L221/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 17.8.2001 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1660/2001 of 16 August 2001 amending 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 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (3), and in particular Articles 33 and 36 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 58 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/ 2000 of 25 July 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 (}), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 12822001 (%), lays down rules on the remaining quantities to be delivered by producers under their obligations. In the light of experience gained, the time limit should be put back. (2)  Article 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 provides for the introduction of an aid scheme for the distillation of potable alcohol from wine. That scheme was first introduced for the 2000/01 wine year. Changes are required in line with experience gained in the first year of application. In particular, distillation should be opened later in the year and the percentage of produc- tion that wine producers can deliver for distillation should be smaller. In addition, a time limit must be set for distillation. (3)  Atrticles 86 to 102 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 lay down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol held by the intervention agencies. Certain material errors should be corrected and in particular the amount to be paid for samples should be adjusted and the tolerance for bio- ethanol involving products requiring rectification should be the same as that for new industrial uses. (4)  The Management Committee for Wine has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman, () O] L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. () O] L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2. () O] L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. () O] L 176, 29.6.2001, p. 14. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 is hereby amended as follows: 1. The first paragraph of Article 58 is replaced by the following: ‘Producers subject to one of the obligations referred to in Articles 45 or 52 of this Regulation and who have delivered at least 90 % of the quantity of product which they are obliged to deliver before 15 July of the current wine year may discharge their obligation by delivering the remaining quantity before a date, to be fixed by the competent national authority, which may not be after 31 July of the following wine year. . Article 63 is amended as follows: (a) Paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following: ‘1.  Distillation of table wine and wine suitable for yielding table wine in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be opened from 16 October each wine year. 2. The quantity of table wine and wine suitable for yielding table wine that each producer may have distilled shall not exceed 30 % of his highest production of such wine declared in the last three wine years, including the current year if production has already been declared. Where the above percentage is applied, the quantity of table wine produced shall be that given as wine in the column headed “Table wines” of the declaration of quantities produced as referred to in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. Cx The following paragraph is added: ‘10.  Wine delivered to a distillery must be distilled by 30 September of the following wine year at the latest. . The first paragraph of Article 86 is replaced by the following: ‘The Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, shall issue several invitations to tender every quarter, each relating to at least 50 000 hectolitres of wine alcohol and, taken together, relating to not more than 600 000 hectoli- tres of alcohol at 100 % vol each quarter, for export to certain third countries for end use in the motor-fuel sector only.’