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Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs and Minister Delegate to Budget And budgetary reform,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine;
Having regard to the decision of 26 January 2001 on the approval of a decision taken by the Committee Champagne interprofessional,
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The provisions of Decision V. 2.2000 adopted on 4 September 2000 within the framework of the interprofessional committee of the Champagne, annexed to the abovementioned decree of 26 January 2001, and the provisions of Decision V. 5.2002, adopted on 3 September 2002 in the framework of the interprofessional committee on wine of Champagne, annexed to this Order, are hereby approved and Made mandatory for the 2002-2003 crop year for harvesters, cooperatives and dealers located in the delimited wine-growing Champagne region.
The wines belonging to natural or legal persons who have not signed a declaration of harvest at the 2002 harvest and the wines have been removed from the qualitative reserve as of 22 January 2003 Belonging to harvesters who have suffered a reduction in their production surface (excluding grubbing) between the 2001 harvest and the 2002 harvest. For the latter, the output of the qualitative reserve is proportional to the surface reduction.
The Harvests which have not reached the yield of 11,400 kilograms of grapes per hectare at the time of the 2002 harvest may, on individual request, be eligible for an exit from the qualitative reserve, as of 22 January 2003, in order to achieve To the maximum, with the quantities harvested from the 2002 harvest and the quantities released from the qualitative reserve, this yield of 11,400 kilograms of grapes per hectare.
The Director of Economic and International Policy, the Director General of Competition, Consumer and Customs Enforcement and the Director General of Customs, and Of the execution of this Decree, which shall be published in the Official Gazette of the French Republic.
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DECISION OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON THE VIN OF CHAMPAGNE IN THE QUALITATIVE RESERVE OF VINS INCOME IN APPELLATION OF ORIGIN "CHAMPAGNE" Article 1
Quantities Concerned by the placing on the qualitative reserve
It is subject to a qualitative reserve measure all the grapes, claimed as a controlled appellation of origin 'Champagne', obtained beyond the yield of 11,400 Kilograms per hectare and up to the limit limit of 12 000 kilograms per hectare.
Item 2
Impact of Qualitative Reserve
Grapes and Taste and Wines Which are subject to the qualitative reserve measure remain the property of the harvesters concerned and cannot give rise to transactions.
Storage of quantities in qualitative reserve is carried out in tanks or drums, without No draw of wines in bottles.
Item 3
Delivery and Storage in Negotiators' Premises
Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, the quantities released Of the contracts entered into by the sellers and purchasers pursuant to Articles 5 and 7 of the CIVC Decision No 161 of 21 June 2000 are delivered with the quantities sold, by the harvesters or cooperatives, to the Negotiable-manipulative to be stored in the premises of the latter, individually or collectively, to the account of each harvest or cooperative.
The constitution and operation of collective quantities placed in reserve In the premises of the manipulators are subject to the provisions laid down by the services of the Directorate-General for Customs and Indirect Rights.
Article 4
Terms of application
The terms of application of this Decision shall be defined by a circular of the CIVC.
Article 5
Sanctions for offences
Any violation of the provisions Of this decision exposs its author and possible accomplices to the sanctions provided for in Article 11 of the Act of 12 April 1941.
Done at Paris, November 15, 2002.
Minister of Agriculture, Food,
Fisheries and Rural Affairs,
For the Minister and delegation:
By preventing the
Director from economic and international policies:
The engineer in chief of rural engineering,
of waters and forests,
M.-F. Cazalere
The Minister of the Economy,
Finance and Industry,
For the Minister and by delegation:
By preventing the Director General
from competition,
consumption, and fraud enforcement:
The service manager,
L. Valade
The Minister Delegate to the
Budget and Budget Reform,
For the Minister and Delegation:
The
Director General of Customs and Indirect Rights,
F.
Mongin
