Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine as regards support programmes, trade with third countries, production potential and on controls in the wine sector

Section 10Use of concentrated grape must

Article 32Purpose of the aid

1.Aid as referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 shall be granted to wine producers who use concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must produced in the Community to increase the natural alcoholic strength by volume of the products referred to in Annex V, point A, to Regulation (EC) No 479/2008.

2.Member States may provide for support to be advanced provided that the beneficiary has lodged a security.

3.Member States shall adopt detailed rules for applying the measure provided for in this Article.

Article 33Amount of the aid

1.The maximum amount of the aid referred to in Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 shall be fixed as follows, by potential alcoholic strength by volume (% vol.) per hectolitre, for the following categories of products:

(a)concentrated grape must: EUR 1,699/%vol/hl,

(b)rectified concentrated grape must: EUR 2,206/%vol./hl.

2.Member States shall establish, within the limits provided for in paragraph 1 on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, the amount of aid for each category of product and communicate it to the Commission in the relevant part of the forms set-out in Annexes I, V and VII. These amounts may be modulated by region or vine-growing area, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria.

3.The potential alcoholic strength of the products listed in paragraph 1 shall be determined by applying the figures in the table of equivalence in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 to the readings at 20° C from a refractometer used in accordance with the method laid down in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 558/93(1). A tolerance of 0,2 %vol. shall be allowed in checks by the competent authorities.

Article 34Checks

The competent authorities of the Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure the checks needed in order to verify in particular the identity and volume of the product used to increase the alcoholic strength and compliance with points A and B of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 479/2008.