Commission Regulation (EC) No 491/2001 of 12 March 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1608/2000 laying down transitional measures pending the definitive measures implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine
Date: 2001-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, import, transitional period (EU), viticulture, wine

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 491/2001

of 12 March 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1608/2000 laying down transitional measures pending the definitive
measures implementing 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,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (2),
and in particular Article 80 thereof,

Whereas:

Articles 1 and 3 of, and the Annex to Regulation (EEC)
No 1873/84 are concerned, these provisions should be
maintained until the Council takes a decision, or until
31 December 2003 at the latest. This Regulation must
apply from 1 February 2001 for the same reason.

(2)

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)

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

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1608/2000 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2631/2000 (4), extends
until 31 January 2001 the application of certain Council
provisions repealed by Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 pending finalisation and adoption of the
definitive measures to implement that Regulation. It lays
down in particular that Articles 1 and 3 of, and the
Annex to, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1873/84 of 28
June 1984 authorising the offer or disposal for direct
human consumption of certain imported wines which
may have undergone oenological processes not provided
for in Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 (5), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2839/98 (6), should remain in
force until 31 January 2001. However, Regulation (EEC)
these provisions would
No 1873/84 stipulates that
remain in force until 31 December 2003. Under Article
45(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the Commis-
sion presented a proposal
for a Council regulation
authorising until 31 December 2003 the offer or
disposal
for direct human consumption of certain
imported wines which may have undergone oenological
processes not provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999, which applies similar provisions on the same
terms as those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1873/
84. However, it seems likely that the Council will not be
able to adopt this proposal before 31 January 2001. To
enable the Council to adopt this proposal without inter-
rupting the status quo where the products referred to in

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 185, 25.7.2000, p. 24.
(4) OJ L 302, 1.12.2000, p. 36.
(5) OJ L 176, 3.7.1984, p. 6.
(6) OJ L 354, 30.12.1998, p. 12.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

1. The following sentence is added to Article 1:

‘The provisions listed in Part C of the Annex shall remain
applicable until such time as the Council adopts the
Commission proposal for a Council regulation authorising
the offer or disposal
for direct human consumption of
certain imported wines which may have undergone oeno-
logical processes not provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 and until 31 December 2003 at the latest.’

2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

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 February 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 March 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

PART A

List of provisions in force until 31 January 2001:

(a) Regulation (EEC) No 2390/89

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

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

PART B

List of provisions in force 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

PART C

List of provisions in force until 31 December 2003:

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