2001/666/EC: Commission Decision of 21 August 2001 fixing, for the 2001/02 marketing year and in respect of a certain number of hectares, an indicative allocation by Member State for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (notified under document number C(2001) 2577)
Date: 2001-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid per hectare, financial aid, redirection of production, vineyard

31.8.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 233/53

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 August 2001

fixing, for the 2001/02 marketing year and in respect of a certain number of hectares, an indicative
allocation by Member State for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under Council
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

(notified under document number C(2001) 2577)

(2001/666/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (2),
and in particular Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The rules for the restructuring and conversion of vine-
yards are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 of 31
May 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application
of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common
organisation of the market in wine (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1253/2001 (4), in particular on
production potential.

The detailed rules on financial planning and participa-
tion in financing the restructuring and conversion
scheme laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000
stipulate that the references to a given financial year
refer to the payments actually made by the Member
States between 16 October and the following 15
October.

In accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999, the Commission makes initial allocations to
Member States per year on the basis of objective criteria,
taking into account particular situations and needs, and
efforts to be undertaken in the light of the objective of
the scheme.

In accordance with Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999, the financial allocation between Member
States must take due account of the proportion of the
Community
State
concerned.

in the Member

vineyard area

For the purposes of implementing Article 14(4) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1493/1999,
the financial allocations
should be made in respect of a certain number of
hectares.

Under Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999,
the Community contribution to the costs of restruc-
turing and conversion is higher in regions classified as

(7)

(8)

(9)

Objective 1 in accordance with Council Regulation (EC)
No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general
provisions on the Structural Funds (5).

Account must be taken of the compensation for the loss
of income incurred by the wine growers during the
period when the vineyard is not yet in production.

In accordance with Article 17(4) of Regulation (EC) No
1227/2000, where expenditure actually incurred by a
Member State in a given financial year is less than 75 %
of the initial allocation, the expenditure to be recognised
for the following financial year, and the corresponding
total area, are to be reduced by a third of the difference
between this
threshold and the actual expenditure
incurred during the financial year in question. This
provision applies to France and Greece for the 2001/02
marketing year.

In accordance with Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999, the initial allocation is adapted in view of
real expenditure and on the basis of revised expenditure
forecasts submitted by the Member States taking account
of the objective of the scheme and subject to the funds
available,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

in respect of a
The financial allocations by Member State,
certain number of hectares, for the restructuring and conver-
sion of vineyards under Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the
2001/02 marketing year shall be as set out in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 August 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 143, 16.6.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 173, 27.6.2001, p. 31.

(5) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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Financial allocations by Member State, in respect of a number of hectares, for the restructuring and conversion
of vineyards under Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, for the 2001/02 marketing year

ANNEX

Member State

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Luxembourg

Austria

Portugal

Total

Area
(ha)

1 776

1 028

23 192

12 827

15 910

21

1 079

4 391

60 223

Financial allocation
(EUR)

13 785 000

7 323 000

154 160 000

93 019 000

116 571 000

167 000

7 567 000

29 408 000

422 000 000