Commission Regulation (EC) No 1221/2006 of 11 August 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms
Date: 2006-08-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, distillation, vinification, viticulture

12.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 221/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1221/2006

of 11 August 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council
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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), and in particular Article 33 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Articles 45, 59 and 61 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1623/2000 (2) set certain dates for the distillation of
the by-products of winemaking. In view of the very large
harvest in 2005/2006, certain Member States are experi-
encing practical difficulties in completing the distillation
by the deadlines laid down. Those deadlines should
therefore be extended.

63a

(EC) No

of Regulation

Article
1623/2000
concerning the distillation of wine into potable alcohol
fixes a percentage of production which producers may
offer for this type of distillation. That percentage should
be fixed for the 2006/2007 wine year.

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

To ensure continuity of operations by the producers
concerned, this Regulation should apply from 16 July
2006.

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

Article 1

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

1. The fourth subparagraph of Article 45(1) is replaced by the

an exception to the

following:
‘As
the
2004/2005 and 2005/2006 wine years the date referred
to therein shall be postponed to 31 August of
the
following wine year.’

subparagraph,

first

for

2. The third paragraph of Article 59 is

replaced by the

following:
‘As an exception to the first paragraph, for the 2004/2005
and 2005/2006 wine years the date referred to therein shall
be postponed to 15 September of the following wine year.’

3. The second subparagraph of Article 61(3) is replaced by the

following:
‘However, for the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 wine years the
date referred to in the first subparagraph shall be postponed
to 15 September of the following wine year.’

4. The last sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 63a(2)

is replaced by the following:
‘For the 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 wine years,
that percentage shall be 25 %.’

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 16 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2165/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1820/2005 (OJ L 293, 9.11.2005, p. 8).