Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 555/2008
Article 52
Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 is amended as follows: (1) Articles 1, 21, 22 and 23, 38 to 54, 74, 83 to 95a and 98 to 102 are deleted; (2) Annexes IX to XIII and XVI to XXI are deleted.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 CHAPTER IX — AMENDMENTS, REPEALS, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
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Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 606/2009
Article 53
Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 is amended as follows: (1) Articles 12 and 13 are deleted; (2) The following Articles 14a and 14b are inserted: ‘Article 14a Fixing a minimum percentage of alcohol for by-products 1. Subject to point 1 of Section D of Part II of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Member States shall fix a minimum percentage for the volume of alcohol that must be contained in the by-product, after its separation from wines, in relation to that contained in the wine produced. Member States may modulate that minimum percentage on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. 2. Where the relevant percentage fixed by Member States pursuant to paragraph 1 is not reached, the operator concerned shall deliver a quantity of wine from his own production that corresponds to the quantity needed to reach the minimum percentage. 3. For the purpose of determining the volume of alcohol contained in the by-products in relation to that contained in the wine produced, the standard wine natural alcoholic strengths by volume to be applied in the different wine-growing zones shall be: (a) 8,0 % for zone A; (b) 8,5 % for zone B; (c) 9,0 % for zone C I; (d) 9,5 % for zone C II; (e) 10,0 % for zone C III. Article 14b Disposal of by-products 1. Producers shall withdraw the by-products of winemaking or of any other processing of grapes under supervision by the competent authorities of the Member States, subject to the requirements on delivery and registration laid down in Article 9(1)(b) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 ( *1 ) and Article 14(1)(b)(vii) and Article 18 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 ( *2 ) , respectively. 2. Withdrawal shall be carried out without delay and no later than at the end of the wine year in which the by-products were obtained, in compliance with applicable Union legislation, in particular as regards the environment. 3. Member States may decide that producers who, during the wine year in question, do not produce more than 50 hectolitres of wine or must themselves on their own premises are not required to withdraw their by-products. 4. Producers may fulfil the obligation of disposal for all or a part of the by-products of winemaking or any other processing of grapes by delivering the by-products to distillation. Such disposal of the by-products shall be certified by a competent authority of the Member State. 5. Member States may decide that the delivery to distillation of all or a part of the by-products of winemaking or of any other processing of grapes is made compulsory for all or certain producers on their territory on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. ( *1 ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations, notifications and publication of notified information, and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks and penalties, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 555/2008, (EC) No 606/2009 and (EC) No 607/2009 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/560 ( OJ L 58, 28.2.2018, p. 1 )." ( *2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations and notifications, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks, and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/561 ( OJ L 58, 28.2.2018, p. 60 ).’ "
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 607/2009
Article 54
In Regulation (EC) No 607/2009, Article 63 is deleted.
Repeal
Article 55
Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/560 are repealed.
Entry into force
Article 56
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
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