Commission Regulation (EC) No 1710/2003 of 26 September 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1710/2003
of 26 September 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing 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
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 33 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Title III, Chapter II of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1411/2003(4), governs the application of the aid scheme for the distillation of wine to produce potable alcohol.
(2) That chapter sets, inter alia, the period during which distillation is opened and the volume of wine covered by distillation contracts which may be distilled before the final approval date. On the basis of experience acquired during the previous wine year, it has been found necessary to amend the period and the volume of wine.
(3) The chapter also provides for the setting of a percentage of production with which producers may participate in such distillation. The percentage for the wine year 2003/04 should be set.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,