Commission Regulation (EC) No 995/2003 of 11 June 2003 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 43/2003 and amending it as regards the period for the submission of applications for aid for the ageing of Madeira liqueur wine and Azores wine
Date: 2003-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Azores, Madeira, aid to agriculture, food technology, product quality, vinification, wine

12.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 144/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 995/2003

of 11 June 2003

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 43/2003 and amending it as regards the period for the submis-
sion of applications for aid for the ageing of Madeira liqueur wine and Azores wine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 of 28
June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural
products for the Azores and Madeira and repealing Regulation
(EEC) No 1600/92 (Poseima) (1), and in particular Article 34
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 38(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 43/
2003 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules
for applying Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001,
(EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001 as regards
aid for the local production of crop products in the
outermost regions of the European Union (2) provides
that applications for aid for ageing must be submitted to
the competent body during the first two months of each
year.

For 2003, the period for the submission of applications
for aid for the ageing of wines in the Azores should be
extended to enable the competent authorities to take all
regards
the necessary
the aid
management and control,
scheme for the ageing of ‘verdelho’ wine provided for in
Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001.

administrative measures
in particular

as
for

For the sake of sound management and in order to
harmonise the provisions on the submission of aid appli-
in line with the provisions of Article 54 of
cations,
Regulation (EC) No 43/2003 on area aid applications,
the competent authorities of the Member State should
also lay down the periods for the submission of applica-
tions for aid for the ageing of wine.

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 43/2003 should be amended accord-
ingly.

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

For 2003, applications for aid for the ageing of Azores wine
shall be submitted by 31 July 2003.

Article 2

Article 38(2) of Regulation (EC) No 43/2003 is hereby replaced
by the following:

‘2.
Aid for the ageing of Madeira liqueur wine and
Azores wine shall be granted to producers in those regions
who submit an application to the competent body during
the period laid down by the competent authorities of the
Member State. That period shall be laid down so as to
allow time for the necessary on-the-spot checks to be
made.’

Article 3

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

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

Done at Brussels, 11 June 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 26.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 25.