Commission Regulation (EC) No 1470/2004 of 18 August 2004 setting, for the 2004/05 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: 2004-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dried product, marketing year, replanting, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1470/2004

of 18 August 2004

setting, for the 2004/05 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
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in particular
Article 7(5) thereof,

(5)

(6)

The aid to be granted to producers replanting their
vineyards
the
conditions provided for in Article 7(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 should also be determined.

to combat phylloxera under

in order

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(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
production of dried grapes of the sultana and Muscatel
varieties and currants.

the cultivation of grapes

intended for

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

It also states

that

For the 2003/04 marketing year, verification of the areas
used to grow the grapes referred to in the first subpar-
agraph 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 (2).

(4)

The aid for the cultivation of those grapes should be
determined for the 2004/05 marketing year.

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 386/2004 (OJ L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 25).

(2) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1880/2001 (OJ L 258, 27.9.2001, p. 14).

For

the 2004/05 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 2004/05 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.

In accordance with the second sentence of Article 7(4) of
3.
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, the aid set in paragraph 1 of this
Article 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.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission