2003/638/EC: Commission Decision of 5 September 2003 setting the definitive financial allocations to the Member States for the 2002/2003 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(2003) 3147)
Date: 2003-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural production policy, aid for restructuring, aid per hectare, redevelopment aid, vineyard

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 September 2003

setting the definitive financial allocations to the Member States for the 2002/2003 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(2003) 3147)

(2003/638/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
in
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (2),
and in particular Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The rules for the restructuring and conversion of vine-
yards are laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/
2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organi-
sation of the market in wine (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1203/2003 (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 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 sche-
me's objective.

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 143, 16.6.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 168, 5.7.2003, p. 9.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

The Commission fixed the indicative financial allocations
for the 2002/2003 marketing year in Commission Deci-
sion 2002/666/EC (5).

In accordance with Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999, initial allocations must be adapted on the
basis of actual expenditure and revised expenditure fore-
casts notified by the Member States, taking into account
the objective of the scheme and subject to the funds
available.

Under Article 17(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/
2000, Member States' expenditure incurred and validated
is restricted to the allocations laid down in Decision
2002/666/EC. For this financial year that restriction
applies to Spain, France, Italy, Austria and Portugal.

financing in the current

Under Article 16(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/
2000, Member States may submit a request for subse-
quent
financial year. Under
Article 17(3) of that Regulation, such a request is to be
accepted for Member States that have expended their
initial allocation on a pro rata basis using the appropria-
tions available after deducting, for all Member States, the
sum of the amounts notified in accordance with Article
16(1)(a) and (b) of that Regulation and corrected where
applicable in accordance with Article 17(1) and (3), from
the total amount allocated to the Member States. For this
financial year that provision applies to Spain, France,
Italy, Austria and Portugal.

(5) OJ L 227, 23.8.2002, p. 49.

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(8)

(9)

(10)

Article 17(1) and (2) applies to Luxembourg for this
financial year.

Article 17(4) does not apply to any Member State for
this financial year.

information
The Commission has received additional
from Spain as regards the number of hectares allocated
to it by Decision 2002/666/EC. As a result of that infor-
mation, the area allocated to that Member State should
be corrected,

for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999, for the 2003 financial year, are set
out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Done at Brussels, 5 September 2003.

Article 1

The definitive financial allocations to the Member States for the
2002/2003 marketing year, in respect of a number of hectares,

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

Definitive financial allocations to the Member States for the 2002/2003 marketing year, in respect of a number
of hectares, for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999,
for the 2003 financial year

ANNEX

Member State

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Luxembourg

Austria

Portugal

Area
(ha)

2 136

1 358

23 902

14 635

18 660

—

1 918

5 362

Financial allocation
(EUR)

12 481 433

7 132 661

160 033 831

95 431 219

123 950 907

—

10 602 842

33 567 107

Total

67 971

443 200 000