Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2006 of 16 August 2006 setting, for the 2006/2007 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: 2006-08-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid per hectare, dried product, plant disease, production aid, replanting, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1235/2006

of 16 August 2006

setting, for the 2006/2007 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,

(4)

The aid for the cultivation of those grapes should be
determined for the 2006/07 marketing year.

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)

Whereas:

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
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

(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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For

the 2006/07 marketing year

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

The third subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 2201/96 states that the amount of aid may be differ-
entiated 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 additional differentiation should therefore be provided
for, between areas affected by phylloxera and other areas.

For the 2005/06 marketing year, verification of the areas
used to grow the grapes referred to in the first sub-
paragraph of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2201/96 has revealed no overrun of the maximum guar-
anteed 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid for the culti-
vation of grapes to produce certain varieties of dried
grapes (2).

(a) EUR 2 603 per hectare for areas under sultana grapes
affected by phylloxera or replanted within the last five years;

(b) EUR 3 569 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.

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (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 2006/07 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.

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission