Commission Regulation (EC) No 1595/1999 of 20 July 1999 setting for the 1999/2000 marketing year the amount of aid for the cultivation of grapes for the production of certain varieties of dried grapes
Date: 1999-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dried product, grape, marketing, production aid

21. 7. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 188/37

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1595/1999

of 20 July 1999

setting for the 1999/2000 marketing year the amount of aid for the cultivation of grapes for the
production of certain varieties of dried grapes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in particular Article 7(5)
thereof,

(1) Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 lays down the criteria for
setting the aid for the cultivation of grapes intended for
the production of dried grapes of
the sultana and
muscatel varieties and currants;

(2) Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 7(1) of the
above Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 states that
the
amount of aid may be differentiated according to grape
variety and other
factors which may affect yield;
whereas, in the case of sultanas, there should also be a
differentiation between areas affected by phylloxera and
other areas;

(3) Whereas the aid granted to producers who replant their
vineyards in order to combat phylloxera should be set
under the conditions laid down in Article 7(4) of the
above Regulation;

(4) Whereas a check on the areas on which those grapes are
being cultivated found that
they do not exceed the
maximum guaranteed area set in Article 4 of Commis-
sion 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);

(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Veget-
ables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1999/2000 marketing year, the aid per hectare for the
cultivation of grapes for the production of dried grapes of the
sultana and muscatel varieties and currants as referred to in
Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be as set in
the Annex.

Article 2

In application of Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96,
the aid per hectare to be granted to producers who replant
shall
their
be EUR 3 917 per hectare. In this case Article 1 shall not
apply.

to combat phylloxera

in order

vineyards

The Member States concerned shall adopt the administrative
steps required for the grant of the aid in question.

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 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

21. 7. 1999

ANNEX

AID FOR THE CULTIVATION OF DRIED GRAPES

Varieties

Sultanas affected by phylloxera

Other sultanas

Currants

Muscatel

EUR/ha

2 400

3 290

3 080

880