Commission Regulation (EC) No 1819/2002 of 11 October 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 347/2002 opening crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for table wine in France
Date: 2002-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, distillation, table wine, vinification

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Official Journal of the European Communities

12.10.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1819/2002

of 11 October 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 347/2002 opening crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for table wine in France

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
in
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001 (2),
and in particular Articles 30 and 33 thereof,

Regulation (EC) No 347/2002 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The following sentence is added to Article 3:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 347/2002 of 25
February 2002 opening crisis distillation as provided for
in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
for table wine (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1083/2002 (4), opened crisis distillation in France for a
maximum of 3,85 million hectolitres in a period ending
30 September 2002.

In September 2002 a number of wine areas in France
were hit by a natural disaster. It caused extensive damage
to winemaking establishments, cellars and infrastructure,
meaning that producers in the regions concerned have
been unable to participate in the distillation measure. In
order
therefore, producers
should be granted more time for distillation and the
administrative deadlines linked to the distillation period
should be amended accordingly.

to remedy this situation,

To facilitate administration of the measure and avoid
discrimination against wine-growers working vineyards
located in a number of departments, the areas concerned
should be defined at the level of three regions.

‘However, in the regions listed in the Annex to this Regula-
tion, producers may conclude contracts until 15 October
2002.’

2. Article 4(2) and (3) are replaced by the following:

‘2.
The Member State shall take the administrative steps
necessary to approve the above contracts by 6 May 2002 at
the latest in the case of contracts concluded in the period 1
to 29 March 2002 and by 24 October 2002 at the latest in
the case of contracts concluded from 24 June to 30
September 2002 and those concluded by 15 October 2002,
shall specify the rate of reduction applied and the quantity
of wine accepted per contract and shall stipulate that the
producer may cancel the contract where the quantity to be
distilled is reduced. The Member State shall notify the
Commission before 20 May 2002 or before 4 November
2002 respectively of the quantities of such wine covered by
approved contracts.

In the case of contracts concluded from 1 to 29 March
3.
2002, the wine must be delivered to the distilleries by 31
July 2002 at the latest and the alcohol obtained must be
delivered to the intervention agency by 31 December 2002
at the latest. In the case of contracts concluded from 24 June
to 30 September 2002 or those concluded by 15 October
2002, the wine must be delivered to the distilleries by 13
December 2002 at the latest and the alcohol obtained must
be delivered to the intervention agency by 15 February
2003 at the latest.’

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

Article 2

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 55, 26.2.2002, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 22.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 October 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

List of French regions concerned by this Regulation

— Rhône-Alpes

— Languedoc-Roussillon

— Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.