Commission Regulation (EC) No 1203/2003 of 4 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, as regards production potential
Date: 2003-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, grubbing premium, plantation, production, viticulture

5.7.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 168/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1203/2003

of 4 July 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, as regards
production potential

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
in
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (2),
and in particular Articles 10, 15 and Article 80(b) thereof,

Whereas:

In order to resolve a particular practical problem, the
time limit laid down in the first subparagraph of Article
2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for derogating
from Article 2(2) should be postponed. Applying the
various provisions regarding the grant of the derogation
imposes a serious and complex administrative burden,
particularly as regards checks and penalties. In the inter-
ests of sound administration, the date in question should
thus be postponed to 31 July 2004.

In order to enable Member States to pay aid up to the
end of a financial year, it is necessary to clarify the rules
for taking into account expenditure validated for the
period from 1 July to 15 October.

It is also important to specify that the penalties applic-
able to the financing of Member States' expenditure
where they notify an area smaller than that indicated in
the allocation for a given financial year may not be used
in the context of the mechanism for making financial
allocations during the financial year.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 2, paragraph 1a is replaced by the following:

‘1a
The deadline of 31 July 2002 laid down in Article
2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be postponed
to 31 July 2004.’

2. Article 17 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.
For each Member State, expenditure actually
incurred, validated and declared for any given financial
year shall be financed within the limits of the amounts
notified to the Commission under Article 16(1)(a) and
(b), provided that those amounts do not exceed in total
the financial amount allocated to the Member State
pursuant to Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999.’

(b) in paragraph 4, the following fourth subparagraph is

added:
‘Amounts not financed under this paragraph shall not
be available for the purpose of applying paragraph 3.’

Article 2

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 571/2003 (4), should be
amended accordingly.

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, 4 July 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 143, 16.6.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 82, 29.3.2003, p. 19.