4. 12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 325/7 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 458/80 on collective 
projects for the restructuring of vineyards 
COM(87) 545 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 13 November 1987) 
(87/C 325/06) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Article 9 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
458/80 (!)> as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
3827/85 (2), provides for a common measure lasting 
seven wine-growing years from the date of application of 
that Regulation and whereas Article 14 thereof provides 
that it shall apply from 1 September 1980; 
Whereas Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 
458/80, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3827/85, 
provide that 34 000 hectares should be added for Spain, 
at an estimated cost of 26,5 million ECU; 
Whereas the interval between the date of Spain's 
accession to the Community and the end of the period of 
application is particularly short; 
Whereas in order to enable Spain to achieve the 
objectives laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3827/85 
the period of application of that Regulation for Spanish 
projects should be extended to 31 December 1987; 
Whereas in order to avoid an increase in the volume of 
production, the possibility of aid for new planting should 
be discontinued and collective restructuring should be 
restricted to vineyards in zones producing quality wines 
psr, priority being granted to conversion from 
production of table wines to that of quality wine psr in 
vineyards located in less-favoured areas as defined in 
Council Directive 86/466/EEC of 14 July 1986 
concering the Community list of less-favoured farming 
areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC 
(Spain) O, Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 458/80 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 9 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'1. The period envisaged for implementing the 
common measure shall be seven wine-growing years 
from the date of application of this Regulation, except 
in the case of Spain, where the period envisaged shall 
end on 31 December 1987.'; 
2. The following paragraph 1 (a) is added to Article 9: 
' 1. (a) As regards the extension period for Spain: 
— the second and third subparagraphs of Article 2 
(1) and the second and third subparagraphs of 
Article 5 (2) shall not apply 
— by way of derogation 
— from Article 2 (3), a collective restructuring 
project must be located in a zone producing a 
quality wine psr and in a less-favoured area 
within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 
75/268/EEC, and 
— from Article 5 (2), '2 418 and 3 022 ECU', is 
replaced by '2 000 and 2 500 ECU'. 
3. The following is added at the end of Article 9 (2): 
'including 9 million ECU reserved to Spain for the 
extension period referred to in paragraph 1'. 
Article 2 
This -Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
(») OJ No L 57, 29. 2. 1980, p. 27. 
O OJNoL372, 31. 12. 1985, p. 1. 
(») OJ No L 273, 24. 9. 1986, p. 104.