# 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

## Preamble

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] , in particular Articles 33 and 36 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** 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.

**(2)** 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 derogation should be extended until the end of the 2007/2008 wine year.

**(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.

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

**(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 the 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 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 1 August 2007.

## Final provisions

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*

[^1] [OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_179_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 ( [OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_363_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_194_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2016/2006 ( [OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 38](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_384_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2016/2006 ().