Commission Regulation (EC) No 699/2002 of 24 April 2002 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: 2002-04-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, viticulture

L 109/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.4.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 699/2002

of 24 April 2002

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,

(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 2585/2001 (2),
and in particular Article 80 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1608/2000 of 24 July
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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 363/2002 (4), extends the applicability of certain
Council provisions repealed by Article 81 of Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999 until 30 April 2002, pending the
finalisation and adoption of measures implementing that
Regulation. The finalisation and adoption of
those
implementing measures will not be completed by 30
April 2002. Certain Council provisions repealed by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 for the
final adoption of those measures.

(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 ‘30 April 2002’ is replaced by ‘31 May

2002’.

2. In Article 3, the date ‘30 April 2002’ is replaced by ‘31 May

2002’.

3. In part B of the Annex, the date ‘30 April 2002’ is replaced

by ‘31 May 2002’.

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 May 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 April 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 185, 25.7.2000, p. 24.
(4) OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 7.