L 63/54 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.3.2001 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 443/2001 of 2 March 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2728/2000 opening crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 in certain wine-growing regions of Germany THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (4 The German authorities have also re-evaluated the market situation between the point at which the initial application was made to open crisis distillation for a maximum one million hectolitres and the present. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European According to their evaluation it would be more appro- Community, priate to fix this quantity, at this point of the current marketing year, at 500 000 hectolitres. Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 (5)  Several dates in the Regulation relating to the period for May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in signing contracts, for the approval of contracts, and for wine (!), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 28262000 (3), notifying the Commission of the quantities of wine and in particular Articles 30 and 33 thereof, covered by contracts should also be amended. (6)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in Whereas: accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine, (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2728/2000 (*) opened crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of Regula- tion (EC) No 1493/1999 for a maximum of 1 million hectolitres of white table wine and white quality wines psr of all vine varieties grown in certain wine-growing regions in Germany. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 (2)  According to the information received from the German ) ) authorities, no distillation contracts had been signed by Regulation (EC) No 2728/2000 is hereby amended as follows: 31 January 2001 between producers and distillers. The lack of distilleries in the wine-producing regions, and the 1. in Article 1, the figure ‘1 million hectolitres’ is replaced by ensuing high transport costs, have prevented the distil- ‘500 000 hectolitres’; lers, who have relatively small premises, from signing contracts within the margins imposed by the prices laid 2. in Article 3, the date ‘16 December 2000’ is replaced by ‘5 down in Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2728/ March 2001’ and the date 31 January 2001’ is replaced by 2000. ‘6 April 20017 3. in Article 4(2), the date ‘15 February 2001’ is replaced by (3)  To make the application of the crisis distillation measure bZ;) ggri;g? 12;51{1,;the date "20 February 2001"is replaced in Germany possible once more, it is proposed that the authorities concerned be allowed to derogate from Atrticle 65(6) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/ 2000 of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the 4. the following sentence is added to Article 5: ‘Notwithstanding Article 65(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/ common organisation of the market in wine with regard 2000 the Qerman authgrities may allow, Wher§ needed to to market mechanisms (%), as last amended by Regula- ensure application pf this measure, the abow’: price to apply tion (EC) No 2786/2000 (%), which lays down the condi- to bulk merchandise ex-distiller's premises. tions for paying the minimum purchase price to produ- cers. Instead of applying these prices to bulk merchan- dise ex producer's premises, a derogation could allow these authorities to provide for its application to Atticle 2 merchandise ex-distiller's premises. T 59 1471999 o, 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its 8 O} L 328 2312.2000 p-p. 5 publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. () O] L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 14. () O] L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. () O] L 323, 20.12.2000, p. 4. It shall apply from 5 March 2001.