Article 14 Disposal of by-products

Producers shall withdraw the by-products of winemaking or of any other processing of grapes under supervision by the F2authority of the relevant constituent nation, subject to the requirements on delivery and registration laid down in Article 9(1)(b) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 and Article 14(1)(b)(vii) and Article 18 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274, respectively.

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 F3retained EU law, in particular as regards environmental protection.

F4Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority from using any power the authority has to make subordinate legislation to provide 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.

Producers may fulfil the obligation of disposing of 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 the competent authority of the F5constituent nation concerned.

F6Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority from using any power the authority has to make subordinate legislation to provide that the delivery to distillation of all or a part of the by-products of winemaking or of any other processing of grapes is F7... compulsory for all or certain producers on their territory on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria.

In this Article, ‘retained EU law’ has the meaning given in section 6(7) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 but does not include any legislation so far as it extends to Northern Ireland.