# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1191/2007

of 11 October 2007

derogating, for the 2006/07 wine year, from Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing 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] , and in particular Article 33 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Under Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 support may be provided for the voluntary distillation of wine into potable alcohol. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 [^2] lays down detailed rules for the implementation of such distillation. Article 63a(10) thereof lays down the deadline by which wine delivered to a distillery must be distilled.

**(2)** In some Member States, the volumes covered by contracts concluded by wine producers for distillation in the 2006/07 wine year have been far greater than normal. This has led to a saturation of distillery capacities and, as a result, it will not be possible to complete distillation by the specified deadline. To remedy this situation, the period authorised for distillation should be extended by one month.

**(3)** 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**

Notwithstanding Article 63a(10) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000, for the 2006/07 wine year the wine delivered to a distillery must be distilled no later than 31 October of the following wine year.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 October 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 923/2007 ( [OJ L 201, 2.8.2007, p. 9](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_201_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 923/2007 ().