referred to as the ‘declaration’, to
the competent authority for approval before a date to be specified.
Producers in wine-growing zone A or in the German part of wine-
growing zone B or in areas planted withvines in Austria as referredto in Article 27(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 may have thedistillation referred to in this chapter carried out on the premises of an
approved distiller working on a subcontracting basis. To that end they
shall submit a declaration of delivery for distillation, hereinafterreferred to as the ‘declaration’, to the competent authority for approvalbefore a date to be specified.
Producers subject to the obligations referred to in Articles 27 and 28 of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall also provide the competent inter-
vention agency with proof that they have fulfilled those obligations
during the reference period set in Article 2(2) of this Regulation.
4. For the purposes of paragraph 3, the contract shall be replaced
(a) in the case referred to in (a) in the first subparagraph of paragraph
3, by the declaration,
(b) in the case referred to in (b) in the first subparagraph of paragraph
3, by the declaration accompanied by a contract for delivery for
distillation on the producer's behalf concluded between theproducer and the distiller.
5. The characteristics of the wine delivered for distillation must be
the same as those indicated in the contract or declaration covered bythis Article.
No aid shall be due:
(a) if the quantity of wine actually delivered for distillation is less than
95 % of that stated in the contract or declaration;
(b) for any quantity of wine in excess of 105 % of that stated in the
contract or declaration;
(c) for any quantity of wine over and above the maximum quantity to
be complied withfor th e distillation operation in question.
6. Distillers shall pay producers the prices fixed per % vol. of
alcohol and per hectolitre under Article 29 or 30 of Regulation (EC)No 1493/1999 for the wine delivered to them, such prices applying tobulk merchandise ex producer's premises.
7. Distillers shall pay producers the minimum purchase price
referred to in paragraph 6 within three months of delivery of the
wine, provided the producers have supplied the competent authority
with the proof referred to in the third subparagraph of paragraph 1 ofthis Article within two months of delivery. If the said proof is providedmore than two months after delivery, distillers shall pay within onemonth.►
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time limit set by the Member State:
(a) details of the quantity, colour and actual alcoholic strength by
volume of the wine in each delivery from each producer fromwhom they have received deliveries of wine, together with thenumber of the document provided for in Article 70 of Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999 used for the transport of the wine to the distil-
ler's premises;
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(c) proof that they have paid the producer the purchase price referred
to in paragraph 6 within the time allowed.
In the case referred to in paragraph 9, producers shall be required to
supply only the proof referred to in (b) above.
Not later than the 10th of each month, distillers shall send the interven-
tion agency a statement of the quantities of products distilled and
products obtained during the previous month, the latter being brokendown by category as indicated in Article 43 of this Regulation.
9. If distillation is carried out by producers themselves in their capa-
city as distillers or by distillers acting on the producer's behalf, theinformation required under paragraph 8 shall be submitted to thecompetent intervention agency by the producer.
10. Member States shall carry out representative spot checks on the
wine covered by contracts and shall check in particular:
(a) that the producer has actually produced and holds the quantity of
wine to be delivered,
(b) that the wine entered in the contract belongs to the category for
which distillation has been opened.
The check may be made at any time from date of presentation of the
contract up to the date it is approved and the wine enters the distillery.Member States withmore effective arrangements for ch ecking point (a)in the first subparagraph of this paragraph need carry out checks only
as products enter the distillery.
Where the actual alcoholic strength by volume is indicated in the
contract, a discrepancy of 1 % vol shall be permitted between thestrength indicated and that determined when the check is carried out.
Article 65a
Requirements for alcohol obtained by the distillation of certain
wines
Only a product withan alcoh olic strengthof 92 % vol or more may be
obtained by the direct distillation of wines obtained from grapes ofvarieties classified for the same administrative unit as both wine-grapevarieties and varieties intended for the production of wine spirits.
Article 66
Advancepayments
1. Distillers or, in the case referred to in Article 65(3) of this Regu-
lation, producers, may request that an amount equal to the aid fixed forthe distillation operation concerned be paid them in advance, providedthat they have lodged a security in favour of the intervention agency.
That security shall be equal to 120 % of the said amount.
The amount referred to in the first subparagraph shall be calculated
per % vol. of alcohol indicated for the wine covered by the contract
or delivery declaration and per hectolitre of that wine, or by hectolitreof pure alcohol in the case of the secondary aid referred to inArticle 64(1)(b) of this Regulation. The intervention agency shall payadvances no more than three months after presentation of proof that
the security has been lodged, provided the contract has been approved.
2. The security shall be released by the intervention agency once the
proof referred to in Article 65(8) is presented within the time allowed.
Article 67
EAGGF contributiontothecostofdistillationoperations
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The financial contribution shall be equal to the aid fixed under Articles
48 and 56 and Article 68(a) of this Regulation and pursuant to Article 3of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
The advance on the price to be paid to distillers by the intervention
agency, which may be provided for under the distillation referred toin Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, shall be the same asthe aid provided for in the second subparagraph.
2. Articles 4 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 (
1) shall apply
to the contribution.
Section II: Fortified wine
Article 68
Processing intofortified wine
1. Wine to be distilled under this Regulation may be fortified. In
such cases, the only product which may be obtained by distilling suchfortified wine shall be wine spirits.
2. Wine shall be fortified for distillation only under official supervi-
sion.
For this purpose:
(a) the document(s) and register(s) required under Article 70 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall show the increase in actual
alcoholic strength by volume, expressed in % vol., by indicatingthe strength before and after addition of the distillate to the wine,
(b) a sample of the wine shall be taken under official supervision
before it is fortified so that the actual alcoholic strength by volume
may be determined by an official laboratory or a laboratoryworking under official supervision,
(c) two copies of the report on the analysis referred to in (b) shall be
sent to the manufacturer of the fortified wine, who shall transmit
one copy to the intervention agency of the Member State in whichthe wine is fortified.
3. Wine shall be fortified for distillation during the period laid down
for the distillation operation in question.
4. Member States may restrict the number of locations at which
wine may be fortified for distillation, should this be necessary to ensure
that the most effective method of supervision can be used.
Article 69
Preparationoffortifiedwine
1. In cases where the option referred to in Article 68(1) is exercised
and where the wine is not fortified by or on behalf of a distiller, produ-cers shall conclude a delivery contract with an approved maker offortified wine and shall submit it for approval to the competent inter-vention agency.
However, in the case of producers who are approved as makers of
fortified wine and who intend to fortify the wine for distillation them-
selves, the contract referred to in the first subparagraph shall bereplaced by a declaration of delivery.
2. Contracts and declarations as referred to in paragraph1 sh all be
covered by rules adopted by the Member States.
3. Makers of fortified wine shall pay producers at least the minimum
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30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the wine delivered. That price
shall apply to bulk merchandise:
(a) free at maker's premises in the case of distillation under
Article 27(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999,
(b) ex producer's premises in other cases.
Subject to the necessary adjustments, makers of fortified wine for
distillation shall be subject to the same obligations as distillers under
this Title.
The aid to be paid to makers of fortified wine shall be fixed per % vol.
of actual alcoholic strength and per hectolitre of wine as follows:
— EUR 0.2657 for distillation as provided for in Article 27 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999;
— EUR 0.6158 for distillation as provided for in Article 28 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999;
— EUR 0.1715 for distillation as provided for in Article 29 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999.
Where the buying-in price is varied as provided for in Article 55(2),
the aid referred to in the second indent of the previous subparagraph
shall be varied in the same manner.
The competent intervention agency shall pay the aid to makers of forti-
fied wine on condition that they lodge a security equal to 120 % of the
aid to be received. However, no security shall be required where all therequirements for payment of the aid have already been met.
Where makers fortify wine in connection with various distillation
operations governed by different provisions of Regulation (EC)No 1493/1999, they may lodge a single security. In such cases, thesecurity shall be equal to 120 % of all the aid to be paid for fortifica-
tion in connection withth e said distillation operations.
The intervention agency shall release the security following presenta-
tion, within the time allowed:
(a) of proof that the total quantity of wine fortified for distillation indi-
cated in the contract or declaration has been distilled within the
time allowed, and
(b) of proof that the minimum purchase price referred to in Articles 27,
28, 29 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 has been paidwithin the time allowed.
In cases covered by the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the
producer shall be required to supply the intervention agency only withthe proof referred to in (a) above.
Article 70
DistillationinanotherMember State
1. Notwithstanding Article 69(4) of this Regulation, where fortified
wine is distilled in a Member State other than that in which thecontract or declaration was approved, the aid payable for the variousdistillation operations may be paid to distillers provided that theysubmit an application no more than two months after the deadline
specified for carrying out the distillation operation concerned, to the
intervention agency of the Member State in whose territory the distilla-tion has taken place.
2. Applications as referred to in paragraph1 sh all be accompanied
by the following:
(a) a document, endorsed by the competent authorities of the Member
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(b) a copy of the contract or declaration referred to in Article 69(1),
approved by the competent intervention agency,
(c) a copy of the analysis report referred to in Article 68,
(d) proof that the minimum purchase price of the wine has been paid
to the producer,
(e) the document required under Article 70 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 for the transport of fortified wine to the distillery,
showing the increase in actual alcoholic strength by volume,
expressed in % vol., by indicating the strength before and afteraddition of the distillate to the wine,
(f) proof that the fortified wine concerned has been distilled.
3. In cases covered by paragraph1, makers of fortified wine sh all
not be required to lodge the security provided for in Article 69(4).
4. The intervention agency shall pay the aid not later than three
months after the application and the documents listed in paragraph 2have been submitted.
Article 71
Specialrules
1. In cases covered by Article 69(1) of this Regulation, the contract
or declaration of delivery for fortification for distillation shall besubmitted to the competent intervention agency for approval not laterthan 31 December of the wine year concerned. The intervention agency
shall notify the producer of the outcome of the approval procedure
within 15 days of the date on which the contract or declaration issubmitted.
2. In cases of distillation under Article 27 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999, no wine may be fortified before 1 January of the wine
year concerned or before the relevant contract or declaration has been
approved.
3. No later than the 10th of each month, makers of fortified wine for
distillation shall send the intervention agency a statement of the quan-tities of wine delivered to them during the previous month.
4. To qualify for the aid, makers of fortified wine shall submit an
application to the competent intervention agency, not later than
30 November following the end of the wine year concerned, enclosingproof that the security referred to in Article 69(4) has been lodged.
The aid shall be paid not later than three months after the date of
submission of proof that the security referred to in the previous subpar-
agraph has been lodged. It may not be paid until the contract or
declaration has been approved.
5. Subject to Article 69(4) of this Regulation, the security shall be
released only if the documents referred to in that Article have beensupplied to the competent intervention agency within 12 months ofsubmission of the application.
6. If it is found that a maker of fortified wine has not paid the
purchase price to the producer, the intervention agency shall pay theproducer an amount equal to the aid, before 1 June of the wine yearfollowing that in which the wine was delivered, where appropriatethrough the intervention agency of the producer's Member State.
Section III: Administrative provisions
Article 72
Force majeure
1. Where for reasons of force majeure all or part of the product to
be distilled cannot undergo distillation:
(a) if the force majeure affected the product to be distilled while it was
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intervention agency of the Member State in which the winery is
located without delay,
(b) in all other cases, the distiller shall inform the intervention agency
of the Member State in which the distillery is located without
delay.
In the circumstances referred to in the first subparagraph, as soon as
the intervention agency has been informed, it shall decide on themeasures which it considers necessary in view of the circumstances
invoked. In particular, it may defer the time limits.
2. In the circumstances referred to at (a) in the first subparagraph of
paragraph 1, and where the producer's winery and the distillery arelocated in two different Member States, the intervention agencies of
the two Member States concerned shall cooperate by directly exchan-
ging information in order to implement paragraph1.
In the circumstances referred to at (b) in the first subparagraph of para-
graph 1, as soon as the intervention agency has been informed, it may
also authorise distillers, provided the producer agrees in the case of a
jobbing distiller, to transfer their rights and obligations to anotherdistiller for the quantity of products not yet distilled.
Article 73
Supervisionofdistillationoperations
1. The characteristics of products delivered for distillation, in parti-
cular quantity, colour and alcoholic strength, shall be checked against:
(a) the document provided for in Article 70 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 under cover of which the products are transported,
(b) an analysis of samples collected under the supervision of an official
body of the Member State in which the distillery is located whenthe product enters the distillery. Sampling may take the form ofrepresentative spot checks,
(c) where appropriate, the contracts concluded under this Title.
The analyses shall be performed by approved laboratories as referred to
in Article 72 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, which shall forwardthe results to the intervention agency of the Member State where distil-lation takes place.
If, under Community rules, no document as referred to in (a) has been
drawn up, the characteristics of the product intended for distillationshall be checked against the analyses referred to in (b).
A representative of an official body shall check the quantity of product
distilled, the date of distillation and the quantity and characteristics ofthe products obtained.
3. Member States may also require that an indicator be used. Theymay not prevent the movement within their territory of products
intended for distillation or distilled products obtained therefrom on the
ground that an indicator is present.
In cases where products covered by this Regulation are delivered for
distillation by more than one producer, Member States may provide
that such products are to be transported in bulk. In such cases, checkson the characteristics of the products as referred to in Article 65 shallbe carried out in accordance with the detailed rules adopted by theMember State concerned.
4. Member States availing themselves of the option provided for in
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Article 74
InfringementsofthisTitle
1. Should verification of a file reveal that a producer does not meet
the requirements laid down by the Community rules for the distillationoperation in question, for all or part of the products delivered, the
competent intervention agency shall inform the distiller and producer
concerned accordingly.
2. The distiller concerned shall not be required to pay the price
referred to, respectively, in Articles 27, 28, 29 and 30 of Regulation(EC) No 1493/1999 for the quantities of products referred to in para-graph1.
3. Without prejudice to Article 2 of this Regulation, should a
producer or distiller fail to meet the requirements laid down by the
Community rules for the distillation operation in question, for all or
part of the products delivered for distillation:
(a) no aid shall be due for the quantities concerned,
(b) the distiller may not deliver the products obtained by distilling the
quantities concerned to the intervention agency.
If the aid has already been paid, the intervention agency shall recover it
from the distiller.
If the products obtained by distillation have already been delivered, the
intervention agency shall recover an amount equal to the aid specified
for the operation concerned from the distiller.
However, where the various time limits laid down by this Regulation
have not been met, it may be decided to reduce the aid.
4. The intervention agency shall recover from the producer an
amount equal to all or part of the aid or the advance to be paid to thedistiller in cases where a producer does not meet the requirements laiddown by the Community rules for the distillation operation in question,
for one of the following reasons:
(a) failure to present the harvest, production or stock declaration within
the time allowed;
(b) presentation of a harvest, production or stock declaration found by
the competent authority of the Member State to be incomplete or
inaccurate, where the missing or incorrect data are essential for
application of the measure concerned;
(c) failure to meet the obligations laid down in Article 37 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999 where the infringement is detected ornotified to the distiller after payment of the minimum price on the
basis of previous declarations.
In the case provided for in point (a) of the first subparagraph the
amount to be recovered shall be determined in accordance with therules laid down in Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No1282/2001 (
1).
In the case provided for in point (b) of the first subparagraph the
amount to be recovered shall be determined in accordance with therules laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2001.
In the case provided for in point (c) of the first subparagraph the
amount to be recovered shall be all the aid or the advance paid to the
distiller.
5. If it is found that the distiller has not paid the purchase price to
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producer's Member State. In that case, no aid or advance shall be due
to the distiller.
Article 75
Penalties
1. Except in cases of force majeure ,
(a) where producers fail to fulfil their obligations under this Title or
refuse to submit to checks, no aid shall be payable;
(b) where distillers fail to fulfil one of their obligations other than
those referred to in (a) above, the aid shall be reduced by anamount determined by the competent authority depending on theseriousness of the infringement.
2. In cases of recognised force majeure , the intervention agency
shall take such action as it considers necessary having regard to thecircumstances involved.
3. In cases where a distiller fails to fulfil an obligation within the
time allowed, the aid shall be reduced as follows:
(a) in the case of payment of the purchase price to the producer under
Articles 47(2), 55 and 65(7), the aid shall be reduced by 1 % per
day of delay for one month. After one month, no aid shall be paid;
(b) in the case of:
(i) presentation of proof that the minimum purchase price has
been paid under Articles 60(1) and 65(8),
(ii) submission of the aid application and the proof of payment
under Articles 60(1) and the second subparagraph ofArticle 64(2) and Article 65(8),
(iii) delivery of the alcohol under Article 62(1),
(iv) submission of a statement of the quantities of products
distilled and products obtained under Article 61(2),
(v) submission of a statement of the quantities delivered for forti-
fication under Article 71(3),
the aid shall be reduced by 0.5 % per day of delay for two months.
After two months, no aid shall be paid.
Where an advance on aid has been paid, the corresponding security
shall be released in proportion to the aid actually due. Where no aidis due, the security shall be forfeit.
4. Member States shall notify the Commission of cases where they
have applied paragraph 1 and of the action taken where force majeure
has been invoked.
SectionIV: Reductionofthebuying-inpriceforwineprovidedforin
Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
Article 76
Reductionofthebuying-inpriceforcertain enrichedwines
1. The buying-in price for wine delivered for distillation under Arti-
cles 29 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be reduced by:
— EUR 0.3626 in Zone A,
— EUR 0.3019 in Zone B,
— EUR 0.1811 in Zone C.
The reduction referred to in the first subparagraph shall not apply to:
(a) wine delivered by producers located in regions where alcoholic
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the aid concerned, stamped by the competent authority designated
by the Member State;
(b) wine taken into a distillery after the dates laid down for the various
wine-growing zones in Annex V(G)(7) to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and delivered by producers who provide the competent autho-rities with satisfactory evidence that during the wine year they haveneither increased the alcoholic strength of their table wine byadding sucrose nor lodged an application for aid under Article 34
of that Regulation for their production;
(c) wine and categories of wine for which the Member States do not
authorise or have not authorised an increase in alcoholic strengthfor the wine year concerned.
2. An amount equal to the reduction referred to in paragraph 1 shall
be paid for the quantity of wine delivered for distillation as referred toin that paragraph to producers who apply to the competent authority
before 1 August, either directly or through a distiller, and who have
neither increased the alcoholic strength of their table wine productionby adding sucrose nor applied for aid under Article 34 of Regulation(EC) No 1493/1999 for their production during the wine yearconcerned.
Producers who apply before 1 August and who have increased alco-
holic strength by adding sucrose or have applied for the said aid
during the wine year, but for less of their table wine production than
the quantity delivered for all the relevant distillation operations duringthe wine year shall receive the amount indicated in the first subpara-graph for the difference between the quantity of table wine of whichthey increased the alcoholic strength and the quantity they deliveredfor distillation.
The competent authorities of the Member States may require such
producers to supply any evidence needed to demonstrate the validity
of their application.
Article 77
Reductionoftheaidreferred toinArticle 81
Where wine is delivered for distillation as referred to in Article 76 of
this Regulation and where the reduction has been applied to such wine,
(a) the aid to be paid to the distiller,
(b) the price to be paid to the distiller for delivery to the intervention
agency under Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and
(c) the EAGGF contribution to expenditure incurred by the interven-
tion agency in taking over alcohol under Article 30 of Regulation(EC) No 1493/1999
shall be reduced by an amount equal to the reduction indicated in
Article 76.
CHAPTER IV
DISPOSAL OF ALCOHOL OBTAINED BY DISTILLATION UNDER
CHAPTER I OF THIS TITLE AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, ARTICLE
30OFREGULATION(EC)No1493/1999
Article 78
Purposeanddefinitions
1. This section lays down detailed rules for disposing of alcohol
obtained by distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation(EC) No 1493/1999, hereinafter referred to as ‘alcohol’.
Alcohol may be disposed of either for use in new industrial uses
(subsection I), for use in third countries in the fuel sector only (subsec-tion II), or for use as bio-ethanol in the Community (subsection III).
2. For the purposes of this Section, ‘tendering procedure’ shall mean
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of an invitation to tender or similar procedure, the contract being
awarded to the party submitting the most advantageous tendercomplying with the rules laid down in this Regulation.
Subsection I: Disposal of alcohol for new industrial uses
Article 79
Definitionofnewindustrialuses
Without prejudice to Article 31(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999,
the Commission may issue invitations to tender for the implementationwithin the Community of small-scale projects relating to new industrial
end uses suchas:
(a) the heating of glasshouses,
(b) the drying of feedingstuffs,
(c) the fuelling of heating systems, including those at cement works,
and processing into goods exported for industrial purposes by operators
who have made use of inward processing arrangements at least once in
the previous two years, other than processing consisting solely of redis-
tillation, rectification, dehydration, purification or denaturing of thealcohol.
If the intended use of the alcohol is export to third countries in the
form of manufactured goods, proof must be provided that authorisationwas granted during the previous two years to use alcohol from third
countries to manufacture under inward processing arrangements the
same goods as those exported.
Article 80
Openingtenderingprocedures
The Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, shall issue an invitation
to tender for the disposal of alcohol obtained by distillation under Arti-
cles 27, 28 and 30 of that Regulation for new industrial uses. Thequantities of alcohol awarded under such tendering procedures shallnot exceed 400000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol. per year.
Article 81
Notice ofinvitationtotender
Notices issuing invitations to tender shall be published in the Official
Journal of the European Communities .
Suchnotices sh all specify:
(a) the special rules applicable to the tendering procedure and the
names and addresses of the intervention agencies concerned,
(b) the quantity of alcohol, expressed in hectolitres of alcohol at
100 % vol., covered by the tendering procedure,
(c) one or more vats constituting a lot in a given Member State,
(d) the minimum price which may be offered, differentiated where
appropriate according to the end uses,
(e) the amount of the tendering security required under Article 82(5)
and the performance guarantee required under Article 84(3)(b).
Article 82
Rulesapplicabletotenders
1. Apart from the information specified in Article 97 of this Regula-
tion, tenders shall indicate:
(a) the quantity of alcohol to which they relate, broken down by vat
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(b) the number(s) of the vat(s) in which the alcohol concerned is
stored, the vats all being situated in the same Member State,
(c) the precise industrial use of the alcohol,
(d) the type of goods to be exported if the alcohol is intended for
export to third countries in the form of manufactured goods.
2. Tenders may indicate that they are to be considered only if the
quantity to be awarded corresponds to the full quantity indicated in
the tender.
3. Tenderers may submit only one tender for eachtype of alcoh ol,
end use and tendering procedure. If a tenderer submits more than one
tender per type of alcohol, end use or tendering procedure, none ofthose tenders shall be admissible.
4. Tenders must reach the intervention agency of the Member State
concerned not later than 12 noon Brussels time on the closing date setfor the submission of tenders in the notice of invitation to tender. Thatdate must fall between the 15th and the 25th day after the date ofpublication of the notice of invitation to tender.
5. Tenders shall be valid only if proof is provided before the closing
date for the submission of tenders that a tendering security has beenlodged withth e intervention agency concerned.
6. Not more than two working days after the closing date for
submission of tenders, the intervention agency concerned shall commu-nicate to the Commission a list of the names of the tenderers whose
tenders are eligible for consideration under Article 97 of this Regula-
tion, the prices offered, the quantities requested, the locations and thetypes of alcohol concerned and the precise uses to be made of thealcohol.
Article 83
Awardofcontracts
1. The Commission, acting in accordance with Article 75 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999, shall decide whether or not to award contractsin the light of the tenders submitted and, where appropriate, depending
on the type of end use for which the alcohol is intended.
2. The Commission shall draw up a list of the tenders accepted,
listing the prices offered in decreasing order until the contracts awarded
cover the entire quantity of alcohol specified in the notice of invitationto tender.
3. Where several admissible tenders relate fully or in part to the
same vats, the Commission shall allocate the quantity of alcoholconcerned to the tenderer submitting the tender with the highest abso-lute value.
When making its decision under paragraph 1 of this Article in cases
referred to in the first subparagraph where some tenders cannot bemet, the Commission may propose to the tenderers concerned that theirtenders be accepted for a replacement quantity of alcohol of the same
type. In such cases, the relevant tenders shall be deemed to have been
accepted provided that the tenderers in question do not express theirobjection to suchtransfer in writing to th e intervention agencyconcerned within 10 working days from the date of notification of theCommission decisions referred to in (a) in paragraph5 of th is Article.
To that end, the Commission decision shall indicate the vat in which
the replacement quantity of alcohol is stored, in agreement with theintervention agency concerned.
4. Should several tenders propose the same price so that the quantity
of alcohol tendered for exceeds the quantity covered by the tenderingprocedure, the intervention agency concerned shall award the quantity
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(b) or by dividing that quantity among the tenderers by agreement with
them,
(c) or by drawing lots.
5. The Commission shall:
(a) notify the decisions taken under this Article only to those Member
States and intervention agencies holding alcohol for which tendershave been accepted,
(b) publish the results of the tendering procedure in a simplified form
in theOfficial Journal of the European Communities .
Article 84
Statementofaward
1. The intervention agency shall notify tenderers in writing, without
delay against a receipt, of the decision taken on their tenders.
2. The intervention agency shall hold a statement of award at the
disposal of each successful tenderer certifying that their tender hasbeen accepted.
Where the Commission proposes substitution under Article 83(3) and
the tenderer does not object, the intervention agency concerned shallissue the statement of award referred to in the first subparagraph onthe working day following the expiry of the time limit specified in thelast sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 83(3).
3. Within two weeks following the date of receipt of the notification
of award referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and, where the
second subparagraph of paragraph 2 is applied, within the two weeks
following the date of issue of the statement of award, each successfultenderer shall:
(a) obtain the statement of award referred to in paragraph 2 from the
intervention agency,
(b) provide the intervention agency concerned with proof that a perfor-
mance security has been lodged to ensure that the alcohol inquestion is in fact used for the purposes specified in the tender.
Article 85
Removalofthealcohol
1. The alcohol may be removed on presentation of a removal order
issued by the intervention agency once the quantity to be removed hasbeen paid for. That quantity shall be determined to the nearest hecto-
litre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
2. Ownership of the alcohol covered by a removal order shall be
transferred on the date indicated in the order, which may not be morethan five days after its date of issue, and the quantities concerned shallbe deemed to have been removed on that date. From then on, thepurchaser shall be responsible for any theft, loss or destruction and for
the storage costs of any alcohol awaiting removal.
3. The removal order shall state the date by which the alcohol must
be physically removed from the storehouse of the intervention agencyconcerned.
4. All the alcohol must have been removed four months after the
date of receipt of the notification of award.
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Subsection II: Disposal of alcohol for use in third countries in the
fuel sector only
Article 86
Openingtenderingprocedures
The Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, may issue one or moreinvitations to tender every quarter for export to certain third countriesfor end-use in the motor-fuel sector only. The alcohol concerned mustbe imported and dehydrated in a third country for end-use in the motor-
fuel sector in a third country only.
Article 87
Notice ofinvitationtotender
1. Notices issuing invitations to tender shall be published in the Offi-
cial Journal of the European Communities .
Suchnotices sh all specify:
(a) the formalities for the submission of tenders,
(b) the final use and/or destination for which the alcohol is intended,
(c) the minimum price which may be offered,
(d) the Commission department to which tenders should be sent,
(e) the time limit for removal of the alcohol stipulated in Article 91(10)
of this Regulation,
(f) the formalities for obtaining samples,
(g) the payment terms,
(h) whether the alcohol is to be denatured.
2. Eachnotice of invitation to tender sh all relate to a single lot,
although the alcohol constituting the lot may be located in several
Member States.
3. Notices of invitation to tender may rule out some of the destina-
tions listed in point 1 of Article 86.
Article 88
Tenders
1. Tenderers may submit only one tender in response to eachinvita-
tion to tender under this subsection; if a tenderer submits more than
one, none of those tenders shall be admissible.
2. To be eligible for consideration, tenders must indicate the final
destination of the alcohol awarded and contain an undertaking by thetenderer to comply withth at destination.
3. Tenders must also include proof, dated after the notice of invita-
tion to tender, that the tenderer has binding commitments to anoperator in the fuel sector in one of the third countries listed inArticle 86 of this Regulation who undertakes to dehydrate the awardedalcohol in one of those countries and to export it exclusively for use inthe fuel sector.
4. Tenders must reachth e competent Commission department no
later than 12 noon Brussels time on the closing date set for the submis-sion of tenders in the notice of invitation to tender.
5. Tenders shall be valid only if proof has been provided, before the
closing date for the submission of tenders, that a tendering security hasbeen lodged witheachintervention agency concerned.
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6. For the purposes of paragraph 5, the intervention agencies
concerned:
(a) shall immediately issue tenderers with a statement certifying that
the tendering security has been lodged for the quantities for whicheachintervention agency is responsible,
(b) shall forward a list of the tendering securities checked and accepted
to the Commission not more than two working days after theclosing date for submission of tenders.
7. For the purposes of the tendering security, the primary require-
ments within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2220/85 shall be that tenders not be withdrawn after theclosing date for their submission and that a security to ensure exportand/or a performance guarantee be lodged.
Article 89
Awardofcontracts
1. The Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, shall decide asquickly as possible whether or not to award contracts in the light of the
tenders submitted.
2. Should a contract be awarded, the Commission shall accept the
most favourable tender. If two or more tenders quote the same price,the Commission shall make the award by drawing lots.
3. The Commission shall:
(a) inform tenderers in writing against a receipt if their tenders have
not been accepted,
(b) notify the Member States holding the alcohol and the successful
tenderer of its decision to award the alcohol,
(c) publish the results of the tendering procedure in a simplified form
in theOfficial Journal of the European Communities .
4. The tendering securities required under Article 88(5) of this
Regulation shall be released where tenders are not accepted and once
the successful tenderer has lodged in full both the export security andthe performance guarantee for the tendering procedure concerned.
Article 90
Statementofaward
The intervention agency shall hold a statement of award at the disposal
of successful tenderers certifying that their tender has been accepted.
Statements must be issued no more than 20 days after receipt of the
notification from the Commission referred to in Article 89(3) of this
Regulation.
Article 91
Removalofthealcohol
1. The intervention agency holding the alcohol and the successful
tenderer shall agree on a provisional timetable for the removal of thealcohol.
2. Before any alcohol is removed and no later than the day on which
the removal order is issued, successful tenderers shall lodge two secu-
rities with the intervention agency: one to ensure that the alcohol is
exported within the time allowed and the other by way of a perfor-mance guarantee.
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4. The export security shall amount to EUR 3 per hectolitre of
alcohol at 100 % vol. and shall be lodged for each quantity of alcoholcovered by a removal order.
5. Before the awarded alcohol is removed, the intervention agency
and the successful tenderer shall take a reference sample and analyseit to verify the alcoholic strength of the alcohol, expressed in % vol.
If the final result of the analyses of this sample reveals a discrepancy
between the alcoholic strength by volume of the alcohol to be removedand the minimum alcoholic strength by volume of the alcohol specified
in the notice of invitation to tender, the following rules shall apply:
(a) the intervention agency shall inform the Commission, the storer
and the successful tenderer thereof on the same day;
(b) the successful tenderer may:
(i) either agree to take over the lot with the characteristics deter-
mined by the analysis, provided the Commission so agrees,
(ii) or refuse to take over the lot concerned.
In either case, the successful tenderer shall inform the intervention
agency and the Commission on the same day, in the manner specifiedin Annex V to this Regulation.
Once this requirement has been met, successful tenderers who refuse to
take over the lot concerned shall be immediately released from all obli-
gations relating to that lot.
6. Where a successful tenderer refuses the merchandise, in accor-
dance with paragraph 5, the intervention agency concerned shallsupply another quantity of alcohol of the required quality at no addi-tional cost within no more than eight days.
7. The alcohol may be removed on presentation of a removal order
issued by the intervention agency holding the alcohol once the quantity
to be removed has been paid for. That quantity shall be determined to
the nearest hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
Each removal order shall cover a quantity of at least 2 500 hectolitres,
except in the case of the last removal in each Member State.
The removal order shall state the date by which the alcohol must be
physically removed from the storehouse of the intervention agency
concerned. The deadline for removal may not be more than eight daysfrom the date of issue of the removal order. However, where a removalorder covers more than 25000 hl the deadline may be more than eightdays later but no more than 15 days later.
8. Ownership of the alcohol covered by a removal order shall be
transferred on the date indicated in the order, which may be no morethan five days later, and the corresponding quantities shall be deemedto have been removed on that date. From then on, the purchaser shallbe responsible for any theft, loss or destruction and for the storagecosts of any alcohol awaiting removal.
9. If, by the fault of the intervention agency, the alcohol cannot be
physical removed until more than five working days after the date onwhich the successful tenderer agreed to remove the lot, the MemberState shall be required to bear any losses sustained.
10. The alcohol must be physically removed from the storehouses of
each intervention agency concerned by a deadline to be fixed when the
invitation to tender is issued in accordance withth e procedure laiddown in Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
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12. The intervention agency concerned shall release the export
security for each quantity of alcohol for which it receives proof ofexport within the time limit allowed. Notwithstanding Article 23 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 and except in cases of force majeure ,
where the time limit for export is exceeded the following percentagesof the export security of EUR 3 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volshall be forfeit:
(a) 15 % in all cases;
(b) 0,33 % of the amount remaining after 15 % has been deducted for
each day by which the time limit for export has been exceeded.
13. The performance guarantee shall be released in accordance with
Article 100(3)(b) of this Regulation.
Subsection III: Disposal for use as bio-ethanol in the Community
Article 92
Rulesapplicabletodisposalcoveredbythissubsection
1. Within three months of the decision referred to in Article 89 of
this Regulation, the Commission, acting in accordance with the proce-dure laid down in Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, may
start public sales with a view to disposing of the alcohol.
2. The alcohol shall be awarded to firms established in the European
Community and must be used in the fuel sector.
3. A list of firms approved for such purposes shall be drawn up. The
list shall be published in the ‘C’ series of the Official Journal of the
EuropeanCommun ities and updated regularly.
The Member States shall notify the Commission of the names of the
firms they deem eligible, and which have presented an applicationwithth e following supporting documents:
— a declaration by the firm stating that it is capable of using at least
50000 hl of alcohol a year,
— the location of the firm's administrative offices and the plant where
the alcohol is processed,
— a copy of the plans of the plant for producing bio-ethanol for the
fuel sector, and an indication of production capacity and type,
— a copy of the authorisation from the national authorities to operate
the plant,
— certificates from the national authorities attesting that the plant uses
only alcohol as bio-ethanol, and that the bio-ethanol is used only inthe fuel sector,
— the location of the administrative offices of the refining companies
authorised to distribute fuel up to the consumption stage, unless theapproved firm deals withdistribution itself.
The Commission shall assess the eligibility of the firm on the basis of
the documents and shall inform the applicant firms of the outcome ofthis assessment.
Article 93
Public sale
1. Notices of public sale of alcohol shall be published in the Official
Journal of the European Communities .
Suchnotices sh all specify:
(a) the volume of alcohol offered for sale,
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(d) the amount of the performance guarantee; however, firms may
choose to lodge a standing guarantee instead of a guarantee foreachsale,
(e) the formalities for obtaining samples,
(f) the payment terms.
2. The volume of alcohol put up for sale shall split into lots. The
Commission shall decide on the composition of the lots. Unless the
Commission decides otherwise in accordance with the procedure laiddown in Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, a lot shall bemade for each firm on the approved list and each firm on the list shallbe allocated a lot. Should a firm not accept the alcohol offered for sale,
it must notify the Commission and the intervention agency thereof no
more than 30 days after the date of publication of the notice of publicsale of alcohol. Alcohol which has not been accepted shall be releasedfrom the prohibition on physical movement under Article 95(2) of thisRegulation from the date on which the refusal was notified and may besold during a subsequent sale.
3. The alcohol shall be sold at the highest price awarded during the
most recent tendering procedure as referred to in subsection II ofChapter III, plus an amount per hectolitre fixed in accordance withthe procedure laid down in Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 14933/1999.
4. The Commission shall notify the Member States holding the
alcohol and the firms concerned of the award of the alcohol.
5. Except where they have lodged a standing security, prior to any
removal of alcohol and no later than the date of issue of the removal
order, purchasing firms shall lodge a performance guarantee with the
intervention agency concerned to ensure that the alcohol is used asbio-ethanol in the fuel sector.
6. The alcohol must be physically removed from the storehouses of
eachintervention agency concerned by a deadline to be fixed wh en apublic sale is opened, in accordance withth e procedure laid down in
Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
Article 94
Removalofthealcohol
Article 91(1), (7), (8) and (11) of this Regulation shall apply to public
sales.
Subsection IV: General provisions and control arrangements
Article 95
Rulesapplicabletoalcohol
1. Witha view to drawing up notices of invitation to tender and
public sale, the Commission shall request each Member State
concerned to inform it of:
(a) the quantity of alcohol, expressed in hectolitres of alcohol at
100 % vol., that may be offered for sale,
(b) the type of alcohol concerned,
(c) the quality of the lots of alcohol, laying down maximum and
minimum values for the characteristics referred to in
Article 96(4)(d)(i) and (ii) of this Regulation.
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and containing a total quantity of alcohol not less than that referred to
in (a) in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
2. Once the information referred to in the second subparagraph of
paragraph 1 has been forwarded to the Commission, the alcohol in the
vats concerned may not be moved until a removal order covering it hasbeen issued.
This prohibition shall not relate to alcohol in vats not covered by the
notices of invitation to tender or public sale concerned or not specified
in the Commission decision referred to in Articles 83 to 93.
For logistical reasons in particular, the intervention agencies holding
the vats of alcohol specified in the notification from the Member Statesreferred to in paragraph 1 may replace the alcohol concerned withother alcohol of the same type or mix it with other alcohol deliveredto the intervention agency until a removal order is issued for the
alcohol concerned. The intervention agencies of the Member States
shall notify the Commission that the alcohol has been replaced.
Article 96
Rulesapplicabletolots
1. The alcohol shall be sold in lots.
2. A lot shall consist of a quantity of alcohol of sufficiently uniform
quality, which may be contained in several vats and kept at severallocations and in several Member States.
3. Each lot shall be numbered. The letters ‘EC’ shall precede the
numbers of the lots.
4. Each lot shall be described. At least the following information
shall be given:
(a) the location of the lot, including a reference identifying each vat
containing the alcohol, and the quantity of alcohol in each vat;
(b) the total quantity, expressed in hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.
The quantity may vary up to 1 %;
(c) the minimum alcoholic strength of the alcohol in each vat,
expressed in % vol.;
(d) if possible, the quality of the lot, specifying upper and lower limits
for the following:
(i) the acidity, expressed in grams of acetic acid per hectolitre of
alcohol at 100 % vol.,
(ii) the methanol content, expressed in grams per hectolitre of
alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(e) reference to the intervention measure which gave rise to the
production of the alcohol, specifying the relevant Article of Regu-lation (EC) No 1493/1999.
5. Where a tendering procedure concerns more than two lots, only
the first lot or the first two lots, of one million hectolitres of alcohol
at 100 % vol., shall be described in accordance with paragraph 4.
Article 97
General rulesapplicabletotenders
1. To be eligible for consideration, tenders must be submitted in
writing and must include, in addition to the specific informationreferred to in subsections I or II:
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(c) the price proposed, expressed in euros per hectolitre of alcohol at
100 % vol.,
(d) an undertaking from tenderers to comply withall th e rules applic-
able to the tendering procedure concerned,
(e) a statement by tenderers to the effect that:
(i) they waive all claims in respect of the quality and characteris-
tics of the alcohol awarded to them,
(ii) they agree to submit to any checks made on the destination
and use of the alcohol,
(iii) they accept that it is their responsibility to provide evidence
that the alcohol is used as specified in the notice of invitationto tender.
2. Tenders shall be valid only if:
(a) the tenderer is established in the Community,
(b) they relate to the entire lot.
3. Tenders eligible for consideration may not be withdrawn.4. Tenders may be rejected if tenderers do not provide all the neces-
sary guarantees that they will carry out their obligations.
Article 98
Samples
1. From the publication of a notice of invitation to tender to the
closing date for the submission of tenders in response to that invitation,
interested parties may obtain samples of the alcohol put up for sale
against payment of EUR 10 per litre. The quantity made available toindividual interested parties may not exceed five litres per vat. Fordisposal under subsection III, samples may be obtained for the sameconsideration in the 30 days following the notice of public sale.
2. After the closing date for the submission of tenders or after 30
days following the notice of public sale:
(a) tenderers or approved firms as referred to in Article 92 may obtain
samples of the alcohol awarded;
(b) tenderers offered replacement alcohol pursuant to Article 83(3)
may obtain samples of the replacement alcohol proposed.
Suchsamples, wh ichmay not exceed five litres per vat, may be
obtained from the intervention agency against payment of EUR 10 per
litre.
3. The intervention agency of the Member State in whose territory
the alcohol is held shall take the necessary steps to enable interestedparties to avail themselves of the right referred to in paragraph 2.
4. If a successful tenderer or approved firm finds, before the date set
in Article 92, Article 85, Article 91 or Article 94 of this Regulation forremoval of the lot of alcohol concerned, that a quantity of alcohol
awarded is unsuitable for the uses planned owing to hidden defects
that by their nature could not be discovered at the time when it waspossible for a check to be made before the alcohol was awarded, theCommission may indicate a replacement quantity, in agreement withthe relevant intervention agency, provided the latter confirms the
tenderer's finding. The vat in which the replacement quantity is stored
shall be determined in agreement with the intervention agencyconcerned. Where tenderers do not object to the transfer by writing tothe intervention agency concerned within ten working days of the dateof notification of the Commission's decision indicating the replacementquantity, they shall be deemed to have agreed to the substitution.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 61
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Article 99
Requirementsapplicabletodenaturingand/ormarking
1. If alcohol is to be denatured, the operation must take place under
the supervision of the Member States concerned between the timewhen the removal order is handed over and the time when the alcohol
is physically removed. The cost of such denaturing shall be borne by
the successful tenderer.
2. Denaturing shall involve adding petrol, in the ratio of 1:100, to
the quantity of alcohol at 100 % vol.
3. Denaturing may be carried out in a vat provided for this purpose.
Article 100
Requirementsapplicabletosecurities
For the purposes of this Regulation:1) (a) for the purposes of the tendering security, the primary require-
ments within the meaning of Article 20 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2220/85 shall be that tenders not be withdrawn after the
closing date for their submission and that a performance guar-antee be lodged;
(b) for the purposes of the performance guarantee, the primary
requirements within the meaning of Article 20 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2220/85 shall be that the alcohol removed be actually
used for the purposes specified under the relevant tenderingprocedure and that the entire quantity of alcohol be physicallyremoved from the stores of each intervention agency concernedwithin the time allowed.
2) (a) The alcohol awarded must be used entirely for the purposes
specified in the invitation to tender concerned, allowing for anylosses of alcohol during the transport or processing operationsrequired for the final use of the alcohol.
Each individual loss of alcohol shall be accepted only if it has
been checked at the final destination and, in the case of alcoholfor export, at the place where it left the customs territory of theCommunity, and certified by the competent inspection authorityand/or international surveillance firm where such a firm hasbeen appointed under Article 102, provided that such losses are
within the limits specified in point (b) below.
(b) Where alcohol losses during the operations referred to below
exceed the following limits, EUR 96 per hectolitre shall bewithheld from the performance guarantee, except in cases offorce majeure :
(i) 0.05 % of the quantities of alcohol stored per month in the
case of an alcohol loss due to evaporation,
(ii) 0.4 % of the quantities of alcohol removed from storage in
the case of an alcohol loss due to one or more land trans-port operations,
(iii) 1 % of the quantities of alcohol removed from storage in
the case of alcohol losses due to one or more land trans-port operations combined withone or more sea or inlandwaterway transport operations,
(iv) 2 % of the quantities of alcohol removed from storage in
the case of alcohol losses due to land and sea transportrequired in connection witha tendering procedure for
export of alcohol to one of the third countries listed in
Article 86 of this Regulation,
(v) 0.9 % of the quantities of alcohol rectified in the case of
an alcohol loss due to rectification in the Community,
(vi) 0.9 % of the quantities of alcohol dehydrated in the case
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(vii) 1.2 % of the quantities of alcohol rectified in the case of
an alcohol loss due to rectification in one of the thirdcountries listed in Article 86 to this Regulation,
(viii) 1.2 % of the quantities of alcohol dehydrated in the case
of an alcohol loss due to dehydration in one of the thirdcountries listed in Article 86 to this Regulation.
The fifth and/or sixth percentage may be added to the second
and third percentages.
The seventh and/or eighth percentage may be added to the
fourthpercentage.
When applying the abovementioned percentages, the quantities
of alcohol shall be determined on the basis of tonnage certifi-cates or similar documents issued by the competent inspectionauthorities.
(c) In the case of alcohol awarded for a new industrial use and
under public sales for the use of bio-ethanol in the motor-fuel
sector in the Community which must be rectified prior to utilisa-
tion for the end use specified, the alcohol removed shall bedeemed to have been used entirely for the purpose specifiedwhere at least 90 % of the total quantities of alcohol removedunder an invitation to tender or a public sale is used for that
purpose; the successful tenderer or the approved firm that has
agreed to purchase the alcohol shall inform the Commissionand the intervention agency of the quantity, destination and useof the products which have undergone rectification. However,losses may not exceed the limits specified in point (b).
3) (a) The tendering security shall be released immediately if the
tender has not been accepted or if the successful tenderer hasmet the requirements laid down in paragraph 1(a).
(b) The performance guarantee shall be released immediately by
each of the intervention agencies holding alcohol once thesuccessful tenderer provides them each with the proof requiredin points 2 and 3 and in Title V of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85, for the relevant quantity removed.
(c) Notwithstanding Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85,
10 % of the performance guarantee shall be withheld until thesuccessful tenderer provides eachintervention agency concernedwith proof that the relevant quantity of alcohol removed hasbeen used, indicating any losses of alcohol in connection withthe tendering procedure concerned. If such proof is not
produced within 12 months after the date specified for the final
use of the alcohol, EUR 96 per hectolitre shall be withheld onthe quantities of alcohol lost over and above the limits specifiedin paragraph2.
Article 101
Controlarrangements
1. The Member States concerned shall take the necessary steps to
facilitate operations under this Chapter and to ensure that the applic-
able Community rules are complied with. They shall designate one ormore bodies to be responsible for checking compliance with thoserules.
The checks shall be at least equivalent to those used to monitor home-
produced alcohol but must include:
(a) physical checks on the quantity of alcohol transported,
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(c) verification of accounts, records, utilisation procedures and stocks.
If the alcohol has been denatured checks shall be made at least every
two months.
2. The Member States shall determine which documents, records
and other supporting evidence or information must be supplied by thesuccessful tenderer. They shall inform the Commission of the checksthey introduce to apply paragraph 1. The Commission shall send the
Member State concerned any comments required to ensure that checks
are effective.
3. The measures taken by the Member States shall be notified to the
Commission before the checks start.
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, when the alcohol is exported to
third countries for end-use in the motor-fuel sector only, the checks onits actual use shall be carried out up to the moment when the alcohol ismixed witha denaturing agent in th e country of destination.
Where the alcohol is disposed of for use as bio-ethanol in the Commu-
nity, those checks shall be carried out up to the moment when thealcohol is delivered to an oil undertaking using bio-ethanol or to anapproved firm as indicated in Article 92, where the supervision referredto in subparagraph 3 is guaranteed from the moment when the alcoholis delivered to that approved firm.
In the cases provided for in the first and second subparagraphs, the
alcohol concerned must remain under the supervision of an officialbody which guarantees its use in the motor fuel sector under specialtax arrangements which require that end-use.
Article 102
Useofsurveillance firms
The notice of invitation to tender may stipulate that an international
surveillance firm is to be used to check on the proper conduct of the
tendering procedure, particularly the final destination and/or end use
of the alcohol. The cost of such services shall be borne by thesuccessful tenderer, as shall the cost of analysis and verificationpursuant to Article 99 of this Regulation.
TITLEIV
FINALPROVISIONS
Article 102a
Derogationfromthepaymentdeadlines
As an exception to the provisions governing the payment deadlines
granted to the competent authority of the Member States pursuant tothis Regulation, if that authority has justified doubts as to the eligibilityof the beneficiary to the aid, it shall carry out the necessary checks andpayment shall not be effected until eligibility to the aid has been
acknowledged.
Article 103
NotificationstotheCommission
1. In the case of aid for the private storage of wine and must under
Title III, Chapter I, of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the MemberStates shall communicate:
(a) no later than 31 December of the wine year following that in which
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(b) by 5 March of the current wine year at the latest, the quantities of
products under contract at 16 February.
2. In the case of distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999, the Member States shall communicate at the
end of October, December, February, April, June and August:
(a) the quantities of wine, wine lees and wine fortified for distillation
that have been distilled in the previous two months;
(b) the quantities of alcohol, broken down into neutral alcohol, raw
alcohol and spirits distilled from wine,
— produced during the previous period,
— taken over by the intervention agencies during the previous
period,
— disposed of by the intervention agencies during the previous
period and the percentage of those quantities exported and theselling prices charged,
— held by the intervention agencies at the end of the previous
period.
3. Concerning the disposal of alcohol taken over by the intervention
agencies, as referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999,
the Member States shall communicate at the end of each month:
(a) the quantities of alcohol physically removed during the previous
monthunder a tendering procedure;
(b) the quantities of alcohol physically removed during the previous
monthfollowing a public sale.
4. In the case of distillation under Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999, the Member States shall communicate at the end of each
month:
(a) the quantities of wine distilled during the previous month;
(b) the quantities of alcohol which qualified for secondary aid during
the previous month.
5. In the case of aid for concentrated and rectified concentrated must
used for enrichment as provided for in Article 34 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999, the Member States shall communicate no later than 31December of the wine year following the current one:
(a) the number of producers who have received aid;
(b) the quantities of wine enriched;
(c) the quantities of concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated
grape must used for enrichment, expressed in terms of potentialalcoholic strength by volume per hectolitre and broken down bythe wine-growing zone of origin.
6. In the case of aid for manufacturing grape juice and other comes-
tible products from suchgrape juice as provided for in Article 35(1)(a)
in Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the Member States shall communi-cate no later than 30 April in respect of the previous wine year:
(a) the quantities of raw materials covered by aid applications, broken
down by type;
(b) the quantities of raw materials on which aid has been granted,
broken down by type.
7. In the case of aid for manufacturing certain products in the
United Kingdom and Ireland as provided for in Article 35(1)(b) and(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the Member States shall commu-nicate no later than 30 April in respect of the previous wine year:
(a) the quantities of grape must and concentrated grape must covered
by aid applications, broken down by wine-growing zone of origin;
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(c) the prices paid by manufacturers and operators for the grape must
and concentrated grape must.
8. The Member States shall communicate:
(a) no later than 30 April for the previous wine year, the cases where
distillers and makers of fortified wine for distillation have failed to
fulfil their obligations and the action taken in consequence;
(b) 10 days before the end of each quarter, the action taken in response
to appeals on the grounds of force majeure and the steps taken in
those instances by the competent authorities in cases covered by
this Regulation.
Article 104
Datesandtimelimits
The periods, dates and time limits referred to in this Regulation shall
be determined in accordance withRegulation (EEC, Euratom)No 1182/71. However, Article 3(4) of that Regulation shall not applywhen determining the duration of storage periods under Title II of thisRegulation.
Article 105
Repeal
Regulations (EEC) No 2682/77, No 1059/83, No 3461/85, No 441/88,
No 2598/88, No 2640/88, No 2641/88, No 2721/88, No 2728/88,
No 3105/88, No 1238/92, No 377/93 and No 2192/93 are hereby
repealed.
Article 106
Entryintoforce
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 August 2000.However, the following Regulations shall continue to apply until
31 August 2000 to products from the 1999/2000 wine year:
— Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83,
— Regulation (EEC) No 2640/88,
— Regulation (EEC) No 2641/88,— Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88,— Regulation (EEC) No 2728/88,
— Regulation (EEC) No 3105/88.
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ANNEX I
Tableofequivalence betweenthepotentialalcoholic strengthandtheread-
ings obtained at 20 ºC with a refractometer used in accordance with the
methodlaiddownintheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)No558/93
(Article 13 of this Regulation)
Refractomete, reading
% (p/p)Potential alcoholic strenghth
(% vol)
Concentrated must Rectified concentrated must
50,9 34,62
51,0 34,69
51,1 34,76
51,2 34,82
51,3 34,89
51,4 34,96
51,5 35,06
51,6 35,16
51,7 35,25
51,8 35,35
51,9 35,45 39,07
52,0 35,55 39,17
52,1 35,63 39,26
52,2 35,70 39,3552,3 35,77 39,45
52,4 35,85 39,54
52,5 35,95 39,63
52,6 36,05 39,73
52,7 36,14 39,83
52,8 36,23 39,93
52,9 36,32 40,02
53,0 36,41 40,12
53,1 36,49 40,22
53,2 36,56 40,30
53,3 36,63 40,40
53,4 36,71 40,50
53,5 36,81 40,59
53,6 36,91 40,69
53,7 37,01 40,79
53,8 37,11 40,89
53,9 37,20 40,99
54,0 37,30 41,09
54,1 37,38 41,18
54,2 37,45 41,28
54,3 37,53 41,3754,4 37,60 41,47
54,5 37,69 41,56
54,6 37,78 41,66
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Refractomete, reading
% (p/p)Potential alcoholic strenghth
(% vol)
Concentrated must Rectified concentrated must
54,8 37,94 41,86
54,9 38,02 41,9555,0 38,09 42,04
55,1 38,16 42,14
55,2 38,26 42,2355,3 38,36 42,3355,4 38,46 42,44
55,5 38,56 42,54
55,6 38,66 42,6455,7 38,76 42,7455,8 38,86 42,8355,9 38,95 42.93
56,0 39,06 43.04
56,1 39,12 43.1356,2 39,19 43.2356,3 39,26 43.32
56,4 39,32 43.42
56,5 39,42 43.5256,6 39,52 43.6256,7 39,62 43.7256,8 39,72 43.81
56,9 39,82 43.92
57,0 39,92 44.0257,1 39,99 44.1257,2 40,07 44.22
57,3 40,14 44.31
57,4 40,21 44.4157,5 40,31 44.5157,6 40,41 44.6157,7 40,51 44.71
57,8 40,60 44.81
57,9 40,69 44.9158,0 40,78 45.0158,1 40,85 45.11
58,2 40,93 45.21
58,3 40,99 45.3058,4 41,08 45.4058,5 41,17 45.5058,6 41,27 45.61
58,7 41,37 45.71
58,8 41,47 45.8058,9 41,57 45.9159,0 41,67 46,0159,1 41,77 46.11
59,2 41,87 46.22
59,3 41,97 46.322000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 68
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Refractomete, reading
% (p/p)Potential alcoholic strenghth
(% vol)
Concentrated must Rectified concentrated must
59,4 42,06 46,43
59,5 42,14 46.5359,6 42,23 46.64
59,7 42,31 46.74
59,8 42,38 46.8359,9 42,46 46.9360,0 42,53 47.03
60,1 42,63 47.12
60,2 42,73 47.2360,3 42,83 47.3460,4 42,93 47.4460,5 43,03 47.55
60,6 43,12 47.65
60,7 43,20 47.7560,8 43,27 47.8560,9 43,35 47,94
61,0 43,42 48,04
61,1 43,51 48,1461,2 43,60 48,2561,3 43,69 48,3661,4 43,79 48,46
61,5 43,89 48,57
61,6 43,99 48,6761,7 44,08 48,7961,8 44,18 48,89
61,9 44,28 48,99
62,0 44,38 49,1062,1 44,48 49,2062,2 44,58 49,3062,3 44,65 49,40
62,4 44,73 49,50
62,5 44,80 49,6062,6 44,88 49,7162,7 44,97 49,81
62,8 45,05 49,91
62,9 45,14 50,0263,0 45,24 50,1263,1 45,34 50,2363,2 45,44 50,34
63,3 45,54 50,45
63,4 45,64 50,5663,5 45,74 50,6763,6 45,84 50,7763,7 45,94 50,88
63,8 46,03 50,99
63,9 46,11 51,082000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 69
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Refractomete, reading
% (p/p)Potential alcoholic strenghth
(% vol)
Concentrated must Rectified concentrated must
64,0 46,18 51,18
64,1 46,26 51,2964,2 46,33 51,39
64,3 46,42 51,49
64,4 46,51 51,6064,5 46,60 51,7164,6 46,70 51,81
64,7 46,80 51,92
64,8 46,90 52,0364,9 46,99 52,1465,0 47,09 52,2565,1 47,21 52,36
65,2 47,31 52,46
65,3 47,41 52,5765,4 47,51 52,6865,5 47,61 52,79
65,6 47,71 52,90
65,7 47,82 53,0165,8 47,92 53,1265,9 48,02 53,2266,0 48,12 53,34
66,1 48,21 53,44
66,2 48,30 53,5466,3 48,40 53,6466,4 48,49 53,75
66,5 48,58 53,86
66,6 48,67 53,9666,7 48,76 54,0866,8 48,86 54,1866,9 48,95 54,29
67,0 49,04 54,40
67,1 49,14 54,5167,2 49,23 54,6267,3 49,33 54,73
67,4 49,42 54,83
67,5 49,52 54,9567,6 49,61 55,0667,7 49,71 55,1767,8 49,81 55,28
67,9 49,90 55,40
68,0 50,00 55,5068,1 50,10 55,6168,2 50,20 55,7268,3 50,30 55,83
68,4 50,40 55,94
68,5 50,50 56,062000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 70
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Refractomete, reading
% (p/p)Potential alcoholic strenghth
(% vol)
Concentrated must Rectified concentrated must
68,6 50,60 56,16
68,7 50,70 56,2868,8 50,80 56,38
68,9 50,90 56,50
69,0 50,99 56,6169,1 51,09 56,7269,2 51,19 56,83
69,3 51,28 56,94
69,4 51,38 57,0669,5 51,47 57,1769,6 51,57 57,2869,7 51,66 57,39
69,8 51,76 57,51
69,9 51,86 57,6270,0 51,95 57,7270,1 52,05 57,84
70,2 52,14 57,95
70,3 52,24 58,0770,4 52,33 58,1870,5 52,43 58,2970,6 52,53 58,41
70,7 52,62 58,52
70,8 52,72 58,6370,9 52,81 58,7471,0 57,91 58,86
71,1 53,01 58,97
71,2 53,11 59,0971,3 53,21 59,2071,4 53,31 59,3171,5 53,41 59,42
71,6 53,51 59,53
71,7 53,61 59,6571,8 53,71 59,7671,9 53,81 59,88
72,0 53,91 59,99
72,1 54,00 60,1172,2 54,10 60,2272,3 54,20 60,3372,4 54,30 60,45
72,5 54,40 60.56
72,6 54,50 60.6872,7 54,60 60.7972,8 54,70 60.9172,9 54,80 61.02
73,0 54,90 61.14
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Refractomete, reading
% (p/p)Potential alcoholic strenghth
(% vol)
Concentrated must Rectified concentrated must
73,2 55,10 61.37
73,3 55,20 61.4873,4 55,30 61.60
73,5 55,40 61.72
73,6 55,50 61.8373,7 55,60 61.9473,8 55,70 62.06
73,9 55,80 62.18
74,0 55,90 62.2874,1 56,00 62.4174,2 56,09 62.5274,3 56,19 62.64
74,4 56,29 62.76
74,5 56,39 62.8774,6 56,49 62,9974,7 56,59 63.10
74,8 56,69 63,23
74,9 56,79 63.3375,0 56,89 63.4675,1 63.5875,2 63.69
75,3 63.81
75,4 63.9375,5 64.0575,6 64.16
75,7 64.28
75,8 64.4175,9 64.5476,0 64.6676,1 64.78
76,2 64.89
76,3 65,0276,4 65,1376,5 65,25
76,6 65,37
76,7 65,4976,8 65,6176,9 65,7477,0 65,87
77,1 65,99
77,2 66,0977,3 66,2177,4 66,3177,5 66,45
77,6 66,58
77,7 66,712000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 72
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Refractomete, reading
% (p/p)Potential alcoholic strenghth
(% vol)
Concentrated must Rectified concentrated must
77,8 66,82
77,9 66,94
78,0 67,06
78,1 67,19
78,2 67,29
78,3 67,41
78,4 67,52
78,5 67,6578,6 67,77
78,7 67,89
78,8 68,02
78,9 68,14
79,0 68,26
79,1 68,38
79,2 68,51
79,3 68,62
79,4 68,75
79,5 68,87
79,6 69,00
79,7 69,12
79,8 69,24
79,9 69,352000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 73
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ANNEX II
Minimum quality requirements for table wines provided for in Article
27(b)(i)ofthisRegulation
I.White wines
(a) Minimum actual alcoholic strength: 10.5 % vol.
(b) Maximum volatile acidity: 9 milliequivalents per litre
(c) Maximum sulphur dioxide content: 155 milligrams per litre
II.Red wines
(a) Minimum actual alcoholic strength: 10.5 % vol.
(b) Maximum volatile acidity: 11 milliequivalents per litre
(c) Maximum sulphur dioxide content: 115 milligrams per litre
Rosé wines must comply withth e requirements laid down above for red wines,
except as regards their sulphur dioxide content, which must comply with the
maximum levels fixed for white wines.
However, red table wines from the Portugieser vine varieties and white table
wines from the Sylvaner, Müller-Thurgau and Riesling vine varieties shall not
be required to comply withpoints (a) and (c) above.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 74
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ANNEX III
Definitionofneutralalcoholreferred toinArticle43ofthisRegulation
1. Organoleptic characteristics No extraneous flavour detectable
in the raw material
2. Minimum alcoholic strength by volume: 96 % vol.
3. Maximum values of residue elements:
— Total acidity
expressed in g of acetic acid per hl of alcohol at
100 % vol. 1.5
— Esters
expressed in g of ethyl acetate per hl of alcohol at
100 % vol. 1.3
— Aldehydes
expressed in g of acetaldehyde per hl of alcohol at
100 % vol. 0.5
— Higher alcohols
expressed in g of 2-methylpropanol-1 per hl of alcohol at
100 % vol. 0.5
— Methanol
expressed in g per hl of alcohol at 100 % vol. 50
— Dry extract
expressed in g per hl of alcohol at 100 % vol. 1.5
— Volatile bases containing nitrogen
expressed in g of nitrogen per hl of alcohol at 100 % vol. 0.1
— Furfural Not detectable2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 75
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ANNEX IV
COMMUNITYANALYSISMETHODFORNEUTRALALCOHOL
I.GENERAL
For the purposes of this Annex:
(a) the repeatability limit is the value below which the absolute difference
between two single test results obtained under the same conditions
(same operator, same apparatus, same laboratory and a short interval of
time) may be expected to lie witha specified probability;
(b) the reproducibility limit is the value below which the absolute difference
between two single test results obtained under different conditions
(different operators, different apparatus and/or different laboratories
and/or different time) may be expected to lie witha specified prob-
ability.
The term ‘single test result’ means the value obtained when the standardised
test method is applied fully once to a single sample. Unless otherwise stated,
the probability shall be 95 %.
II.METHODS
Introduction
1. PREPARATION OF THE SAMPLE FOR ANALYSIS
1.1. General
The volume of laboratory sample intended for analysis must normally
be 1,5 l unless a larger quantity is required for a specific determina-
tion.
1.2. Sample preparation
The sample shall be made homogeneous before analysis.
1.3. Preservation
The prepared sample shall always be kept in an air-tight and moisture-
tight container and stored so that deterioration is prevented; in parti-
cular seals of cork, rubber and plastic should not come into direct
contact with the alcohol and the use of sealing wax is expresslyprohibited.
2. REAGENTS
2.1. Water
2.1.1. Wherever mention is made of water for solution, dilution or washing
purposes, dilution or washing purposes, distilled water, or deminera-
lised water of a least equivalent purity shall be used.
2.1.2. Wherever reference is made to ‘solution’ or ‘dilution’, without further
indication of a reagent, an aqueous solution is intended.
2.2. Chemicals
All chemicals shall be of analytical reagent quality except where
otherwise specified.
3. EQUIPMENT
3.1. List of equipment
The list of equipment contains only those items with a specialised use
and items witha particular specification.
3.2. Analytical balance
Analytical balance means a balance witha sensitivity of 0,1 mg or
better.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 76
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4. EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
4.1. Results
The result stated in the analytical report is the mean value obtained
from at least two determinations, the repeatability (r) of which is
satisfactory.
4.2. Calculation of results
Except where otherwise specified, the results shall be calculated as g
per hl of ethanol at 100 % vol.
4.3. Number of significant figures
The result shall not contain more significant figures than are justified
by the precision of the method of analysis used.
Method1: Determinationofalcoholcontent
The alcoholic strength by volume of the alcohol shall be determined
in accordance withexisting national provisions or, in th e event of
dispute, by means of alcoholometers or hydrometers as defined in
Council Directive 76/765/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation
of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholometers and
alcohol hydrometers (1).
It shall be expressed as percentage by volume, as prescribed by
Council Directive 76/766/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation
of the laws of the Member States relating to alcohol tables (2).
Method2: Evaluationofcolourand/orclarity
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
The method enables the colour and/or clarity of neutral alcohol to be
assessed.
2. DEFINITION
The colour and/or clarity: the colour and/or clarity as assessed by the
procedure specified.
3. PRINCIPLE
The colour and clarity are assessed visually by comparison with water
against a white background and a black background respectively.
4. APPARATUS
Glass cylinders, colourless, at least 40 cm in height.
5. PROCEDURE
Place two glass cylinders (4) on the white background or black back-
ground and fill one cylinder withsample to a depthof approximately
40 cm and the other with water to the same depth.
Observe the sample from above i.e. through the length of the cylinder,
and compare it withth e comparison cylinder.
6. INTERPRETATION
Assess the colour and/or clarity of the sample when observed as set
out in 5.
Method3: Determinationofpermanganateclearing time
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
The method determines the permanganate clearing time of neutral
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(1) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 143.
(2) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 149.
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2. DEFINITION
The permanganate clearing time, as determined by the method speci-
fied, is the number of minutes required for the colour of the sample to
match that of the colour standard after adding 1 ml of a 1 mmol/l
potassium permanganate solution to 10 ml of the sample.
3. PRINCIPLE
The time for the colour of the sample, after addition of potassium
permanganate, to matchth at of a colour standard is determined and
defined as the permanganate clearing time.
4. REAGENTS
4.1. Potassium permanganate solution, 1 mmol/l. Prepare immediately
before use.
4.2. Colour solution A (red)
— Weighaccurately 59,50 g CoCl2.6H2O,
— prepare a mixture of 25 ml hydrochloric acid (P20= 1,19 g/ml) and
975 ml water,
— add the cobalt chloride to some of the HCI/water mixture in a
1000 ml volumetric flask and make up to the mark with the rest
of the mixture at 20 ºC.
4.3. Colour solution B (yellow)
— Weighaccurately 45,00 g FeCl3.6H2O,
— prepare a mixture of 25 ml hydrochloric acid (P20= 1,19 g/ml) and
975 ml water and then proceed with the weighed quantity of ferric
chloride as for colour solution A.
4.4. Colour standard solution
Pipette 13 ml of colour solution A and 5,5 ml colour solution B into a
100 ml volumetric flask and make up to the mark with water at 20 ºC.
Note:
Colour solutions A and B may be stored in the ark at 4 ºC for several
months; the colour standard should be freshly prepared from time to
time.
5. APPARATUS
5.1. 100 ml Nessler tubles of colourless transparent glass, graduated to
50 ml, withground-glass stopper, or test tubes, colourless, circa
20 mm diameter.
5.2. Pipettes, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 50 ml.
5.3. Thermometer, range up to 50 ºC in 0,1 or 0,2 ºC.
5.4. Analytical balance.
5.5. Water bath, thermostatically controlled at 20 ± 0,5 ºC.
5.6. Volumetric flasks, 100 and 1 000 ml withground glass stoppers.
6. PROCEDURE
6.1. — Pipette 10 ml of the sample into a test tube or 50 ml in a Nessler
tube,
— place in water bathat 20 ºC,
— add 1 ml or 5 ml, depending on the sample quantity used, of
1 mmol/l KMnO4, solution, mix and leave in the water bath at
20 ºC,
— note the time,— pipette 10 ml of the colour standard into a test tube of the same
diameter or 50 ml of the colour standard into a Nessler tube,
— observe the change of colour of the sample and compare it with
the colour standard against a white background from time to time,
— note the time at which the colour of the sample becomes the same
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Note:
Take care not to expose the sample solution to direct sunlight during
the test.
7. EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
7.1. Interpretation of the time of clearing shall be the time required for the
colour of the sample tube to match that of the standard tube.
For a neutral alcohol that time must be at least 18 minutes at a
temperature of 20 ºC.
7.2. Repeatability
The difference in the times of two tests, carried out simultaneously or
in rapid succession, by the same analyst, on the same sample, under
the same conditions, shall not exceed two minutes.
8. NOTES
8.1. Traces of manganese dioxide have a catalysing effect on the reaction,
ensure that pipettes and test tubes are used which have been scrupu-
lously cleaned and reserved exclusively for the purpose. Clean them
with hydrochloric acid and rinse thoroughly with water, no brown
coloration shall be visible on the glass apparatus.
8.2. The quality of the water to prepare the dilute permanganate solution
(4.1) shall be carefully monitored; it must not consume any permanga-
nate. If the required quality cannot be obtained, distilled water should
be brought to the boil and a small quantity of permanganate added in
order to obtain a very slightly pink coloration. This should then be
cooled and used for the dilution.
8.3. For some samples the decoloration may occur without passing through
the exact shade of the reference solution.
8.4. The permanganate test may be distorted when the alcohol sample for
analysis has not been stored in a perfectly clean glass flask, sealed
with either a ground glass stopper which has been rinsed with alcohol
or another stopper encased in tin or aluminium.
Method4: Determinationofaldehydes
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
The method determines aldehydes, expressed as acetaldehyde, in
neutral alcohol.
2. DEFINITION
The aldehyde content: the content of aldehydes, expressed as acetalde-
hyde, as determined by the method specified.
3. PRINCIPLE
The colour obtained after the reaction of the sample with Schiff's
reagent is compared withstandard solutions h aving a known acetalde-
hyde content.
4. REAGENTS
p-rosaniline hydrochloride (basic fuchsin)
sodium sulphite or anhydrous sodium metabisulphitehydrochloric acid, density p
20= 1.19 g/ml
powdered active carbonstarchsolution, prepared from 1 g soluble starchand 5 mg Hgl
2(preservative) which are suspended in a little cold water, mixed with
500 ml boiling water, boiled for 5 minutes and filtered when cold.
iodine solution, 0,05 mol/l1-amino-ethanol CH
3.CH(NH2)OH (MW 61.08)
Schiff's reagent
— Dissolve 5,0 g powdered p-rosaniline hydrochloride with about
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— leave in the water bath until completely dissolved if necessary,
— dissolve 30 g anhydrous sodium sulphite (or an equivalent quan-
tity of sodium metabisulphite) in circa 200 ml water and add to
the cool prosaniline solution,
— leave to stand for about 10 minutes,
— add 60 ml hydrochloric acid (p20= 1,19 g/ml),
— where the solution is colourless — a slight degree of brown
colouration can be ignored — make up to the mark with water,
— if necessary filter witha little active carbon over a folded filter to
render the solution colourless.
Notes:(1) The Schiff's reagent should be prepared at least 14 days before it
is used.
(2) The free SO
2content in the reagent should be between 2,8 and
6,0 mmol/100 ml, the pH must be 1.
Determination of free SO2
— Pipette 10 ml Schiff's reagent into a 250 ml Erlenmeyer flask,
— add 200 ml water,
— add 5 ml starchsolution,
— titrate with0,05 mol/l iodine solution to starchend-point,
if the free SO2content is outside the indicated range it should
either be:
— raised witha calculated quantity of sodium metabisulph ite
(0,126 g Na2SO3/100 ml reagent per mmol SO2lacking), or
— lowered by bubbling air through the reagent.
Calculation of free SO2in the reagent.
mmol free SO2/100 ml reagent:
¼consumed ml iodine solution 0 ;05 mol =l ðÞ /C1 3;2/C1100
64/C110
¼consumed ml iodine solution 0 ;05 mol =l ðÞ
2
Important:
It other methods are used to prepare the Schiff's reagent, the
sensitivity of the reagent should be checked so that during the
test:
— there is no colouration with the aldehyde-free reference
alcohol,
— the pink colouration should be visible from 0,1 g acetaldehyde
per hl alcohol at 100 % vol.
(3) Purification of commercial 1-amino-ethanol
— Dissolve 5 g 1-amino-ethanol completely in circa 15 ml abso-
lute ethanol,
— add circa 50 ml dry diethyl ether (1-amino-ethanol precipi-
tates),
— leave for several hours in a refrigerator,
— filter off the crystals and wash with dry diethyl ether,— dry for three to four hours in a desiccator over sulphuric acid
in a partial vacuum.
Note:
The cleaned 1-araino-ethanol must be white; if not, repeat the
recrystallisation process.
5. APPARATUS
5.1. Colorimetric tubes, eachprovided witha ground-glass stopper, capa-
city 20 ml.
5.2. 1 ml, 2 ml, 3 ml, 4 ml, 5 ml and 10 ml pipettes.
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5.4. Spectrophotometer with cuvettes of 50 mm path length.
6. PROCEDURE
6.1. Preliminary remark
When using this method to determine aldehyde content ensure that the
sample's alcohol content is at least 90,0 % vol. If not it must be raised
by adding corresponding amounts of aldehyde-free ethanol.
6.2. Calibration curve
— Weigh1,3860 g purified and dried 1-amino-eth anol accurately on
an analytical balance.
— Place in a 1 000 ml volumetric flask and add aldehyde-free
ethanol-free ethanol, make up to the mark at 20 ºC. The solution
content 1 g/l acetaldehyde.
— Prepare the dilution series in two stages to produce 10 reference
solutions containing 0,1 to 1,0 mg acetaldehyde per 100 ml solu-
tion.
— Determine the absorbance values for these reference solutions
according to 6.3 and construct graph.
6.3. Determining the aldehyde content
— Pipette 5 ml of the sample into a colorimetric tube.
— Add 5 ml water, mix and keep at a constant temperature of 20 ºC.
— At the same time make a blank using 5 ml aldehyde-free ethanol
at 96 % vol, add 5 ml water and keep at a temperature of 20 ºC.
— Then add 5 ml Schiff's reagent to each tube, close with ground-
glass stoppers and shake well.
— Keep in water bathfor 20 minutes at 20 ºC.
— Put contents into cuvettes.
— Determine absorbence values at 546 nm.
Notes:
(1) To determine the aldehyde figures it is necessary to check the
validity of the calibration curves by comparison with test solution;
if not, the calibration curve must be prepared again.
(2) Ensure that the blank is always colourless.
7. EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
7.1. Formula and method of calculation
Construct a graphof optical density against concentration of acetalde-
hyde and determine the concentration in the sample by reference to
this plot.
The content of aldehydes, expressed as acetaldehyde, in g/hl ethanol
at 100 % vol is given by
100/C1A
T
where:
A = the content, in g per hl of acetaldehyde in the sample solution
as determined by reference to the standard curve,
T = the alcoholic strength by volume of the sample as determined
by method 1.
7.2. Repeatability
The difference between the results of two determinations, carried out
simultaneously or in rapid concession, by the same analyst, on the
same sample, under the same conditions, shall not exceed 0,1 g alde-
hyde per hl Ethanol at 100 % vol.
Method5: Determinationofhigheralcohols
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
The method determines budget alcohols, expressed as 2 methyl-
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2. DEFINITION
The higher alcohol content: the content of higher alcohols, expressed
as 2-methylpropan-l-ol as determined by the method specified.
3. PRINCIPLE
The absorbance of the coloured products resulting from the reaction
of higher alcohols and an aromatic aldehyde in hot dilute sulphuric
acid (Komarowsky reaction) are determined at 560 nm, corrected for
the presence of any aldehyde in the sample and then compared with
that produced by 2-methylpropan-1-ol reacting under the same condi-
tions.
4. REAGENTS
4.1. Salicyl aldehyde solution, 1 % mas. Prepare by adding 1 g of salicyl
aldehyde to 99 g of ethanol at 96 % vol (which is free of fusel oil).
4.2. Sulphuric acid, concentrated, density 1,84 g/m2.
4.3. 2-methylpropan-1-ol.
4.4. Standard 2-methylpropan-1-ol solutions
Dilute 2-methylpropan-1-ol (4.3) with an aqueous solution of 96 %
vol ethanol to give a series of standards containing 0,1, 0,2, 0,4, 0,6
and 1,0 g of 2-methylpropan-1-ol per hl of solution.
4.5. Standard acetaldehyde solutions.
Prepare the standard acetaldehyde solutions as described in section 6.2
of method 4.
4.6. Ethanol 96 % vol free from higher alcohols and aldehydes.
5. APPARATUS
5.1. UV-VIS spectrophotometer, capable of determining absorbance of
solutions at 560 nm.
5.2. Spectrophotometer cuvettes, 10, 20 and 50 mm pathlengths.
5.3. Water bath, thermostatically regulated at 20 ± 0,5 ºC.
5.4. Colorimetric tubes made of thick glass Pyrex or similar with ground-
glass stoppers, content circa 50 ml.
6. PROCEDURE
6.1. Aldehyde content
Determine the aldehyde content, expressed as acetaldehyde, in the
sample using methanol 4.
6.2. Calibration curve: 2-methylpropan-1-ol
Pipette 10 ml of each of the 2-methylpropan-1-ol standards (4.4) into
50 ml glass cylinders eachfitted withground glass stoppers. Pipette
1 ml of the salicyl aldehyde solution (4.1) into the cylinders and
then 20 ml of sulphuric acid (4.2). Mix the contents thoroughly by
carefully tilting the cylinders backwards and forwards several times
(care being taken to lift the stopper in occasionally). Leave for 10
minutes at room temperature and then put in the water bath (5.3) at
20 ± 0,5 ºC. After 20 minutes pour the contents into a series of spec-
trophotometer cuvettes.
Exactly 30 minutes after adding the sulphuric acid determine the
absorbance of the solutions at 560 nm using water in the reference
cuvette of the spectrophotometer.
Construct a calibration curve of absorbance against 2-methylpropan-1-
ol concentration.
6.3. Calibration curve — aldehydes
Repeat 6.2 but replacing the 10 ml of each of the 2-methylpropan-1-ol
standards by 10 ml of each of the acetaldehyde standards.
Construct a calibration curve of absorbance at 560 nm against acetal-
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6.4. Sample determination
Repeat 6.2 but replacing the 10 ml of the 2-methylpropan-1-ol stan-
dards by 10 ml of the sample.
Determine the absorbance of the sample.
7. EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
7.1. Formula and method of calculation7.1.1. Correct the absorbance of the sample by subtracting the value of the
absorbance corresponding to the aldehyde concentration in the sample
(obtained from the calibration curve constructed under 6.3).
7.1.2. Determine the concentration of higher alcohols, expressed as 2-
methalpropan-1-ol, in the sample from the calibration curve
constructed under 6.2 but using the correct absorbance (7.1.1).
7.1.3. The concentration of higher alcohols, expressed as 2-methylpropan-1-
ol in g per hl ethanol at 100 % vol, is given by:
A/C1100
T
where:
A = the concentration of higher alcohols in the sample as calculated
in 7.1.2.
T = the alcoholic strength by volume of the sample as determined
by method 1.
7.2. Repeatability
The difference between the results of two determinations, when
carried out simultaneously or in rapid succession, by the same analyst,
on the same sample, under the same conditions, shall not exceed 0,2 g
per hl ethanol at 100 % vol.
Method6: Determinationoftotalacidity
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
The method determines the total acidity, expressed as acetic acid, of
neutral alcohol.
2. DEFINITION
The total acidity content, expressed as acetic acid: the content of total
acidity, expressed as acetic acid, as determined by the method speci-
fied.
3. PRINCIPLE
The sample, after de-gassing, is titrated against standard sodium
hydroxide solution and the acidity calculated as acetic acid.
4. REAGENTS
4.1. Sodium hydroxide solutions, 0,01 mol/l and 0,1 mol/l, stored so that
contact withcarbon dioxide is minimised.
4.2. Indigo carmine solution (A)
— Weigh0,2 g indigo carmine,
— dissolve in 40 ml water and make up to 100 g witheth anol.
Phenol red solution (B)
— Weigh0,2 g ph enol red,
— dissolve in 6 ml sodium hydroxide 0,1 mol/1 and make up to mark
withwater in a 100 ml volumetric flask.
5. APPARATUS
5.1. Burette or automatic titrater.
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5.3. Round-bottom flask withground-glass stopper, 250 ml.
5.4. Reflux condenser withground-glass stopper.
6. PROCEDURE
— Pipette 100 ml of the sample into the 250 ml round-bottom flask,
— add boiling stones and briefly heat to boiling in the reflux
condenser,
— add one drop of each of indicator solutions A and B to the hot
solution,
— then titrate with sodium hydroxide 0,01 mol/l until the first signs
of change from greenish-yellow to violet.
7. EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
7.1. Formula and method of calculation
The content of total acidity, expressed as acetic acid, in g per hl
ethanol at 100 % vol is given by:
V/C160
T
where:
V = the number of ml of 0,01 mol/l sodium hydroxide required for
neutralisation.
T = the alcoholic strength by volume of the sample as determined
by method 1.
7.2. Repeatability
The difference between the results of two determinations, carried out
simultaneously or in rapid succession, by the same analyst, on the
same sample, under the same conditions, shall not exceed 0,1 g per
hl ethanol at 100 % vol.
Method7: Determinationofesters
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
The method determines esters, expressed as ethyl acetate, in neutral
alcohol.
2. DEFINITION
The ester content: the content of esters, expressed as ethyl acetate, as
determined by the method specified.
3. PRINCIPLE
Esters react quantitatively with hydroxylamine hydrochloride in alka-
line solution to form hydroxylamic acids. These then form coloured
complexes withferric ions in acid solution. Th e optical densities of
these complexes are measures at 525 nm.
4. REAGENTS
4.1. Hydrochloric acid 4 mol/l.4.2. Ferric chloride solution, 0,37 mol/l in 1 mol/l hydrochloric acid.
4.3. Hydroxylamine Hydrochloride, 2 mol/l. Store in a refrigerator.
4.4. Sodium hydroxide solution, 3,5 mol/l.4.5. Ethyl acetate standard solutions containing 0,0, 0,2, 0,4, 0,6, 0,8 and
1,0 g ethyl acetate per hl ester-free ethanol at 96 % vol.
5. APPARATUS
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6. PROCEDURE
6.1. Calibration curve
— Weighaccurately 1,0 g eth yl acetate on an analytical balance,
— add ester-free alcohol in a 1 000 ml volumetric flask and make up
to the mark at 20 ºC,
— prepare dilution series in two stages to produce 20 reference solu-
tions containing 0,1 to 2,0 mg ethyl acetate per 100 ml solution,
— determine absorbence values for the reference solution in accor-
dance with6.2 and construct a graph .
6.2. Determination of ester content
— Pipette 10 ml of the sample into test-tubes fitted with ground-glass
stoppers,
— add 2 ml hydroxylamine hydrochloride solution,— at the same time prepare a blank using 10 ml ester-free ethanol at
96 % vol and 2 ml hydroxylamine hydrochloride solution,
— then add 2 ml sodium hydroxide to each solution, close the tubes
withground-glass stoppers and sh ake well,
— keep for 15 minutes at 20 ºC in a water bath,
— add 2 ml hydrochloric acid to each tube, shake briefly,
— add 2 ml ferric chloride solution, mix well,— pour contents into cuvettes,
— Determine absorbence values at 525 nm.
7. EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
7.1. Formula and method of calculation
Plot the optical densities of the standards against their concentrations.
The ester content (expressed as ethyl acetate = A) corresponding to
the absorbence value is read off on the graph and calculated according
to the formula:
A/C1100
T
and given in 9 per hl ethanol at 100 % vol,
where T = alcohol content of the sample in % vol determination as
described in method 1.
7.2. Repeatability
The difference between the results of two determinations, carried out
simultaneously or in rapid succession, by the same analyst, on the
same sample, under the same conditions, should not exceed 0,1 g
esters, as ethyl acetate, per hl ethanol at 100 % vol.
Method8: Determinationofvolatilenitrogenbases
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
The method determines volatile nitrogen bases, expressed as nitrogen,
in neutral alcohol.
2. DEFINITION
The volatile nitrogen bases content: the content of volatile nitrogen
bases, expressed as nitrogen, as determined by the method specified.
3. PRINCIPLE
The sample is evaporated to a small volume in the presence of
sulphuric acid and the ammonia content then determined using the
conway micro-diffusion technique.
4. REAGENTS
4.1. Suphuric acid, 1 mol/l.
4.2. Boric acid indicator solution. Dissolve 10 g of boric acid, 8 mg of
bromocresol green and 4 mg of methyl red in 30 % vol propan-2-ol
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4.3. Potasium hydroxide solution, 500 g/l; carbon dioxide free.
4.4. Hydrochloric acid, 0,02 mol/l.
5. APPARATUS
5.1. Evaporating dish, of sufficient capacity to accept 50 ml of sample.
5.2. Water bath.
5.3. Conway flask withtigh tly fitting lid; see figure 1 for description and
suggested dimensions.
5.4. Micro-burette, capacity 2 to 5 ml, graduated in 0,01 ml.
6. PROCEDURE
6.1. Pipette 50 mls of the sample (with an anticipated nitrogen content of
less than 0,2 g per hl sample take 200 ml of sample) into a glass dish,
add 1 ml of 1 mol/l sulphuric acid (4.1), place the dish (5.1) on a
water bath(5.2) and evaporate until th ere is about 1 ml remaining.
6.2. Pipette 1 ml of the boric acid indicator solution (4.2) into the inner
chamber of the Conway flask (5.3) and wash the residue liquid from
the evaporation process (6.1) into the outer chamber. Slightly tilt the
Conway flask and add about 1 ml of the potassium hydroxide solution
(4.3) to the outer chamber as quickly as possible but as far from the
majority of the liquid in the outer chamber as possible. Immediately
seal the Conway flask by covering with a tightly fitting lid smeared
withgrease.
6.3. Mix the two solutions in the outer chamber taking care that there is no
liquid spillage from either chamber to the other. Allow to stand for
two hours.
6.4. Titrate the ammonia in the inner chamber against 0,02 mol/l hydro-
chloric acid (4.4) using a micro-burette (5.4) to neutralisation. The
volume of acid used should be between 0,2 and 0,9 ml; let the volume
of acid used by V1ml.
6.5. Carry out a blank titration by repeating sections 6.1 to 6.4 but repla-
cing the 50 ml of sample in section 6.1 by the same volume of water.
Let the volume of hydrochloric acid used be V2ml.
7. EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
7.1. Formula and method of calculation.
The content of volable nitrogen bases, in g per hl ethanol at 100 %
vol, calculated and expressed as nitrogen, is given by:
V1/C0V0 ðÞ /C1 2800
E/C1T
Where
V1= the volume, to ml, at the hydrochloric acid used to neutralize
the sample.
V2= the volume, in ml, of hydrochloric acid used in the blank test.
T = the alcoholic strength by volume of the sample as determined
by method 1.
E = the quantity of sample used in ml.
7.2. Repeatability
The difference between the results of two determinations, carried out
simultaneously or in rapid succession, by the same analyst, on the
same sample, under the same conditions, shall not exceed 0,05 g per
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Figure 1: Conway flask
Method9: Determinationofmethanol
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
The method determines the content of methanol in neutral alcohol.
2. DEFINITION
The methanol content: the content of methanol as determined by the
method specified.
3. PRINCIPLE
The methanol concentration is determined by direct injection of
sample into a gas liquid chromatography apparatus.
4. PROCEDURE
Any GLC method is suitable provided that the gas chromatographic
column and conditions employed are capable of achieving a clear
separation between methanol, acetaldehyde, ethanol and ethyl acetate.
The limit of detection of methanol in ethanol shall be less than 2 g/hl.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 87
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5. REPEATABILITY
The difference between the results of two determinations, carried out
simultaneously or in rapid succession, by the same anylst, on the same
sample, under the same conditions, shall not exceed 2 g methanol per
hl ethanol at 100 % vol.
Method10: Determinationofdryresidue
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
The method determines the dry residue content of neutral alcohol.
2. DEFINITION
The dry residue content: the dry matter content as determined by the
method specified.
3. PRINCIPLE
An aliquot of the sample is dried at 103 ºC and the residue deter-
mined gravimetrically.
4. APPARATUS
4.1. Water bath, boiling.
4.2. Evaporating dishof suitable capacity.4.3. Desiccator, containing freshly activated silica gel (or an equivalent
desiccant) witha moisture content indicator.
4.4. Analytical balance.4.5. Oven, thermostatically controlled at 103 ± 2 ºC.
5. PROCEDURE
Accurately weigh, to the nearest 0,1 mg, a clean dry evaporating dish
(4.2) (m
o). Pipette in several operations if necessary a suitable volume
of sample into the dish (100 — 250 ml) (Voml). Place the dish with
sample on the boiling water bath (4.1) and allow to. dry. Place in the
oven (4.5) at 103 ± 2 ºC for 30 minutes and then transfer dish with
residue into a desiccator (4.3). Allow the dish to cool for 30 minutes
and then weigh, to the nearest 0,1 mg, the dish with residue (M1).
6. EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
6.1. Formula and method of calculation
The content of dry residue, to g per hl of ethanol at 100 % vol is
given by:
M1/C0M0 ðÞ /C1 107
V0/C1T
where:
Mo= the mass, in g, of the clean dry dish,
M1= the mass, in g, of the dish and residue after drying,
Vo= the volume of sample taken for drying, and
T = the alcohols strength by volume of the sample as determined
by method 1.
6.2. Repeatability
The difference between the results of two determinations, carried out
simultaneously or in rapid succession, by the same analyst, on the
same sample, under the same conditions, shall not exceed 0,5 g per
hl of ethanol at 100 % vol.
Method11: Limittestfortheabsenceoffurfural
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
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2. DEFINITION
The detection of the limit tests concentration of furfural: the limit test
result as determined by the method specified.
3. PRINCIPLE
The alcohol sample is mixed with aniline and glacial acetic acid. The
presence of furfural is indicated by a salmon pink colour appearing in
the solution within 20 minutes of mixing.
4. REAGENTS
4.1. Aniline, freshly distilled.4.2. Acetic acid, glacial.
5. APPARATUS
Tubes, fitted withground glass stoppers.
6. PROCEDURE
Pipette 10 ml of the sample into a tube (5); add 0,5 ml of aniline and
2 ml of glacial acetic acid. Shake the tube and contents to mix.
7. EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
7.1. Limit test interpretation
If the time of development of any salmon pink colouration in the tube
is less than 20 minutes the test is positive and the sample contains
furfural.
7.2. Observations
The results of two limit tests, carried out simultaneously or in rapid
succession, by the same analyst, on the same sample, under the same
conditions, shall be identical.
Method12: UVtest
1. SCOPE
This method determines the optical transparence of neutral alcohol.
2. PRINCIPLE
The optical transparence of the sample in the wavelength range 220 to
270 nm is measured against a defined reference substance of high
optical transparence.
3. APPARATUS
3.1. UV-VIS spectrophotometer3.2. Quartz cuvettes, 10 mn pathlength , same spectrum transmission.
4. REAGENTS
n-Hexane for spectroscopy.
5. PROCEDURE
— Rinse clean cuvettes with sample solution and then pour in the
sample; dry the outside of the cuvettes,
— treat reference cuvette in the same way with n-Hexane and fill,— determine absorbence values and construct graph.
6. EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
The absorbence values found at 270, 240, 230 and 220 nm may not
exceed the following figures: 0,02, 0,08, 0,18 and 0,3.
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Method13: Determinationof14Ccontentinethanol
1. METHOD TO DETERMINE TYPE OF ALCOHOL
Determination of the14C content in ethanol permits a distinction to be
made between alcohol from fossil fuels (synthesis alcohol) and
alcohol from recent raw materials (fermentation alcohol).
2. DEFINITION
The14C content of ethanol is understood to be the14C content deter-
mined using the method described here.
The natural14C content in the atmosphere (the reference value), which
is absorbed by living vegetation by assimilation, is not a constant
value. The reference value is therefore determined on ethanol from
raw materials of the most recent vegetation period. This annual refer-
ence value is determined eachyear by collaborative analyses
organised by the Community Bureau of References and the Joint
ResearchCentre, Ispra
3. PRINCIPLE
The14C content of samples containing alcohol with at least 85 % mass
ethanol is determined directly by liquid scintillation count.
4. REAGENTS
4.1. Toluene scintillator
5,0 g 2,5-diphenyloxazole (PPO)
0,5 g p-bis-[4-methyl-5-phenyloxazolyl(2)]-benzene (dimethyl-
POPOP) in 1 litre analytical grade toluene.
Commercial, ready-to-use toluene scintillators of this composition can
also be used.
4.2.14C standard
n-Hexadecane14C withan activity of about 1 × 106dpm/g (approxi-
mately 1,67 × 106cBq/g) and a guaranteed accuracy of determined
activity of ± 2 % rel.
4.3.14C-free ethanol
Synthesis alcohol from raw materials of fossil origin with at least 85 %
mass ethanol, to determine the background.
4.4. Alcohol from recent raw materials of the most recent vegetation
period withat least 85 % mass eth anol as reference material.
5. APPARATUS
5.1. Multi-channel liquid scintillation spectrometer with processor and
automatic external standardisation and display of the external stan-
dard/channel ratio (usual design: three meter channels and two
external standard channels).
5.2. Low-potassium counter tubes suitable for the spectrometer, with dark
screw-tops containing a polyethylene insert.
5.3. Volumetric pipettes, 10 ml.5.4. Automatic dosing device 10 ml.
5.5. 250 ml round-bottom flask withground-glass stopper.
5.6. Alcohol distillation apparatus with heating mantle, e.g. type Micko.5.7. Microliter syringe 50 µl.
5.8. Pycnometer funnel, pycnometers, 25 ml and 50 ml.
5.9. Thermostat with a temperature stability of ± 0,01 ºC.
5.10. Official alcohol tables in accordance with the Council Directive of 27
July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating
to alcohol tables, published by the Commission of the European
Communities (ISBN 92-825-0146-9).2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 90
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6. PROCEDURE
6.1. Adjusting the equipment
The equipment should be adjusted according to the manufacturer's
instructions. Measuring conditions are optimal when the value E2/B,
the quality index, is at its maximum.
E = efficiency
B = background
Only two meter channels are optimised. The third is left fully open for
control purposes.
6.2. Selection of counter tubes
A larger number of counter tubes than will later be needed are each
filled with10 ml of14C-free synthesis ethanol and 10 ml toluene scin-
tillator. Eachis measured for at least × 100 minutes. Tubes wh ose
backgrounds vary by more than ± 1 % rel. from the mean are
discarded. Only tubes new from the factory and from the same batch
may be used.
6.3. Determination of the external standard/channel ratio (ESCR)
During the process of setting the channels (6.1) the ESCR is deter-
mined using the appropriate computer program when the efficiency
is determined. The external standard used is137caesium, which is
already built-in by the manufacturer.
6.4. Preparation of sample
Samples having an ethanol content of at least 85 % mass and free
from impurities, which absorb at wavelengths below 450 nm can be
measured. The low residue of esters and aldehydes is not a problem.
After the first few ml have been discarded the sample is distilled
direct into the pycnometer and the alcohol content of the sample is
determined by pycnometry. The values to be determined are taken
from the Official Alcohol Tables.
7. MEASUREMENT OF SAMPLES USING EXTERNAL STANDARD
7.1. Slightly extinguished samples such as those described in 6.4 with an
ESCR of around 1.8 may be measured via the ESCR, which provides
a measure of the efficiency.
7.2. Measurement
10 ml eachof th e samples prepared according to 6.4 is pipettes into a
selected counter tube checked for background and 10 ml of toluene
scintillator is added via an automatic dosing device. The samples in
the tubes are homogenised by suitable rotary movements; the liquid
must not be allowed to wet the polyethylene insert in the screw-top.
A tube containing14C-free fossil ethanol is prepared in the same way
to measure the background. To check the relevant annual14C value a
duplicate of recent ethanol from the latest vegetation period is
prepared, a tube being mixed withinternal standard, see 8.
The control and background samples are placed at the beginning of
the measurement series, which should contain no more than 10
samples for analysis. Total measuring time per sample is at least
2 × 100 minutes, withth e individual samples being measured in part
stages of 100 minutes so that any equipment drift or other defect can
be detected. (One cycle therefore corresponds to a measuring interval
of 100 minutes per sample).
Background and control samples should be freshly prepared every
four weeks.
This method requires little time and material and is particularly
suitable for non-specialist laboratories processing large numbers of
samples.
In the case of slightly extinguished samples (ESCR circa 1,8) the effi-
ciency is only negligibly affected by the change in this value. If the
change is within ± 5 % rel. the same efficiency can be expected. For
more greatly extinguished samples, such as denatured alcohols, the
efficiency can be established via the extinction correction graph. If
an appropriate computer program is not available the internal standard
must be used, and this gives an unambiguous result.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 91
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8. MEASURING SAMPLES USING INTERNAL STANDARD HEXA-
DECANE14C
8.1. Procedure
Control and background samples (recent and fossil ethanol) and the
unknown material are eachmeasured as duplicates. One sample of
the duplicate is prepared in a non-selected tube and an accurately
dosed quantity (30 µl) of hexadecane14C is added as internal standard
(added activity around 26269 dpm/gC approximately 43782 cBq/gC).
For the sample preparation and measuring time of the other samples
see 7.2, but the measuring time for the samples with the internal stan-
dard can be reduced to about five minutes by presetting at 105pulses.
One duplicate eachof background and control samples is used per
measuring series; these are placed at the beginning of the measuring
series.
8.2. Handling the internal standard and counter tubes
To prevent contamination when measuring with the internal standard
these must be stored and handled well away from the area where the
samples for analysis are prepared and measured. After measurement
the tubes checked for background may be re-used. The screw-tops
and tubes containing the internal standard are disposed of.
9. EXPRESSION OF THE RESULTS
9.1. The unit of activity of a radio-active substance is the becquerel; 1
Bq = 1 decay/sec.
Indication of specific radio-activity is expressed as becquerels relative
to one gram carbon = Bq/gC.
To obtain more practical results it is best to express the results in
centi-bequerels = cBq/gC.
The descriptions and formulae used in the literature, based on dpm,
may be retained for the time being. To obtain corresponding figures
in cBq merely multiply the dpm figure by 100/60.
9.2. Expression of results withexternal standard
cBq=gC¼cpmpr/C0cpmNE/C0/C1
/C11;918/C1100
V/C1F/C1Z/C160
9.3. Expression of results withinternal standard
cBq=gC¼cpmpr/C0cpmNE/C0/C1
/C1dpmIS/C11;918/C1100
cpmIS/C0cpmpr/C0/C1
/C1V/C1F/C160
9.4. Abbreviations
cpmpr= the mean sample count rate over the total measuring time.
cpmNE= the mean background pulse rate calculated in the same
way.
cpmIS= the amount of added internal standard added (calibration
radioactivity dpm).
dpmIS= the quantity of internal standard added (calibration radio-
activity dpm).
V = the volume of the samples used in ml.F = the content in grammes pure alcohol per ml corre-
sponding to its concentration.
Z = the efficiency corresponding to the ESCR value.
1,918 = the number of grammes alcohol per gramme carbon.
10. RELIABILITY OF THE METHOD
10.1. Repeatability (r)
r = 0,632 cBq/g C; S
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10.2. Comparability (R)
R = 0,821 cBq/g C; S(R)= ± 0,290 cBq/g C.2000R1623 — EN — 01.08.2003 — 010.001 — 93
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ANNEX V
Notification of refusal or acceptance of lots in connection with tendering procedures for the
exportofwinealcohol
— Name of successful tenderer:
— Date of award:— Date of refusal or acceptance of the lot by the successful tenderer:
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