2003/628/EC: Commission Decision of 22 August 2003 fixing, for the 2003/04 marketing year and in respect of a certain number of hectares, an indicative financial allocation by Member State for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (notified under document number C(2003) 3047)
Date: 2003-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural production policy, aid per hectare, redevelopment aid, vineyard

29.8.2003

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 August 2003

fixing, for the 2003/04 marketing year and in respect of a certain number of hectares, an indicative
financial allocation by Member State for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

(notified under document number C(2003) 3047)

(2003/628/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 1203/2003 (4), in parti-
cular 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.

(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 168, 5.7.2003, p. 9.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

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
Objective 1 in accordance with Council Regulation (EC)
No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general
provisions on the Structural Funds (5), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1105/2003 (6).

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(5) 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
the 2003/04
marketing year.

to Luxembourg for

In accordance with Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999, the initial allocation is to be adapted in view
of real expenditure and on the basis of revised expendi-
ture 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

The indicative financial allocations by Member State, in respect
for the restructuring and
of a certain number of hectares,
conversion of vineyards under Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
for the 2003/04 marketing year shall be as set out in the
Annex hereto.

(5) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 3.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 August 2003.

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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, for the 2003/04 marketing year

ANNEX

Member State

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Luxembourg

Austria

Portugal

Total

Area
(ha)

2 116

1 342

20 940

12 745

17 063

11

1 260

3 174

58 651

Financial allocation
(EUR)

13 989 772

10 041 261

150 958 937

111 219 120

120 110 532

86 842

7 815 311

28 978 225

443 200 000