Commission Regulation (EC) No 1231/2001 of 22 June 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 786/2001 opening crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for table wines in Spain
Date: 2001-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, distillation, intervention agency, table wine

L 168/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

23.6.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1231/2001

of 22 June 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 786/2001 opening crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for table wines in Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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 Articles 30 and 33 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 786/2001 (3) opened
crisis distillation under Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 for a maximum of 2,6 million hectolitres of
table wine in Spain.

Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 786/2001 provides that
the alcohol obtained is to be delivered to the interven-
tion agency as from 16 October 2001 only. Further-
more, that Article no longer allows distillers to be paid
an advance on the price of the alcohol to be delivered.
In the light of experience gained and depending on
budget
the possibility of paying an
advance to distillers should be reintroduced and the
restriction requiring alcohol to be delivered to the inter-
vention agency from 16 October only should be done
away with. For that reason, the relevant provisions of
the regulations opening crisis distillation measures prior
to that for Spain should be incorporated.

funds available,

(3)

These changes must apply from 15 June 2001, the date
on which distillation contracts are approved and distilla-
tion operations can commence.

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 786/2001 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The indent in Article 2 is replaced by the following indents:

‘— Article 62(5) with respect to the payment by the inter-
vention agency of the price referred to in Article 6(2) of
this Regulation,

— Articles 66 and 67 with respect to the advance provided

for in Article 6(2) of this Regulation.’

2. The following sentence is added to Article 4(3):

‘The alcohol produced must be delivered to the intervention
agency by 31 December 2001 at the latest.’

3. The last sentence of Article 6(1) is deleted.

4. The following sentence is added to Article 6(2):

‘Distillers may receive an advance on that amount equal to
the
EUR 0,931 per % vol per hectolitre.
advance shall be deducted from the price actually paid.’

In that case,

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 15 June 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 June 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 115, 25.4.2001, p. 3.