2002/655/EC: Commission Decision of 13 August 2002 fixing the financial allocations to the Member States of the remaining balance for the 2001/02 marketing year, in respect of a number of hectares, for the purposes of restructuring and converting vineyards under Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (notified under document number C(2002) 3064)
Date: 2002-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural production policy, aid per hectare, financial aid, marketing year, redirection of production, vineyard

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 August 2002

fixing the financial allocations to the Member States of the remaining balance for the 2001/02
in respect of a number of hectares, for the purposes of restructuring and
marketing year,

converting vineyards under Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

(notified under document number C(2002) 3064)

(2002/655/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 2585/2001 (2),
and in particular Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the
common organisation of the market in wine (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1342/2002 (4), in parti-
cular on production potential.

The detailed rules on financial planning and participation
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 each year on the basis of objective
criteria, taking account of particular situations and needs
and the efforts to be undertaken in the light of the
scheme’s objective.

The Commission fixed the indicative financial allocations
for the 2001/2002 marketing year in Decision 2001/
666/EC (5).

In accordance with Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999, initial allocations must be adapted in view

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 143, 16.6.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 196, 25.7.2002, p. 23.
(5) OJ L 233, 31.8.2001, p. 53.

(6)

(7)

of real expenditure and on the basis of revised expendi-
ture forecasts notified by the Member States, taking into
account the objective of the scheme and subject to the
funds available.

financing in the current

Under Article 16(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/
2000, Member States may submit a request for subse-
quent
financial year. Under
Article 17(2) of that Regulation, this request is accepted
for Member States that have expended their initial alloca-
tion on a pro rata basis using the appropriations available
after deducting, for all Member States, the sum of the
amounts notified in accordance with Article 16(1)(a) of
that Regulation from the total amount allocated to the
Member States.

Under Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000,
the Member States’ actual expenditure is corrected if the
number of hectares restructured is less than the number
of hectares laid down in Decision 2001/666/EC. This
provision applies
to Greece,
Luxembourg and Portugal. The appropriations involved
are thus available for the purposes of accepting the
Member States’ subsequent applications as referred to in
Article 17(2) of that Regulation,

this financial year

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The financial allocations to the Member States of the remaining
balance for the 2001/2002 marketing year,
in respect of a
number of hectares, for the restructuring and conversion of
vineyards under Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, for the period
1 July 2002 to 15 October 2002 in the 2002 financial year, are
set out in the Annex hereto.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 13 August 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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Financial allocations to the Member States of the remaining balance for the 2001/2002 marketing year, in respect
of a number of hectares, for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999,
for the period 1 July 2002 to 15 October 2002 of the 2002 financial year

ANNEX

Member State

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Luxembourg

Austria

Portugal

Total

Area (ha)

—

—

5 993

—

—

—

603

397

6 993

Financial allocation (EUR)

—

—

35 589 831

—

—

—

3 962 937

2 816 997

42 369 765