SECTION 2U.K.Small wine producers
Article 40U.K.
1.Member States may exempt small wine producers from the requirements of Chapters III and IV and from the other requirements relating to movement and monitoring. Where these small producers themselves carry out intra-Community transactions, they shall inform their relevant authorities and comply with the requirements laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2001 of 24 April 2001 laying down detailed rules of application concerning the documents accompanying the carriage of wine products and the records to be kept in the wine sector(1).
2.Where small wine producers are exempt from requirements in accordance with paragraph 1, the consignee shall, by means of the document required by Regulation (EC) No 884/2001 or by a reference to it, inform the competent authorities of the Member State of destination of the wine deliveries received.
3.For the purposes of this Article, ‘small wine producers’ shall mean persons producing on average less than 1 000 hl of wine per year.