Council Regulation (EC) No 191/98 of 20 January 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1997/98 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas
Date: 1998-01-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Germany, Spain, abandoned land, grubbing premium, vineyard, viticulture

27. 1. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 20/15

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 191/98

of 20 January 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to
1997/98 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of
wine-growing areas

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of
liament (2),

the European Par-

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

Whereas the limit of 25 000 ha laid down in point (a) of
the second subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1442/88 (4) for each of the last two wine years
will not be reached as a result of the fact that some
Member States have abandoned application of the scheme
and others have applied it to a very limited extent only;

Whereas the number of hectares allocated to Germany (50
ha) has proved to be too small, preventing distribution in
line with the requirements of the various wine-growing
regions; whereas,
that number of hectares
should be increased in order to attain the objectives of the
scheme;

therefore,

Whereas consequent upon the adjustment made to the
area eligible to receive a permanent
abandonment
premium for the 1997/98 wine year, the time limits laid
down for presenting applications for the grant of the
premium, for the grubbing-up undertaking and for appli-
cations for participation by the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund, are insufficient to allow
the arrangements; whereas the
the implementation of
time limits laid down should be extended,

Article 1

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

1. In point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 1(1),
‘50’ allocated to Germany shall be replaced by ‘1 000’,
and ‘13 000’ allocated to Spain shall be replaced by
‘12 050’.

2. In Article 4, the following paragraph shall be added:

By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2,

‘6.
for the 1997/1998 marketing year:

— the last date, referred to in paragraph 1, for the
the payment of

submission of applications for
premium shall be 30 April 1998,

— the last date for grubbing-up, referred to in para-

graph 2, shall be 31 May 1998.’

3. Article 15(1) shall be supplemented by the following

subparagraph:

‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, for
the 1997/1998 marketing year, applications shall be
submitted before 1 June 1998.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following that of 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, 20 January 1998.

For the Council

The President

J. CUNNINGHAM

(1) OJ C 312, 14. 10. 1997, p. 20.
(2) Opinion delivered on 14 January 1998 (not yet published in

(3) Opinion delivered on 10 December 1997 (not yet published

the Official Journal).

in the Official Journal).

(4) OJ L 132, 28. 5. 1988, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Re-
gulation (EC) No 534/97 (OJ L 83, 25. 3. 1997, p. 2).