2002/666/EC: Commission Decision of 19 August 2002 fixing, for the 2002/2003 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(2002) 3110)
Date: 2002-08-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, agricultural production policy, aid per hectare, marketing year, redevelopment aid, vineyard

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 August 2002

fixing, for the 2002/2003 marketing year and in respect of a certain number of hectares, an indica-
tive allocation by Member State for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under Council
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

(notified under document number C(2002) 3110)

(2002/666/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Community
concerned.

vineyard area

in the Member

State

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
in
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001 (2),
and in particular Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 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
the financial allocation between Member
1493/1999,
States must take due account of the proportion of the

(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)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

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 restructuring
and conversion is higher in regions classified as Objec-
tive 1 in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No
1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provi-
sions on the Structural Funds (5), as amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1447/2001 (6).

Account must be taken of the compensation for the loss
income incurred by the wine growers during the
of
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
threshold and the actual expenditure
between this
incurred during the financial year in question. This
provision applies to Greece and to Luxembourg for the
2002/2003 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,

(5) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 1.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The financial allocations by Member State, in respect of a certain number of hectares, for the restructuring
and conversion of vineyards under Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2002/2003 marketing year shall
be as set out in the Annex hereto.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 19 August 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

Financial allocations by Member State, in respect of a number of hectares, for the restructuring and conversion
of vineyards under Regulation (EC) Nr. 1493/1999 for the 2002/2003 marketing year

ANNEX

Member State

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Luxembourg

Austria

Portugal

Total

Area
(ha)

2 566

1 050

28 817

13 000

17 516

11

1 532

3 766

68 258

Financial allocation
(EUR)

14 682 873

9 285 036

157 285 185

95 000 000

123 935 139

86 842

10 565 980

32 358 945

443 200 000