Commission Regulation (EC) No 1215/2005 of 28 July 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1990/2004 laying down transitional measures in the wine sector by reason of the accession of Hungary to the European Union
Date: 2005-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, accession to the European Union, distillation, vinification, viticulture

29.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 199/31

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1215/2005

of 28 July 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 1990/2004 laying down transitional measures in the wine sector by
reason of the accession of Hungary to the European Union

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of
Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 27(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the
market in wine (1) lays down that any natural or legal
person or group of persons having made wine is required
to deliver for distillation all the by-products of that wine-
making.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 of 25 July
2000 laying down detailed rules
implementing
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the
common organisation of
in wine with
regard to market mechanisms (2) establishes the rules
applicable to such distillation and Article 49 thereof
provides for certain exceptions to that obligation.

the market

for

the construction of new distilleries to process the by-
products of winemaking. Consequently, part of the by-
products of the 2004/05 wine year will be distilled in
2005/06. Nevertheless, existing capacity is not yet
sufficient
the by-products of both wine
years simultaneously.

to distil all

(EC) No

Regulation

1990/2004 (3)
Commission
authorises Hungary to exempt certain categories of
producers from the obligation to distil by-products of
wine-making for the 2004/05 wine year.
In view of
the situation described above, that authorisation should
be extended to the 2005/06 marketing year.

Regulation (EC) No 1990/2004 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1990/2004,
2004/2005 marketing year’
2004/2005 and 2005/06 marketing years’.

the
is hereby replaced by ‘for the

‘for

Article 2

(3)

Hungary has adopted the measures needed to implement
this distillation obligation, but there has been a delay in

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 28 July 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1795/2003 (OJ L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 13).
(2) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 616/2005 (OJ L 103, 22.4.2005, p. 15).

(3) OJ L 344, 20.11.2004, p. 8.