Commission Regulation (EC) No 1473/2007 of 13 December 2007 on a transitional measure relating to the treatment of the by-products of winemaking provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2007/08 wine year in Bulgaria
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, agricultural by-product, common organisation of markets, derogation from EU law, distillation, vinification, viticulture

14.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 329/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1473/2007

of 13 December 2007

on a transitional measure relating to the treatment of the by-products of winemaking provided for
in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2007/08 wine year in Bulgaria

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

producers from the obligation to distil by-products of
winemaking.

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular the first paragraph of Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Article 27(3) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common orga-
nisation of the market in wine (1), 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.
to the
Community on 1 January 2007, that requirement also
applies to wine producers in that Member State although
the practice is not traditional in Bulgaria.

accession of Bulgaria

Since

the

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 (2)
lays
down detailed rules for the implementation of this obli-
gation to distil and Article 49 thereof provides for certain
possible exemptions.

Despite the measures already established by Bulgaria, the
distilleries in that Member State do not have sufficient
should
capacity
therefore be authorised to exempt certain categories of

all by-products. Bulgaria

to distil

(4)

(5)

In order that the exception granted to Bulgaria may be
applied to the entire wine year, this Regulation should
apply from 1 August 2007.

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

By way of exemption from Article 49(4)(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 1623/2000, Bulgaria may lay down that, for the 2007/08
wine year, producers who do not exceed a production level of
7 500 hl obtained by them on their individual premises may
fulfil the obligation to deliver by-products for distillation by
having those products withdrawn under supervision.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 August 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2007.

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 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1).

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

lation (EC) No 923/2007 (OJ L 201, 2.8.2007, p. 9).