Commission Regulation (EC) No 807/2008 of 12 August 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture, as regards the operative events in the wine sector
Date: 2008-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, aid to agriculture, beverage industry, exchange rate, viticulture, wine

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 807/2008

of 12 August 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of the
agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture, as regards the operative events in the wine sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of
15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements
for the euro (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006
of 20 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for the
application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in
Regulations (2)
agriculture
determines rules concerning the operative events for
the
certain prices,
to be used for
premiums and aids in the wine sector.

amending

exchange

certain

rate

and

amended.

The common organisation of the market in wine has
been
No
479/2008 (3) has modified the previous regime for the
wine sector and provides for new measures, repeals or
amends some others.

Regulation

Council

(EC)

the operative event

In the case of the supports, aids and premiums under the
new regime for wine,
the
exchange rate must be linked, depending on the case,
to the starting date of the wine year, the application of
specific contracts or the completion of certain operations
such as the enrichment or processing of wine products.
The operative event to be taken into account should
therefore be specified for each situation.

for

Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The operative events for the exchange rates must be laid
down in close connection with the different measures
within the wine regime and should be applicable from
the same date as the relevant measure. Article 129 of
Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 provides for different dates
those measures. As a
concerning the applicability of
from
should
this Regulation
consequence,

apply

1 August 2008, except for the operative event related
to the grubbing-up premium which shall apply from
30 June 2008.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 is replaced by the
following:

‘Article 4

1.
The operative event for the exchange rate shall be the
first day of the wine year in which the support is granted for
the following:

(a) restructuring and conversion of vineyards referred to in

Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008;

(b) setting-up of mutual funds referred to in Article 13 of

Regulation (EC) No 479/2008;

(c) harvest insurance referred to in Article 14 of Regulation

(EC) No 479/2008.

For the aids paid for the voluntary or obligatory distil­
2.
lation of by-products of wine-making,
referred to in
Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008, the operative
event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the wine
year in which the by-product is delivered.

3.
The operative event for the exchange rate shall be the
first day of the month in which the first delivery of wine is
carried out under a contract for the following:

(a) support granted for potable alcohol distillation referred
to in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008;

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 52. Regulation as last amended by Regu­

lation (EC) No 507/2008 (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 38).

(3) OJ L 148, 6.6.2008, p. 1.

(b) support granted for crisis distillation referred to in

Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008.

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For the support granted for the use of concentrated
4.
grape musts referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EC)
No 479/2008, the operative event for the exchange rate
shall be the first day of
the month in which the first
enrichment is carried out by a given producer.

5.
For the premium granted in return for grubbing up
vines referred to in Article 98 of Regulation (EC) No
479/2008, the operative event for the exchange rate shall
be 1 July preceding the wine year in which the application
for payment is accepted.’

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 2008.

However, Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 shall
apply as from 30 June 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 August 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission