Commission Regulation (EC) No 897/2007 of 27 July 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, vinification, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 897/2007

of 27 July 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of 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,

(4)

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

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), in particular Articles 33 and 36 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The second subparagraph of Article 13(1) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 (2) grants a derogation
under the aid scheme for grape must used to enrich
wine for musts from wine-growing zones elsewhere
than in wine-growing zones C III(a) and C III(b), which
is due to expire at the end of the 2006/2007 wine year.
Pending a more radical change to the aid scheme in the
context of the reform of the common organisation of the
market in wine scheduled for the 2008/2009 wine year,
this derogation should be extended until the end of the
2007/2008 wine year.

The fourth subparagraph of Article 52(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1623/2000 provides for a derogation from the
distillation arrangements for wine obtained from grapes
of varieties classified as both wine-grape varieties and
varieties for
the production of spirits distilled from
wine with a designation of origin for the 2001/2002
to 2006/2007 wine years. The derogation concerns the
volume of the ‘quantity normally produced’. Pending a
more radical change to these arrangements in the context
of the reform of the common organisation of the market
in wine scheduled for the 2008/2009 wine year, this
the
derogation should be extended until
2007/2008 wine year.

the end of

(3)

The first subparagraph of Article 63a(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1623/2000 fixes a percentage of production
which producers may offer for the distillation of wine
into potable alcohol. This percentage should be fixed for
the 2007/2008 wine year.

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

lation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

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

lation (EC) No 2016/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 38).

(5)

Since the new wine year begins on 1 August 2007, this
Regulation should apply from that date.

(6)

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

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

1.

in the second subparagraph of Article 13(1), ‘2003/2004 to
2006/2007’ is replaced by ‘2003/2004 to 2007/2008’.

2.

in the fourth subparagraph of Article 52(1), ‘2001/2002 to
2006/2007’ is replaced by ‘2001/2002 to 2007/2008’.

3. the last sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 63a(2) is

replaced by the following:

‘For
2007/2008 wine years, that percentage shall be 25 %.’.

2005/2006,

2004/2005,

2006/2007

the

and

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 1 August 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 July 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission