
Article 1 
Decision 2007/659/EC is amended as follows:

((1)) the title is replaced by the following:
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((2)) Article 1 is replaced by the following:
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Article 1 
By way of derogation from Article 110 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, France is authorised to extend the application on the French mainland, to ‘traditional’ rum produced in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion, of a rate of excise duty lower than the full rate for alcohol set by Article 3 of Directive 92/84/EEC.';
((3)) Article 2 is replaced by the following:
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Article 2 
The derogation referred to in Article 1 shall be confined to rum as defined in point 1(f) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks produced in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion from sugar cane harvested in the place of manufacture, having a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and methyl alcohol equal to or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol and an alcoholic strength by volume of 40 % or more.';
((4)) Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:
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1. The reduced rate of excise duty applicable to the product referred to in Article 2 shall be confined to an annual quota of 108 000 hectolitres of pure alcohol for the period up to 31 December 2010. For the period between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2013, it shall be confined to an annual quota of 120 000 hectolitres.';
((5)) in Article 5, the date 31 December 2012 is replaced by that of 31 December 2013.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 2011.
For the Council
The President
M. KOROLEC