Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/2000 of 24 July 2000 amending Regulations (EEC) No 3105/88 and (EEC) No 2721/88 for the purpose of setting the time limits for certain distillation operations in the wine sector
Date: 2000-07-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, distillation, marketing, viticulture

L 185/64

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.7.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1617/2000

of 24 July 2000

amending Regulations (EEC) No 3105/88 and (EEC) No 2721/88 for the purpose of setting the time
limits for certain distillation operations in the wine sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16
March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999 (2),
and in particular Articles 35(8), 36(6) and 38(5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (3), and in particular Article 80 thereof,

Whereas:

Certain wine distillation operations are laid down as
measures to manage the market in wine. Time limits are
laid down for those operations so as to guarantee their
proper execution.

In December 1999 France suffered from exceptionally
bad weather. Storms and floods caused severe material
damage to vine-growers' and distillers' installations. As a
result France's economic operators are in no position to
fulfil their distillation obligations within the time limits
laid down, and for that reason those time limits should
be extended for the territory of the French Republic.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 1

The following sentence is added to Article 12(1) of Commis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3105/88 (4)
laying down detailed
rules for the application of compulsory distillation as provided
for in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87:

‘As regards the distillation operations provided for in
Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, the
time limit for the distillation of the products in question for
shall be extended to 20
the 1999/2000 wine year
September, for France only.’

Article 2

The following sentence is added to Article 7(1) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88 (5) laying down detailed rules for
voluntary distillation as provided for in Articles 38, 41 and 42
of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87:

‘As regards the distillation operation provided for in Article
38 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, the time limit for the
distillation of the products in question for the 1999/2000
wine year shall be extended to 20 September, for France
only.’

Article 3

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Wine,

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 277, 8.10.1988, p. 21.
(5) OJ L 241, 1.9.1988, p. 88.