Commission Regulation (EC) No 1594/98 of 23 July 1998 fixing for the 1998/99 marketing year the amount of the aid for the cultivation of grapes intended for the production of certain varieties of dried grapes
Date: 1998-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dried product, grape, marketing, production aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1594/98

of 23 July 1998

fixing for the 1998/99 marketing year the amount of the aid for the cultivation of
grapes intended for the production of certain varieties of dried grapes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Committee for Products Processed from Fruit
Vegetables,

and

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the
markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (1), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in
particular Article 7(5) thereof,

Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2201/96 establishes the criteria for fixing
aid for the cultivation of grapes intended for the produc-
tion of dried grapes of the sultana and Muscatel varieties
and currants;

Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2201/96 provides for the possibility to
differentiate the amount of aid on the basis of the vari-
eties of grapes and on other factors which may affect
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 special-
ised areas for the application of the aid arrangements;
whereas, therefore, aid shall not be granted for the cultiva-
tion 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 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96;

Whereas verification of the areas used for growing these
grapes has revealed no overrun of the maximum guaran-
teed 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 2614/95 (4);

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the Management
in accordance with the opinion of

(1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 303, 6. 11. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 278, 10. 10. 1990, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 268, 10. 11. 1995, p. 7.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1998/99 marketing year, which lasts from 1
1.
September 1998 to 31 August 1999, the per hectare aid
for the cultivation of grapes intended for the production
of dried grapes of the sultana and Muscatel varieties and
currants referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2201/96 shall be as specified in the Annex hereto.

2.
For the application of the second subparagraph of
Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, areas having a
yield per hectare less than:

(cid:190) 1 900 kilograms of dried grapes for sultanas affected
by phylloxera or replanted within the last five years,
(cid:190) 3 000 kilograms of dried grapes for other sultanas,
(cid:190) 2 100 kilograms of dried grapes for currants,
(cid:190) 520 kilograms of dried grapes for muscatels,
shall not be considered as specialised 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 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96,
the per hectare aid to be granted to producers who replant
their vineyards in order to combat phylloxera shall be
ECU 3 917 per hectare.

The Member States concerned shall take the adminis-
trative 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 1998.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 23 July 1998.

For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

AID FOR THE CULTIVATION OF DRIED GRAPES

Variety

Sultanas affected by phylloxera or replanted within the last five years

Other sultanas

Currants

Muscatels

ECU/ha

2 400

3 290

3 080

880