Commission Regulation (EC) No 225/2007 of 1 March 2007 as regards the support for restructuring and conversion provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2006/2007 wine year
Date: 2007-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, aid for restructuring, redevelopment aid, redirection of production, vineyard, viticulture

2.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 64/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 225/2007

of 1 March 2007

as regards the support for restructuring and conversion provided for in Council Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2006/2007 wine year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), and in particular Article 80(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 provides
for that 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 (2), the Community contribution to the costs of
restructuring and conversion is
limited to 75 % of
those costs.

Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 was repealed by Council
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying
down general provisions on the European Regional
Development Fund,
the European Social Fund and
the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC)
No 1260/1999 (3).
In accordance with Article 3(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999,
regions covered by
Objective 1 were the regions corresponding to level II
of the Nomenclature of Territorial Statistical Units (NUTS
II) whose per capita GDP, measured in purchasing power
parities has been less than 75 % of
the Community
average. In accordance with Article 5(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1083/2006,
such regions are eligible for
funding under the Convergence objective. Some regions
which have been covered by Objective 1 are not covered
by the Convergence objective.

restructuring

This causes specific practical problems in case of the
application of
and conversion plans,
prepared and approved for the wine year 2006/2007,
in regions that were classified as Objective 1 regions
under Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 and that are no
longer eligible for funding from the Structural Funds
under the Convergence objective pursuant to Regulation
(EC) No 1083/2006. It is difficult to differentiate, within
one single financial year, between payments that are
eligible for different rates of Community contribution.
Therefore, it is appropriate to provide for a prolongation,
the application of
for the wine year 2006/2007, of
Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 to
Objective 1 regions.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall apply
for the 2006/2007 wine year to regions which are classified
as Objective 1 regions in accordance with Regulation (EC)
No 1260/1999.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 1 March 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 173/2005 (OJ L 29, 2.2.2005, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1989/2006 (OJ L 411, 30.12.2006, p. 6) and as corrected
by OJ L 27, 2.2.2007, p. 5.