2007/381/EC: Commission Decision of 1 June 2007 fixing, for the 2006/2007 marketing year and in respect of a certain number of hectares, an indicative financial allocation for Bulgaria and Romania for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (notified under document number C(2007) 2272)
Date: 2007-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, aid for restructuring, aid per hectare, common organisation of markets, financial aid, redirection of production, vineyard

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Official Journal of the European Union

2.6.2007

COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 June 2007

fixing, for the 2006/2007 marketing year and in respect of a certain number of hectares, an
indicative financial allocation for Bulgaria and Romania for the restructuring and conversion of
vineyards under Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

(notified under document number C(2007) 2272)

(Only the Bulgarian and Romanian texts are authentic)

(2007/381/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 14(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

laid

for
are

the restructuring and conversion of
The rules
vineyards
(EC)
down
No 1493/1999 and Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1227/2000 of 31 May 2000 laying down detailed
the application of Council Regulation (EC)
rules for
No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of
the
market in wine, as regards production potential (2).

Regulation

in

The detailed rules on financial planning and participation
in financing the restructuring and conversion scheme laid
down in Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 provide 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.

Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union on
1 January 2007 and can benefit from the restructuring
and conversion system as from this date, having also
fulfilled the condition of drawing up the inventory of
the production potential, as confirmed by Commission
Decisions 2007/223/EC (3) and 2007/234/EC (4).

In accordance with Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC)
between
No 1493/1999,
Member States must take due account of the proportion
of the Community vineyard area in the Member State
concerned.

allocation

financial

the

(5)

(6)

(7)

For the purposes of implementing Article 14(4) of Regu-
the financial allocations
lation (EC) No 1493/1999,
should be made in respect of a certain number of
hectares.

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 14(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999, the initial allocation is adapted in view
of real expenditure and on the basis of revised expen-
diture 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 financial allocations for Bulgaria and Romania, in respect of
a certain number of hectares,
the restructuring and
conversion of vineyards under Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
for the 2006/2007 marketing year shall be as set out in the
Annex to this Decision.

for

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria and to
Romania.

Done at Brussels, 1 June 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 143, 16.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1216/2005 (OJ L 199, 29.7.2005, p. 32).

(3) OJ L 95, 5.4.2007, p. 53.
(4) OJ L 100, 17.4.2007, p. 27.

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ANNEX

Indicative financial allocations for 2006/2007

Member State

Area (ha)

Bulgaria

Romania

2 131

1 060

3 191

Total

Financial allocation
(EUR)

6 700 516

8 299 484

15 000 000