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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1473/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/1473",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1473/2007 of 13 December 2007 on a transitional measure relating to the treatment of the by-products of winemaking provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2007/08 wine year in Bulgaria",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1473",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1473/2007\nof 13 December 2007\non a transitional measure relating to the treatment of the by-products of winemaking provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2007/08 wine year in Bulgaria\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,\nHaving regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 41 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nUnder Article 27(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, any natural or legal person or group of persons having made wine is required to deliver for distillation all the by-products of that winemaking. Since the accession of Bulgaria to the Community on 1 January 2007, that requirement also applies to wine producers in that Member State although the practice is not traditional in Bulgaria.\n(2)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 lays down detailed rules for the implementation of this obligation to distil and Article 49 thereof provides for certain possible exemptions.\n(3)\nDespite the measures already established by Bulgaria, the distilleries in that Member State do not have sufficient capacity to distil all by-products. Bulgaria should therefore be authorised to exempt certain categories of producers from the obligation to distil by-products of winemaking.\n(4)\nIn order that the exception granted to Bulgaria may be applied to the entire wine year, this Regulation should apply from 1 August 2007.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 923/2007 (OJ L 201, 2.8.2007, p. 9)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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