Commission Regulation (EC) No 1868/95 of 26 July 1995 fixing for the 1995/96 marketing year the amount of the aid for the cultivation of certain varieties of grape intended for drying
Date: 1995-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid per hectare, dried product, grape, marketing year, plant disease, utilised agricultural area













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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1868/95 of 26 July 1995 fixing for the 1995/96 marketing year the amount of the aid for the cultivation of certain varieties of grape intended for drying  


Official Journal L 179 , 29/07/1995 P. 0035 - 0037 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1868/95 of 26 July 1995 fixing for the 1995/96 marketing  year the amount of the aid for the cultivation of certain varieties of grape intended for dryingTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization  of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables  (1), as last amended by Commission  Regulation (EC) No 1032/95  (2), and in particular Article 6  (6) thereof, Whereas, pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, new aid arrangements in respect of  specialized areas for the cultivation of sultanas, currants and muscatels took effect as from the  1990/91 marketing year; whereas these arrangements have gradually replaced the system of production  aid provided for in Article 6a; Whereas, pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 6a  (1) of the abovementioned Regulation,  the Community aid per hectare should be set at the level laid down in this Regulation; Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 6  (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 provides for the  possibility to differentiate the amount of aid on the basis of the varieties of grapes and on other  factors which may affect yield; whereas it is appropriate to provide such a differentiation by a  coefficient derived from the ratio of average yield by variety to total average yield; whereas in  the case of sultanas provision should be made for further differentiation between areas affected by  phylloxera or replanted within the last five years, and other areas; Whereas, however, it is appropriate to provide that areas having a yield lower than a threshold  differentiated for the varieties concerned shall not be considered as specialized areas for the  application of the aid arrangements; whereas, therefore, aid shall not be granted for the  cultivation of such areas; Whereas it is necessary to determine the aid to be granted to producers who replant their vineyards  in order to combat phylloxera under the conditions laid down in Article 6  (4) of Regulation (EEC)  No 426/86; Whereas verification of the areas used for growing these grapes has revealed no overrun of the  maximum guaranteed area fixed in Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2911/90 of 9 October  1990 laying down detailed rules of application for aid for the production of certain varieties of  grapes for drying  (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2475/94  (4); Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1.  For the 1995/96 marketing year, the per hectare aid for the  cultivation of sultanas, currants and muscatels intended for processing pursuant to Article 6 of  Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 shall be ECU 2  785 per hectare of specialized area harvested. For each variety the amount of aid shall be adjusted by the coefficient listed in the Annex. 2.  For the application of Article 6  (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 areas having a yield per  hectare less than: -  1  300 kilograms of dried grapes for sultanas, -  2  500 kilograms of dried grapes for other sultanas affected by phylloxera or replanted within  the last five years, -  1  500 kilograms of dried grapes for currants, -  400 kilograms of dried grapes for muscatels, shall not be considered as specialized areas. The aid shall not be paid for the cultivation of the  abovementioned products on these areas. 3.  Member States shall take all necessary measures for checking this minimum yield. Article 2 Pursuant to Article 6  (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, the per hectare aid to be  granted to producers who replant their vineyards in order to combat phylloxera and who do not  receive the aid provided for under the operational programme to combat that disease shall be ECU 3   917 per hectare. The Member States concerned shall take the administrative provisions needed for the granting of  this aid. Article 1  (2) shall not apply in such cases. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in  the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 September 1995. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 July 1995. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission  ANNEX Coefficients applicable for varieties of dried grapes >TABLE>