Production declarations
1. Producers shall submit the production declaration referred to in Article 31 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 as regards the production of the current wine year by 15 January of each year. Member States may set an earlier date or, for late harvests and specific wine productions, a date not later than 1 March.
2. The production declaration referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain at least the following information:
(a)
identity of the producer;
(b)
place where products are held;
(c)
category of products used for wine production: grapes, grape must (concentrated, rectified concentrated or partially fermented), or new wines still in fermentation;
(d)
name and address of suppliers;
(e)
areas planted with vines under production, including those for experimental purposes, in which the grapes originate, indicated in hectares and with reference to the location of the vineyard parcel;
(f)
volume, indicated in hectolitres or 100 kg, of the wine products obtained since the beginning of the wine year and held at the date of the declaration, broken down by colour (red/rosé or white), category of products used (grapes, new wines still in fermentation, must, including partially fermented but excluding concentrated and rectified concentrated), and one of the following types:
(i)
wine with a PDO;
(ii)
wine with a PGI;
(iii)
varietal wine without PDO/PGI;
(iv)
wine without PDO/PGI;
(v)
all other products of the wine year, including concentrated must, rectified concentrated must.
Member States may authorise the submission of one declaration per winemaking establishment.
3. The quantity of wine to be stated in the production declaration shall be the total quantity obtained on completion of the principal alcoholic fermentation, including the wine lees.
To convert quantities of products other than wine into hectolitres of wine, Member States may set coefficients according to objective criteria relevant for the conversion. Member States shall notify the Commission of the coefficients along with the notifications referred to in Point 8 of Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185.
4. Member States shall require harvesters and merchants who market products intended for the production of wine to provide producers with the data required for filling in the production declarations.
Stock declarations
1. Producers, processors, bottlers and merchants shall submit the stock declaration referred to in Article 32 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 by 10 September. Member States may set an earlier date.
2. Such declaration shall contain at least the following information:
(a)
the identity of the producers, processors, bottlers or merchants;
(b)
the place where the products are held;
(c)
in relation to wines, overall stocks broken down by colour (red/rosé or white), type of wine (with PDO, with PGI, varietal without PDO/PGI or without PDO/PGI), origin (Union or third countries) and type of stock holder (producer or merchant);
(d)
in relation to must, overall stocks broken down by colour (red/rosé or white), type of grape must (concentrated, rectified concentrated or other), type of stock holder (producer or merchant).
Union wine products produced from grapes harvested during the same calendar year shall not be included in this declaration.
Harvest declarations
1. Where Member States require the harvest declaration referred to in Article 33(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273, harvesters shall submit that declaration by 15 January. Member States may set an earlier date or, for late harvests, not later than 1 March.
2. Such declaration shall contain at least the following information, broken down according to the categories laid down in point 1.2(3) of Annex III to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273:
(a)
identity of the harvester (in accordance with the information required at point 1.1(1) of Annex III to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273);
(b)
area planted with vines under production (in hectares and with reference to the location of the vineyard parcel);
(c)
quantity of grapes harvested (in 100 kg);
(d)
destination of the grapes (in hectolitres or 100 kg):
(i)
made into wine by the declarant, as a producer;
(ii)
delivered to a cooperative winery (as grapes or must);
(iii)
sold to a wine producer (as grapes or must);
(iv)
other destinations (as grapes or must).
Notifications and centralisation of information
The information contained in production and stock declarations in accordance with Articles 22 and 23 and harvest declarations in accordance with Article 24 of this Regulation and treatment or marketing declarations in accordance with Article 34 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273, where applicable, shall be centralised at national level.
Member States shall lay down the form and manner in which this information shall be notified to them.
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