
Article 1 
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 is replaced by the following:
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Article 4 

1. The operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the wine year in which the support is granted for the following:
(a) restructuring and conversion of vineyards referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008;
(b) setting-up of mutual funds referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008;
(c) harvest insurance referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008.
2. For the aids paid for the voluntary or obligatory distillation of by-products of wine-making, referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the wine year in which the by-product is delivered.
3. The operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the month in which the first delivery of wine is carried out under a contract for the following:
(a) support granted for potable alcohol distillation referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008;
(b) support granted for crisis distillation referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008.
4. For the support granted for the use of concentrated grape musts referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the month in which the first enrichment is carried out by a given producer.
5. For the premium granted in return for grubbing up vines referred to in Article 98 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 July preceding the wine year in which the application for payment is accepted.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 August 2008.
However, Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 shall apply as from 30 June 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 12 August 2008.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission