Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1442/88 on the granting of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine­growing areas and amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2239/86 on a specific common measure to improve wine­growing structures in Portugal
Date: 1991-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, cessation of farming, farm development plan, grubbing premium, viticulture

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91) 241 final 

Brussels,  1  July 1991 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting 

of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas and 

amending Regulation  (EEC) No 2239/86 on a specific  common 

measure to iinprove wine-growing structures in Portugal 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The transition to the second stage of accession in the wine-growing sector 
is an opportune occasion, in so far as the abandonment of wine-growing 
areas is concerned, on which to incorporate In the Community arrangements 
the specific provisions laid down In 1986 for Portugal.  Tne particular 
situation of wine-growing structures In that country justifies the amounts 
of the abandonment premiums being maintained at the levels now applicable. 

proposal for a 

Council Regulation (EEC) 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting 

of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas and 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2239/86 on a specific common 

measure to improve wine-growing structures in Portugal 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

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 Parliament, 

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 of 24 May 1988  on the 

granting, for the 1988/89 to 1995/96 wine years, of permanent abandonment 
premiums in respect of wine-growing areas^1), as amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 1327/90(2), does not at present apply in Portugal; 

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2239/86 of 14 July 1986 on a specific 
common measure to improve wine-growing structures in Portugal^3) provides 
for measures for the permanent abandonment and restructuring of 

wine-growing areas; 

(1) O J N oL 132, 28. 5.1988, p.  3. 

(2) OJ NO L 132, 23. 5.1990, p. 23. 

(3) QJ No L 196, 18. 7.1986, p.  1. 

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Whereas the system of premiums for the permanent abandonment of 

wine-growing applicable in the other Member States has been transferred to 

the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1327/90 

of 14 May 1990(4) and the level of Community funding has been fixed at 100 

%; 

Whereas, in accordance with the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, the 

provisions concerning the common organization of the market in wine apply 

in Portugal from the second stage of transition; whereas the general 

permanent abandonment arrangements should also be made applicable in that 

Member State and the amounts of the premiums currently applicable should be 

retained in order to take account of the specific structural situation; 

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 should therefore be amended and the 

provisions relating to the abandonment of wine-growing laid down in 

Regulation (EEC) No 2239/86 should be repealed; whereas those provisions 

will continue to apply, however, to applications for reimbursement 

submitted by Portugal under the latter Regulation, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 is hereby amended as follows: 

1.  The following paragraph is added to Article 2: 

"5.  As regards Portugal, the premiums and amounts applicable shall be 

the following: 

for areas of not less than 10 ares but not more than 25 ares 

cultivated with wine-grape varieties and constituting the entire 

wine-growing area of the holding concerned: ECU 2 500; 

(4) QJ No L 132, 23. 5.1990, p. 23. 

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for areas of more than 25 ares cultivated with wine-grape 

varieties: 

ECU 1 000 if the average yield per hectare is not more than 

20 hi, 

ECU 1 600 if the average yield per hectare is more than 20 

hi but not more than 25 hi, 

ECU 2 200 if the average yield per hectare is more than 25 

hi but not more than 30 hi, 

ECU 2 800 if the average yield per hectare is more than 30 

hi but not more than 50 hi, 

ECU 3 500 if the average yield per hectare is more than 50 

hi but not more than 90 hi, 

ECU 5 000 if the average yield per hectare is more than 90 

hi but not more than 130 hi, 

ECU 6 200 if the average yield per hectare is more than 130 

hi but not more than 160 hi, 

ECU 6 500 if the average yield per hectare is more than 160 
hi, 

for areas cultivated with varieties classified in the 

administrative unit concerned either as table grapes or as both 

table and wine grapes: 

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ECU 5 500 in the case of varieties trained by the pergola 

method, 

ECU 3 500 in the case of varieties trained by a method 

other than the pergola method. 

The amounts specified in the second and third indents of the first 

subparagraph shall be increased by ECU 300 per hectare if the areas 

concerned constitute the entire wine-growing area cultivated by the 

applicant. 

2. The following is added to Article 7(1): 

Portugal shall have authority to reduce the amounts provided for in 

Article 2(5) if the applicant for a permanent abandonment premium is a 

member of a wine cooperative or other association of wine-growers.  In 

such case, the premium shall be reduced by not more than 7 % and the sum 

corresponding to this reduction shall be paid to the cooperative or 

association in question. 

3. In Article 20, the following is added after the second indent: 

the application of this Regulation in Portugal,". 

4. Article 22 is deleted. 

Article 3 

Title II and Article 9(l)(c), Article 9(2),(3),(4) and the second and third 

subparagraphs of Article 9(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2239/86 are hereby 

repealed.  The provisions of that Regulation shall continue to apply, 

however, to applications for reimbursement submitted by Portugal before the 

entry into force of this Regulation. 

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Article 3 

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. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

F I N A N C I AL 

S T A T E M E NT 

Date  : 

30 

May 

1991 

-X.  BUDGET  HEADING  :  184 

APPROPRIATIONS  : ECU  445,0  m 

,af  TITLE  : 

Amendment  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1442/88  on  the  granting  of  permanent  abandonment  premiums  in  respect  of 
wine-growing  areas  and  amendment  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2239/88  on  a  specific  common  measure  to  Improve 
vine-growing  structures  In  Portugal. 

3.  LEGAL  BASIS  : Article  43  of  the  Treaty 

4.  AIMS 

Funding  of  100*  by  the  EAGGF  Guarantee  Section  for  the  grubbing  of  vines  in  Portugal  and  mointenance  of 
the  level  of  grubbing  premiums  set  in  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2239/86  of  14  July  1986. 

S.  FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 

PERIOD  OF  12  MONTHS 

CURRENT  FINANCIAL  YEAR 

ECU  m 

(  »1 

ECU  m 

) 

5.0  EXPENDITURE 

-  CHARGED  TO  THE  EC  BUDGET 
(REFUNDS/INTERVENT IONS) 

20.0 

FOLLOWING  FINANCIAL  YEAR 
92 

) 

( 
ECU  m 

20.0 

3 .1  REVENUE 

-  OWN  RESOURCES  OF  THE  EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOM  DUTIES) 

-  NATIONAL 

5.0.1  ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1  ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

5.2  METHOD  OF  CALCULATION 

1993 

20.0 

1994 

20.0 

1995 

20.0 

1996 

20.0 

The  area  grubbed  annually  is  presumed  to  be  5  000  ha. 
The  average  premium  selected  Is  ECU  3  500/ha. 

5  000  ha  x  ECU  3  500/ha  x  1.145  (DR)  -  ECU  20  m 

6.0  CAN  THE  PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  FROM  APPROPRIATIONS  ENTERED  IN  THE  RELEVANT  CHAPTER  OF  THE  CURRENT  BUDGET  ? 

6.1  CAN  THE  PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  BY  TRANSFER  BETWEEN  CHAPTERS  OF  THE  CURRENT  BUDGET  ? 

6.2  WILL  A  SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET  BE  NECESSARY  ? 

6.3  WILL  FUTURE  BUDGET  APPROPRIATIONS  BE  NECESSARY  ? 

YES 

YES 

NO 

YES 

COMMENTS  : 

The  sum  ef  ECU  20.0  m  «III  be  entered  In  the  letter  of  amendment  concerning  the  preliminary  draft  budget 
7 for  1992  which  will  be  presented  to  the  Budget  Authority  as  a  result  of  the  decisions  taken  as  part  of  the 

pricee  package  for  1991/92. 

.••v»-.  *••>••  ' ' 

FICHE  D'IMPACT 

Objet  : Projet  de  proposition  de  règlement  (CEE)  n° 

du  Conseil 

modifiant  le  règlement  (CEE) n°  1442/88,  relatif  à  l'octroi  de 
primes  d'abandon  définitif  de  superficies  viticoles  et 
modifiant  le  règlement  (CEE) n°  2239/86  concernant  une  action 
commune  spécifique  pour  l'amélioration  des  structures  viti-
vinicoles  au  Portugal. 

Cette  mesure  n'a  pas  d'impact  sur  les  PME  et  l'emploi. 

Diese  Mapnahme  hat  weder  Auswirkungen  auf  Klein- und  Mittelbetriebe 
noch  auf  die  Beschaftigungslage. 

This  measure  has  no  impact  on  the  small  and  medium-sized  businesses  and 
employment. 

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