Commission Regulation (EC) No 1474/2003 of 20 August 2003 setting, for the 2003/04 marketing year, the amount of aid for the cultivation of grapes intended for the production of certain varieties of dried grapes and of aid for replanting vineyards affected by phylloxera
Date: 2003-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: crop production, dried product, grape, production aid, vineyard

21.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 211/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1474/2003

of 20 August 2003

setting, for the 2003/04 marketing year, the amount of aid for the cultivation of grapes intended
for the production of certain varieties of dried grapes and of aid for replanting vineyards affected
by phylloxera

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 last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002 (2), and in particular
Article 7(5) thereof,

(5)

(6)

The aid to be granted to producers replanting their vine-
yards in order to combat phylloxera under the condi-
tions provided for in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No
2201/96 should also be determined.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 establishes the criteria for setting the
aid for the cultivation of grapes intended for the produc-
tion of dried grapes of the sultana and Muscatel varieties
and currants.

The third subparagraph of Article 7(1) of that Regulation
states that
the amount of aid may be differentiated
according to grape variety. It also states that that amount
may also be differentiated according to other factors
which may affect yields. In the case of sultanas an addi-
tional differentiation should therefore be provided for,
between areas affected by phylloxera and other areas.

For the 2002/03 marketing year, verification of the areas
used to grow the grapes referred to in the first subpara-
graph of Article 7(1) Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 has
revealed no overrun of the maximum guaranteed area
laid down in Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1621/1999 of 22 July 1999 laying down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No
2201/96 as regards the aid for the cultivation of grapes
to produce certain varieties of dried grapes (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1880/2001 (4).

(4)

The aid for the cultivation of those grapes should be
determined for the 2003/04 marketing year.

Article 1

For

the 2003/04 marketing year

1.
the cultivation aid
referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall
be:

(a) EUR 2 806 per hectare for areas under sultana grapes
affected by phylloxera or replanted within the last five
years,

(b) EUR 3 847 per hectare for other areas under sultana

grapes,

(c) EUR 3 391 per hectare for areas under currant grapes,

(d) EUR 969 per hectare for areas under Muscatel grapes.

For

the 2003/04 marketing year

2.
the replanting aid
referred to in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall
be EUR 3 917 per hectare.

3.
In accordance with the second sentence of Article 7(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, the aid set in paragraph 1 shall
not be paid where the aid set in paragraph 2 is paid.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 August 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 72, 14.3.2002, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 258, 27.9.2001, p. 14.