Commission Regulation (EC) No 2429/2001 of 12 December 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 and amending Regulation (EC) No 442/2001 opening crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for table wines in Portugal
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, alcohol, distillation, intervention agency, table wine

L 328/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

13.12.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2429/2001

of 12 December 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 and amending Regulation (EC) No 442/2001 opening crisis distillation as
provided for in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for table wines in Portugal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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)

As a result of
the opening of crisis distillation in
Portugal in the 2000/01 wine year, there is a need for
addition public storage facilities for alcohol to be deliv-
ered to the intervention agency. This has called for
major installation work which could not be completed
in time. This situation makes it impossible for distillers
to meet
i.e. 30
November 2001. That date should therefore be extended
by one month and this amendment made to apply from
1 December 2001.

the delivery date for

the alcohol,

Under Article 62(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1623/2000 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2047/2001 (4), the date in question concerns by-prod-
ucts. Under Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 442/
2001 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1233/
2001 (6), the date in question concerns alcohol produced
under that distillation.

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

The following subparagraph is added to Article 62(1) of

1.
Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000:

‘Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, as regards Portugal
and for the 2000/01 wine year, distillers may deliver prod-
ucts of an alcoholic strength of at least 92 % vol to the
intervention agency until 31 December following the wine
year concerned at the latest.’

Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 442/2001 is replaced

2.
by the following:

The wine shall be delivered to the distilleries by 20
‘3.
July 2001 at
the latest. The alcohol obtained shall be
delivered to the intervention agency by 31 December 2001
at the latest.’

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 December 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 December 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 276, 19.10.2001, p. 15.
(5) OJ L 63, 3.3.2001, p. 52.
(6) OJ L 168, 23.6.2001, p. 11.