
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. The fourth subparagraph of Article 45(1) is replaced by the following:
'As an exception to the first subparagraph, for the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 wine years the date referred to therein shall be postponed to 31 August of the following wine year.'
2.. The third paragraph of Article 59 is replaced by the following:
'As an exception to the first paragraph, for the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 wine years the date referred to therein shall be postponed to 15 September of the following wine year.'
3.. The second subparagraph of Article 61(3) is replaced by the following:
'However, for the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 wine years the date referred to in the first subparagraph shall be postponed to 15 September of the following wine year.'
4.. The last sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 63a(2) is replaced by the following:
‘For the 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 wine years, that percentage shall be 25 %.’
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 16 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 11 August 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission