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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels.1April198i
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No458/80oncollectiveprojectsforthe
restructuring ofvineyards
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(81)144final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No458/80,adoptedaspartofthe"action
programmeforthewinesector"on18February1980,institutedacommon
measuref,ortherestructuring ofvineyards..Experienceinapplying
*" -,, .'md,ïthisRegulationhasshowntheneedforafewamendmentsofatechnical
natToretomakeimplementation ofthemeasuremoreeffective.f.
•'+'.-\rtY
Thisproposalprovidesforthepossibility ,iftheexistingstructural .
situationallowsit,ofnewplantingorreplantingofapartratherthan
allofthewine-growing areacovered "byaproject.Itisalsoproposed
that,thereshould "beatimelimitforcarryingout,projects.
Adoptionofthisproposalyi|lnotleadtoanyincreaseinestimated
expenditure onthismeasure. .

Proposalfora ,v
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No458/80oncollectiveprojectsforthe
restructuring ofvineyards
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof.
.. 1HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
2HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee3,
WhereasitfollowsfromArticles2and5ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
4458/80,thattheimplementation ofarestructuring projectinvolvesthe
replanting and,inappropriate casesandwithinthelimitslaiddown,the
newplantingofthewholewine-growing areacoveredbytheproject;
whereas,however,incertaincaseswheretheexistingstructuralsituation
sopermits,thepurposeofarestructuring operation mayalsobeachieved
bythereplantingornewpLantingofonlyapartofthewine-growing
area;whereastheprovisionsinquestionshouldbeamendedtoallowfor
thispossibility,sothatthemeasuremaybeimplemented moreeffectively;
whereassuchanamendmentmakesitnecessarytospecifythatthe
restructuring aidandthemaximumnumberofhectaresgiveninArticle8
refertotheareawherereplantingornewplantingisactuallycarried
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out;
0JNoC- 0JNoL57,29.2.1980,p.27
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30JNoC

Whereas ,inorder toaccelerate therestructuring ofvineyards ,atime
limit forcarrying outrestructuring projects should belaid down ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)No458/80ishereby amended asfollows : .'•<
1.Article 2shall bereplaced bythefollowing : £^
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^'Article 2
t ■ ..
1.Forthepurposes ofthis Regulation ,*acollective project forthe
restructuring ofvineyards' means any .project involving thereplanting \
ofvines undertaken bygrowers under abinding agreement concluded between
them . . 1 '■ .
■ ,
However ,theproject mayalso include newplanting ifitistechnically -
essential forimproving theeffectiveness oftherestructuring measures
andifitconforms with Articles 30,30b ,30oand30eofRegulation
(EEC)No337/79. •
This new planning maynot exceed :.
–10%ofthearea ofnewplanting orreplanting intended forthe
production ofquality wines psr .
–10%ofthearea ofnewplanting orreplanting intended forthe
production oftable wines .

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2.Theagreements "betweengrowersreferredtomparagraph1shalllay
downtheoonditionsgoverningtheplantingofvine*andassociated
operations,providinginparticularforrationalization ofworkand
oftheuseofmachinery.
«
3.Acollectiverestructuring projectmustcover:
(a)inthecaseofqualitywinesp.s.r.,asufficientareaofrestructured
vineyardtoensurethattheobjectivesofArticledarefulfilled;
(b)inthecaseoftablewines,anareaofnotlessthan100hectaresof
vineyardwhichhasbeenreplantedornewly-planted inaccordancewitha
restructuring planestablished forthewholeoftherestructured
.vineyard,madeupofunbrokenwine-growing plotswhichareinprinciple
notlessthantwohectareseach.
However,wherenaturalgrowingconditionsrelevanttotheprojectmakeit
impossibletohaveunbrokenplotsoftheminimumsizeoftwohectares,that
partofthewine-growing areawhichdoesnotcomplywiththecriterialaid
downinthefirstsubparagraph mustnotexceed10%ofthewine-growing
areacoveredbytheproject.
4.ForthepurposesofthisRegulation,'newplantingorreplanting 1
meansanyplantingofvinesundertakeninaccordancewiththecorresponding
definitiongiveninAnnexIVatoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No337/79*
i
5.Theprovisionsofparagraphs 1and4concerningtheplantingofvines
alsoapplytorestructuring operationscarriedoutwithinthecontext
ofDirective78/627/EEC."
2.Thefollowingshallbeaddedto,Article3:
"(d)becompletedwith10yearsofithedateofapprovalthereofbythe
Commission."

3.Article 5shall bereplaced bythefollowing :
"Article 5
1.Aid inrespect oftherestructuring ofvineyards shall "begranted inthe
form ofapremium per hectare ofvineyard newly-planted orreplanted .
'' ' -,
2«TheMember State concerned shall fixthe amount ofthepremium at
between 2418and 3022ECUperhectare ofvineyard replanted onthe
basis ofthe structural situation and the cost ofthe work involved in
restructuring thevineyard .
However rtotake account ofspecial situations ,Member States mayexceed the
upper limit referred toin "thefirst subparagraph .
Inthecase ofnewplanting ,thepremium maynotexceed 2418 EUper ,
hectare ofvineyard ." <
4.Article 8shall bereplaced bythe •following :
"Article 8
1.With theexception oftheextra premium granted pursuant ,tothe ;
second subparagraph ofArticle 5(2),expenditure incurred "bytheMember
States under themeasure provided forinthis Regulation inconnection with
projects which have "been approved inaccordance with Article 7shall "be
eligible for .financing "bytheGuidance Section oftheFund ,uptoalimit
of223800hectares -ofnewly-planted orreplanted vineyard .
2.TheGuidance Section oftheFund shall refund totheMember States 30%of
theeligible expenditure ." ^

Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Itshall apply from 1September I98O .
This Regulation shall "bebinding initsentirety and direqrtly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , Forthe Commission
The President
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