Commission Regulation (EC) No 1411/2003 of 7 August 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms
Date: 2003-08-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: application of EU law, common organisation of markets, vinification, viticulture

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8.8.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1411/2003

of 7 August 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market
mechanisms

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
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market
in
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (2),
and in particular Articles 26, 33 and 36 thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1183/2003 (4), grants a
derogation under the aid scheme for grape must used to
enrich wine for musts from wine-growing zones other
than CIII. The derogation expires at
the
2002/03 wine year. However, pending a forthcoming in-
depth examination of the aid scheme, the status quo
should be maintained and the derogation in question
extended.

the end of

adjusted for

The distillation rules for wine obtained from grapes clas-
sified as both wine grapes and grapes for other uses were
the 2001/02 and 2002/03
slightly
marketing years pending more profound changes. As the
preparatory work for these has not yet been completed
the adjustments made for 2001/02 and 2002/03 should
continue to apply.

There are technical inconsistencies between certain Arti-
cles and paragraphs in Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000
that need to be corrected.

Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 should be amended
accordingly.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

that began production of rectified concentrated musts before
1 January 1986 in the case of Spain, and before 30 June
1982 elsewhere, the aid shall be that specified for zone CIII
products.’

2. In Article 52(1) the fourth subparagraph is replaced by:

‘However, in the case of wine obtained from grapes of vari-
eties classified as both wine-grape varieties and varieties for
the production of spirits distilled from wine with a designa-
tion of origin, the total quantity normally produced in the
region during that reference period shall be reduced by the
quantities that were the subject of distillation other than to
produce spirits distilled from wine with a designation of
the quantity
origin in that period. Moreover, where
normally produced in the region is over 5 million hl, this
total quantity normally produced shall be reduced by 1,4
million hl for the 2001/02 to 2004/05 wine years.’

3. In Article 58 the second subparagraph is amended as

follows:

(a) point (a) is replaced by:

agency

‘(a) the buying-in price for remaining quantities as indi-
cated in the first subparagraph and the price for the
alcohol produced from them and delivered to the
intervention
by
EUR 0,6279/% vol of alcohol and per hectolitre in
the case of distillation as indicated in Article 27 of
Regulation
by
EUR 0,7728/% vol of alcohol and per hectolitre in
the case of distillation as indicated in Article 28 of
that Regulation;’

1493/1999

reduced

shall

(EC)

and

No

be

The Management Committee for Wine has not delivered
an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

(b) point (c) is deleted.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 13(1) the second subparagraph is replaced by:

‘However, for wine years 2003/04 to 2004/05 for rectified
concentrated musts obtained from grapes harvested outside
wine-growing zones CIII (a) and CIII (b), in establishments

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45.
(4) OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 20.

4. Article 91(8) and (9) are replaced by:

Ownership of the alcohol covered by a removal order
‘8.
shall be transferred on the date indicated in the order, which
may not be later than the date specified in compliance with
the third subparagraph of paragraph 7.

9.
If by the fault of the successful tenderer the alcohol is
not removed until after the date stated in the removal order
he shall pay the storage costs and theft, loss or destruction
shall be at his own risk.

If by the fault of the intervention agency the alcohol is not
removed until after the date stated in the removal order the
Member State shall compensate the tenderer for losses
sustained.’

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

It shall apply from 1 August 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 7 August 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission