Commission Regulation (EC) No 731/2001 of 11 April 2001 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: 2001-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, viticulture

12.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 102/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 731/2001

of 11 April 2001

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,

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1608/2000 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 491/2001 (4), extends
the applicability of certain Council provisions repealed
by Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 until 31
March 2001, pending the finalisation and adoption of
measures implementing that Regulation. The finalisation
and adoption of those implementing measures will not
be completed by 31 March 2001. Certain Council provi-
sions repealed by Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No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.

Less progress has been made in adopting implementing
measures in certain areas than in others, for example
regarding the description, designation, presentation and

protection of certain wine products, because of
the
complexity and sensitivity of the issues the Council has
to deal with and the direct impact of any measures
adopted on operators in the Community and in non-
member countries. Provision should therefore be made
for an extra transitional period in order to allow in-
depth discussions to be held.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

1. In Article 1, the date ‘31 March 2001’ is replaced by ‘31

May 2001’.

2. In Article 3, the date ‘31 March 2001’ is replaced by ‘31

May 2001’.

3. In Part B of the Annex, the date ‘31 March 2001’ is replaced

by ‘31 May 2001’.

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 April 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 April 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 185, 25.7.2000, p. 24.
(4) OJ L 71, 13.3.2001, p. 3.