Council Regulation (EC) No 1679/1999 of 19 July 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/1989 to 1998/1999 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas
Date: 1999-07-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: abandoned land, grubbing premium, marketing year, utilised agricultural area, viticulture

30. 7. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 199/11

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1679/1999

of 19 July 1999

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/1989 to 1998/1999 wine
years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof,

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

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the encouragement of the permanent abandonment of
wine-growing areas by the grant of premiums
is
provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 (4);

the reform of

pending application of
the common
organisation of the market in wine, the existing scheme
for the grant of permanent abandonment premiums in
respect of wine-growing areas should be extended,
whilst limiting the total area that may be covered by it;

in order to facilitate the use of this measure as much as
possible, the deadline set for the submission of applica-
tions for premiums should be extended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-
growing areas’;

2.

in the introductory wording to the second subparagraph of
Article 1(1), the words ‘1996/97 and 1997/98, marketing
years’ shall be replaced by ‘1996/1997, 1997/1998, 1998/
1999 and 1999/2000 marketing years’;

3.

in Article 4:

— in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall be

replaced by the following:

‘Applications for premiums must be submitted before
31 March of each year to the departments appointed by
the Member States.’

— the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 shall be replaced

by the following:

‘The grant of the premium shall be subject to a written
declaration in which the applicant undertakes to grub
up the vines on the areas in respect of which the
premium has been applied for or to have them grubbed
up before the 15 May following the submission of the
application.’

4.

in the third subparagraph of Article 17a,
shall be replaced by ‘15 May 2000’;

‘15 May 1999’

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

1. the title shall be replaced by the following:

Article 2

‘Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 of 24 May 1988 on
the granting, for the 1988/1989 to 1999/2000 wine years,

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 19 July 1999.

For the Council

The President

K. HEMILÄ

(1) OJ C 59, 1.3.1999, p. 16.
(2) OJ C 219, 30.7.1999.
(3) OJ C 169, 16.6.1999.
(4) OJ L 132, 28.5.1988, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 859/99 (OJ L 108, 27.4.1999, p. 9).