Commission Regulation (EC) No 2631/2000 of 30 November 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1608/2000 laying down transitional measures pending the definitive measures implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine
Date: 2000-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2631/2000

of 30 November 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1608/2000 laying down transitional measures pending the definitive
measures implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the
market in wine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), and in particular Article 80 thereof,

should therefore be made for an extra transitional period
that depends on the area concerned.

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1608/2000 (2), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2237/2000 (3), extends
the applicability of certain Council provisions repealed
by Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 until 30
November 2000 pending the finalisation and adoption
of measures implementing that Regulation. The finalisa-
tion and adoption of those implementing measures will
not be completed by 30 November 2000. Certain
Council provisions repealed by Article 81 of Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999 should accordingly be allowed to
stand for a short additional period.

The extra transitional period does not affect the imple-
mentation of the bulk of the reform of the common
organisation of the market in wine on the date set by
the Council since the main points concerning the areas
covered by those Regulations have been settled in Regu-
lation (EC) No 1493/1999 or in the implementing regu-
lations already adopted.

(3)

More progress has been made in adopting implementing
measures in certain areas than in others. Provision

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1608/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Notwithstanding certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999, the provisions listed in Part A of the Annex
hereto shall remain applicable until 31 January 2001 while
those listed in Part B of the Annex shall remain applicable
until 31 March 2001.’

2. The date ‘30 November 2000’ in Article 3 is replaced by ‘31

March 2001’.

3. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 December 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 November 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 185, 25.7.2000, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 18.

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ANNEX

Part A

Provisions that remain applicable until 31 January 2001

(a) Articles 1 and 3 of, and the Annex to, Regulation (EEC) No 1873/84

(b) Regulation (EEC) No 2390/89

(c) Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2391/89

(d) Articles 3, 31 and 71 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87

Part B

Provisions that remain applicable until 31 March 2001

(a) Article 15(2) and (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 823/87

(b) Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89

(c) Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3895/91

(d) Articles 8, 9 and 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 2333/92

(e) Article 72 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87