Commission Regulation (EC) No 2047/2001 of 18 October 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down 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: 2001-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: application of EU law, common organisation of markets, vinification, viticulture

19.10.2001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2047/2001

of 18 October 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down 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,

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:

(1)

(2)

In order that
the distillation measure laid down in
Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 can apply
to as many growers as possible, a decision has been
taken to postpone the opening of the measure from 1
September to 16 October 2001. To make the measure
more effective, distillers who need alcohol quickly and
who therefore wish to begin distillation operations as
quickly as possible should be allowed to do so by the
rapid approval of distillation contracts up to a certain
percentage. That amendment must apply from the date
on which the distillation measure opens.

Article 93 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/
2000 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1660/
2001 (4), lays down the detailed rules for the public sale
of vinous alcohol for disposal with a view to its use as
bioethanol in the Community. Given experience to date,
certain rules
including those
concerning the volume of the lots put up for sale and
the deadline for removal of the alcohol.

should be amended,

(3)

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 1623/2000 is amended as follows:

1. In Article 63, the following paragraph is added:

‘5a.
By derogation from paragraph 5, Member States may
approve contracts signed during the period 16 October
2001 to 31 October 2001 immediately after their presenta-

(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 221, 17.8.2001, p. 8.

tion in respect of a quantity not exceeding 20 % of the
quantity to which the contracts relate.’

2. Article 93 is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

The volume of alcohol put up for sale shall split
‘2.
into lots. The Commission shall decide on the composi-
tion of the lots. Unless the Commission decides other-
wise in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, a lot shall
be made for each firm on the approved list and each
firm on the list shall be allocated a lot. Should a firm
not accept the alcohol offered for sale, it must notify the
Commission and the intervention agency thereof no
more than 30 days after the date of publication of the
notice of public sale of alcohol. Alcohol which has not
been accepted shall be released from the prohibition on
physical movement under Article 95(2) of this Regula-
tion from the date on which the refusal was notified and
may be sold during a subsequent sale.’

(b) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

lodged a

Except where

standing
they have
‘5.
security, prior to any removal of alcohol and no later
than the date of issue of the removal order, purchasing
lodge a performance guarantee with the
firms shall
the
intervention agency concerned to ensure that
in the fuel sector.’
alcohol

is used as bio-ethanol

(c) Paragraph 6 is replaced with the following:

‘6.
All the alcohol must be removed no more than
six months after the date of notification of the Commis-
sion's decision to award the sale.’

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 16 October 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 October 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission