Commission Regulation (EC) No 545/2001 of 20 March 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms
Date: 2001-03-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, delivery, financial aid, storage, vinification, viticulture

21.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 81/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 545/2001

of 20 March 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with
regard to market mechanisms

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 33 thereof,

Whereas:

Article 46(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/
2000 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2786/
2000 (4), lays down certain detailed implementing rules
on the delivery of by-products of wine-making for
experiments. These rules are not sufficiently clear and
their wording needs to be amended accordingly.

Article 64(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 lays
down certain detailed implementing rules on the storage
aid for alcohol resulting from the distillation referred to
in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. These
rules are not sufficiently clear and their wording needs
to be amended accordingly.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 1

The second subparagraph of Article 46(4) of Regulation

1.
(EC) No 1623/2000 is replaced by the following:

their own production for

‘In the case of producers who deliver wine and by-products
of
supervised experiments
conducted by the Member States, the provisions referred to
in Articles 45, 46 and 47 shall apply and aid shall be paid
to the person authorised to conduct the experiment at a
rate of EUR 0,277/% vol/hl.’

2.
The second and third indents of the first subparagraph of
Article 64(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 are replaced by
the following:

‘— for at least six months and at most 12 months in the
period running from 1 December of the wine year
concerned until 30 November of the following year.

However, for the 2000/01 wine year, secondary aid may be
paid against aid applications submitted during the period
running from 1 December 2000 until 30 May 2001 and
for at least six months and at most 12 months.’

Article 2

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, 20 March 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45.
(4) OJ L 323, 20.12.2000, p. 4.