Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on management of planting rights pursuant to Chapter I of Title II of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
Date: 2007-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU law, agrarian law, common organisation of markets, plantation, replanting, utilised agricultural area, vineyard, viticulture

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 29.6.2007 
COM(2007) 370 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION  
TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 

on management of planting rights 

pursuant to Chapter I of Title II of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1. 

2. 

2.1. 

2.2. 

3. 

3.1. 

3.2. 

3.3. 

3.4. 

4. 

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 

New planting rights ...................................................................................................... 4 

New planting rights of an administrative nature .......................................................... 4 

New planting rights to meet demand for quality wines produced in specified regions 
(quality wines psr) and table wines with geographical indication ............................... 4 

Changes in the production potential............................................................................. 6 

Replanting rights held by the producers....................................................................... 6 

Reserves of planting rights (or “non-reserve system”) ................................................ 7 

Area planted with vines................................................................................................ 9 

The total production potential .................................................................................... 10 

Regularisation of irregular plantings.......................................................................... 11 

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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION  
TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 

on management of planting rights 

pursuant to Chapter I of Title II of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 

1. 

INTRODUCTION 

Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market (CMO) in 
wine1, in Article 7(3) provides that “By 31 December 2003, and at three-yearly intervals from 
the date, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council 
on the operation of this Chapter [i.e. the chapter on ‘Planting of vines’]. The report may be 
accompanied,  if  appropriate,  by  proposals  for  the  grant  of  further  newly  created  planting 
rights.” In line with this obligation, a report was submitted to the European Parliament and 
the Council early in 20042. 

The present document intends to be the update of the report of 2004. While doing so, 

•  in order to observe and evaluate trends, it takes stock of the entire period since the date of 

application of the current CMO on 1 August 2000; 

•  it  does  not  repeat  information  concerning  the  explanation  of  the  background  and  the 
content  of  the  Community  legislation.  Where  appropriate,  the  structure  of  this  report 
follows that of the 2004 report; 

•  the  scope  has  been  widened  to  include  the  10  new  Member  States  which  joined  on 
1 May 2004 (EU 10) but not to those new Member States which joined on 1 January 2007. 
However, for the sake of better presentation, and since data for the new Member States is 
available  only  for  a  shorter  period,  the  graphs  in  this  document  only  present  data  of  the 
Member States that were members of the Community before 2004 (EU 15). 

The communication discipline of the Member States improved considerably in the last years. 
Also, as a result of controls (clearance of accounts missions) carried out by the Commission 
services,  the  data  communicated  in  the  framework  of  Commission  Regulation  (EC) 
No 1227/20003 became more in consistent with the data bases (vineyard register) kept by the 
Member States. 

However, in spite of the improvement of the availability of data, in some cases they are still 
not communicated. So as to be able to provide as good a picture as possible in spite of these 
missing  data,  figures  of  the  preceding  or,  when  necessary,  of  the  following  wine  year  were 
used in some tables and graphs, in order to give an approximate picture of the situation and 
the tendencies. In such cases, the figures taken over from the preceding/following wine year 

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OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. 
COM(2004) 161 final of 12.3.2004. 
laying  down  detailed  rules  for  the  application  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No 1493/1999  as  regards 
production potential (OJ L 143, 16.6.2000, p. 1). 

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are  indicated  in  Italics.  Other  codes  used  in  the  table  are  the  following:  NR = not  relevant, 
NC = not communicated. 

This report is intended to be purely factual and does not contain any policy recommendation. 
However, it provides useful background information in the context of the ongoing debate on 
the  reform  of  the  CMO  in  wine  launched  by  the  Commission  Communication  on 
22 June 20064. 

2. 

NEW PLANTING RIGHTS 

2.1. 

New planting rights of an administrative nature 

The new planting rights of an administrative nature are defined in Article 3(1) of Regulation 
(EC)  No 1493/1999.  The  new  planting  rights  granted  according  to  this  provision  during  the 
period 2000–2006 are the following: 

Table 1. Area of additional new planting rights granted 

Compulsory 
purchase 

Land 
consolidation

Experiments 

Graft 
nurseries 

Family 
consumption 

(ha) 

Czech Republic 

Germany 
Spain 
France 
Italy 
Portugal 

Slovakia 

0,00 

0,00 
182,58 
16,29 
19,28 
0,00 

0,00 

117,99 

4,95 
282,75 
18,30 
5,02 
0,00 

0,00 

429,02 

4,34 

7,84 
36,55 
19,17 
97,83 
0,80 

0,00 

166,54 

0,00 

0,00 
92,55 
61,36 
151,07 
27,73 

617,00 

949,70 

0,00 

0,63 
0,00 
0,00 
4 292,21 
0,00 

0,00 

Total 

122,33 

13,42 
594,43 
115,12 
4 565,41 
28,53 

617,00 

Total 

218,15 

4 292,84 

6 056,25 

Source:  Communications  of  the  Member  States  according  to  Table 2.1  of  the  Annex  to  Regulation  (EC) 

No 1227/2000. 

No  planting  rights  of  an  administrative  nature  were  granted  during  the  above  mentioned 
period in Greece, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Austria and Slovenia. 

2.2. 

New  planting  rights  to  meet  demand  for  quality  wines  produced  in  specified 
regions (quality wines psr) and table wines with geographical indication 

Out  of  the  “quota”  of  the  newly  created  planting  rights  provided  for  in  Article 6(1)  of 
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, new planting rights could be granted by the Member States 
no later than 31 July 2003 for the production of quality wines psr or table wines described by 
means of a geographical indications where it was recognised that, owing to their quality, the 
production  of  the  wines  in  question  was  far  below  demand  (see  Article 3(2)  to  (5)  and 
Article 6 of the Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999). The uptake of the “quota” of newly created 
planting rights for this purpose is shown in Table 2. 

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Table 2. Use of the newly created planting rights for planting vineyards  
to produce quality wines and table wines with geographical indication 

New planting rights (Art. 3(2) 
of R. 1493/1999) (ha) 

“Quota” (Art. 6(1) of 
R. 1493/1999) (ha) 

Percentage 
of use (%) 

Germany 

Greece 
Spain 
France 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Austria 

Portugal 

Total 

471 

1 098 
17 107 
9 377 
3 688 
0 
0 

3 041 

34 783 

1 534 

1 098 
17 355 
13 565 
12 933 
18 
737 

3 760 

51 000 

31 

100 
99 
69 
29 
0 
0 

81 

68 

Source:  Communications  of  the  Member  States  according  to  Table 2.2  of  the  Annex  to 
Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 and Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. 

The utilisation of these new planting rights is shown in Table 3. 

Table 3. Area of new planting rights granted to meet demand for quality wines  
and table wines with geographical indication 

2000/2001– 
2002/2003 

Quality wines 
(ha) 

Table wines 
with GI (ha) 

TOTAL 
(ha) 

% of quality 
wines 

Germany 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Austria 

Portugal 

Total 

471 
362 
16 126 
6 875 
3 423 
0 
0 

2 456 

29 714 

0 
736 
981 
2 502 
265 
0 
0 

585 

5 069 

471 
1 098 
17 107 
9 377 
3 688 
0 
0 

3 041 

34 783 

100 
33 
94 
73 
93 
– 
– 

81 

85 

Source:  Communications  of  the  Member  States  according  to  Table 2.2  of  the  Annex  to 

Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000. 

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According  to  the  Act  of  Accession5,  the  Czech  Republic  was  granted  385,23 hectares  of 
newly created planting rights for the production of quality wines psr which had to be allocated 
to the reserve. 

With the same Act of Accession, newly created planting rights were allocated to Malta for the 
production of quality wines psr up to a total planted wine area of 1 000 ha. The part of these 
rights that was not used by the 2005/2006 wine year had to be allocated to the reserve. 

3. 

CHANGES IN THE PRODUCTION POTENTIAL 

3.1. 

Replanting rights held by the producers 

The  amount  of  replanting  rights  held  by  the  producers  according  to  Article 4  of  Regulation 
(EC) No 1493/1999 and Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 are shown in Table 4 and 
Graph 1. 

Table 4. Replanting rights held by the producers 

(ha) 

2000/2001 

2001/2002 

2002/2003 

2003/2004 

2004/2005 

2005/2006 

Czech Republic 
Germany 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Italy 
Cyprus  
Luxembourg 
Hungary 
Malta  
Austria 
Portugal 
Slovenia  

Slovakia  

NR 
3 900 
2 376 
74 189 
45 094 
42 056 
NR 

0 

NR 
NR 
12 592 
12 809 
NR 

NR 

NR 
4 235 
2 376 
83 315 
47 611 
44 448 
NR 

0 

NR 
NR 
12 695 
10 737 
NR 

NR 

NR 
4 184 
560 
80 949 
51 942 
41 103 
NR 

0 

NR 
NR 
5 313 
12 045 
NR 

NR 

0 
4 366 
1 682 
82 814 
44 823 
47 748 
467 
12 
12 509 
0 
5 501 
13 541 
0 

0 

154 
4 436 
1 206 
88 475 
43 749 
46 502 
596 
0 
13 525 
0 
8 897 
17 124 
276 

500 

192 
4 285 
987 
88 412 
43 702 
52 465 
596 
0 
14 266 
0 
9 030 
17 124 
251 

500 

Subtotal EU 15 

193 016 

205 417 

196 097 

200 488 

210 390 

216 004 

Subtotal EU 10 

NR 

NR 

NR 

12 976 

15 051 

15 805 

Total 

193 016 

205 417 

196 097 

213 463 

225 441 

231 809 

Source:  Communications of the Member States according to Table 7.2 and, where applicable, Table 7.1 of 

the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000. 

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Act  concerning  the  conditions  of  accession  of  the  Czech  Republic,  the  Republic  of  Estonia,  the 
Republic  of  Cyprus,  the  Republic  of  Latvia,  the  Republic  of  Lithuania, the  Republic  of  Hungary,  the 
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the 
adjustments  to  the  Treaties  on  which  the  European  Union  is  founded  –  Annex  II:  List  referred  to  in 
Article 20 of the Act of Accession – 6. Agriculture – A. Agricultural legislation (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, 
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Graph 1. Replanting rights held by the producers (ha, EU-15) 

250.000

200.000

150.000

100.000

50.000

0

Germany

Austria

Greece

Portugal

Spain

Italy

France

2000/
2001

2001/
2002

2002/
2003

2003/
2004

2004/
2005

2005/
2006

3.2. 

Reserves of planting rights (or “non-reserve system”) 

According  to  Article 5(1)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1493/1999,  Member  States  shall  create  a 
national  reserve,  and/or  as  the  case  may  be,  regional  reserves,  of  planting  rights.  By 
derogation,  Member  States  may  choose  not  to  implement  the  reserve  system  provided  that 
they  can  prove  that  an  effective  system  for  managing  planting  rights  exists  throughout  their 
territory (see Article 5(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999). 

Table 5 shows which Member States apply a reserve system and on what level. 

Table 5. Reserve systems 

National reserve 

Regional reserves 

”Non-reserve system” 

Czech Republic 
Germany6 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Italy 
Cyprus 
Luxembourg 
Hungary 
Malta  
Austria 
Portugal 
Slovenia  

Slovakia  

yes 
no 
yes 
yes 
yes 
no 
yes 
no 
no 
yes 
yes 
yes 
yes 

yes 

no 
yes 
no 
yes 
no 
yes 
no 
no 
no 
no 
yes 
no 
no 

no 

no 
yes 
no 
no 
no 
no 
no 
yes 
yes 
no 
no 
no 
no 

no 

Source:  Communications of the Member States. 

All the new Member States have adopted the national reserve system, except Hungary which 
has chosen the “effective system”. 

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Table 6 shows the quantity of the existing planting rights in the reserves. 

Table 6. Existing planting rights in the national/regional reserves 

(ha) 

2000/2001 

2001/2002 

2002/2003 

2003/2004 

2004/2005 

2005/2006 

Czech Republic 
Germany 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Italy 
Cyprus  
Luxembourg 
Hungary 
Malta  
Austria 
Portugal 
Slovenia  

Slovakia  

Subtotal EU 15 

Subtotal EU 10 

NR 
65 
0 
4 448 
0 
109 
NR 
NR 
NR 
0 
50 
206 
NR 

NR 

4 878 

NR 

Total 

4 878 

NR 
200 
0 
7 457 
NC 
658 
NR 
NR 
NR 
0 
50 
206 
NR 

NR 

8 571 

NR 

8 571 

NR 
178 
0 
6 242 
NC 
2 780 
NR 
NR 
NR 
0 
7 745 
208 
NR 

NR 

385 
165 
4 161 
7 789 
6 286 
8 679 
2 000 
NR 
NR 
0 
7 396 
590 
5 609 

2 037 

385 
207 
3 129 
8 913 
7 580 
7 671 
1 998 
NR 
NR 
0 
7 756 
590 
4 249 

1 052 

17 153 

NR 

17 153 

35 066 

10 031 

45 097 

35 846 

7 684 

43 529 

263 
235 
555 
11 519 
9 475 
6 173 
1 998 
NR 
NR 
NC 
7 965 
606 
4 148 

1 052 

36 528 

7 460 

43 988 

Source:  Communications  of  the  Member  States  according  to  Table 7.2  and,  where  applicable, 

Table 7.1 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000. 

Graph 2. Planting rights in the reserve (ha, EU-15) 

40 000

35 000

30 000

25 000

20 000

15 000

10 000

5 000

0

Germany

Austria

Greece

Portugal

Spain

Italy

France

2000/
2001

2001/
2002

2002/
2003

2003/
2004

2004/
2005

2005/
2006

The  figures  presented  in  Table  4  (replanting  rights  held  by  the  producers)  and  even  more 
those in Table 6 (planting rights in the reserve) and Table 9 (total of planting rights) show an 
increasing  tendency  of  the  accumulation  of  the  planting  rights.  This  may  demonstrate  the 
reduced interest of producers to plant but also the limitations in some Member States of the 
authorisation of new planting and replanting rights due to the unfavourable market situation. 

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The allocation of newly created planting rights to the reserves could also be a reason for the 
increase of the planting rights in them. 

3.3. 

Area planted with vines 

Table 7. Area planted with vines 

(ha) 

2000/2001 

2001/2002 

2002/2003 

2003/2004 

2004/2005 

2005/2006 

Czech Republic 
Germany 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Italy 
Cyprus 
Luxembourg 
Hungary 
Malta  
Austria 
Portugal 
Slovenia  

Slovakia  

NR 
104 211 
77 589 
1 124 433 
902 908 
772 513 
NR 
1 342 
NR 
NR 
50 456 
238 073 
NR 

NR 
103 527 
77 589 
1 115 322 
907 669 
768 995 
NR 
1 342 
NR 
NR 
50 350 
240 265 
NR 

NR 
103 122 
80 794 
1 120 568 
896 155 
748 680 
NR 
1 309 
NR 
NR 
51 136 
241 119 
NR 

19 262 
102 714 
64 778 
1 116 950 
893 073 
728 213 
16 811 
1 293 
87 017 
710 
51 030 
239 952 
16 351 

19 107 
102 483 
66 284 
1 104 512 
897 067 
726 985 
15 047 
1 300 
86 000 
840 
50 988 
236 704 
16 597 

19 081 
102 432 
66 682 
1 099 765 
879 859 
730 439 
13 0687 
1 299 
85 260 
910 
50 681 
238 831 
16 704 

NR 

NR 

NR 

21 047 

21 531 

21 531 

Subtotal EU 15 

3 271 525 

3 265 059 

3 242 884 

3 198 002 

3 186 324 

3 169 988 

Subtotal EU 10 

NR 

NR 

NR 

161 197 

159 122 

156 554 

Total 

3 271 525 

3 265 059 

3 242 884 

3 359 199 

3 345 446 

3 326 542 

Source:  Communications of the Member States according to Table 7.2 and, where applicable, Table 7.1 

of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000. 

The area planted with vines has been constantly decreasing during the years considered. The 
increase  in  the  total  EU  vine  area  in 2003/2004  can  be  attributed  to  the  enlargement  of  the 
Community but since then, the tendency of decrease has continued. 

The  grubbing-up  measure  according  to  Article 8  of  Regulation  (EC)  No 1493/1999  could 
contribute  to  the  decrease:  it  was  applied  on  a  relatively  larger  scale  in  Germany 
(1 514 hectares  grubbed  up  between  2000/2001  and  2005/2006),  France  (15 340 hectares 
grubbed  up  between  2000/2001  and  2005/2006),  in  Cyprus  (1 979  ha  grubbed  up  in 
2004/2005) and in Hungary (3 574 ha grubbed up in 2005/2006)8. 

In  addition,  the  decrease  of  the  area  actually  planted,  just  as  the  increased  availability  of 
replanting  rights  at  the  producers  can  be  attributed  partially  to  the  increased  grubbing-up 
within the frame of the restructuring and conversion scheme. 

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Data for Cyprus have not yet been communicated for the wine year 2005/2006; the figure indicated for 
this year represents the area under vine in the previous wine year minus the grubbed-up area. 
Source: Communications of the Member States according to Table 3.1 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) 
No 1227/2000. 

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However,  the  diminution  of  the  area  actually  planted  exceeds  the  augmentation  of  the 
replanting  rights,  showing  that  apparently,  areas  are  abandoned  without  premium  for  the 
grubbing-up and without the producers’ asking for replanting right, being yet another sign of 
the unfavourable market situation in the wine sector. This presumption seems to be confirmed 
also by the data about the total production potential (see Table 8). 

3.4. 

The total production potential 

Table 8 shows the totality of the Community production potential, including the areas actually 
planted and all the planting rights, whether held by the producers or attributed to a reserve.  

Table 8. Community production potential 

(ha) 

2000/2001 

2001/2002 

2002/2003 

2003/2004 

2004/2005 

2005/2006 

Czech Republic 
Germany 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Italy 
Cyprus 
Luxembourg 
Hungary 
Malta 
Austria 
Portugal 
Slovenia 

Slovakia 

NR 
108 419 
80 016 
1 216 007 
949 389 
822 932 
NR 
1 342 
NR 
NR 
63 098 
254 848 
NR 

NR 
108 065 
80 016 
1 213 221 
957 220 
819 380 
NR 
1 342 
NR 
NR 
63 094 
252 115 
NR 

NR 
107 578 
81 354 
1 211 149 
951 123 
799 937 
NR 
1 309 
NR 
NR 
64 244 
254 847 
NR 

19 647 
107 332 
71 718 
1 209 093 
944 182 
790 622 
19 278 
1 305 
99 526 
1000 
63 928 
254 083 
21 960 

19 647 
107 158 
71 302 
1 201 931 
948 396 
786 644 
17 641 
1 300 
99 525 
1000 
67 641 
254 418 
21 122 

19 647 
106 976 
71 243 
1 199 696 
933 036 
796 701 
15 6627 
1 299 
99 526 
1000 
67 676 
254 164 
21 103 

NR 

NR 

NR 

23 084 

23 083 

23 083 

Subtotal EU 15 

3 496 051 

3 494 454 

3 471 542 

3 442 263 

3 438 790 

3 430 791 

Subtotal EU 10 

NR 

NR 

NR 

184 494 

182 017 

180 021 

Total   3 496 051 

3 494 454 

3 471 542 

3 626 757 

3 620 807 

3 610 812 

Source:  Communications of the Member States according to Table 7.2 and, where applicable, Table 7.1 

of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000. 

Table 8 shows a slight decrease in the total production potential along the years from 2000 to 
2006, both in total and in case of most of the Member States, though in case some of them, 
the  production  potential  remained  at  a  constant  level.  Like  in  the  case  of  the  areas  planted 
with vines, the increase of the production potential in 2003/2004 is due to the enlargement of 
the  Community  in  2004.  This  proves  that  the  system  of  reserves  has  helped  to  maintain 
production  potential  on  a  more  or  less  stable  level,  by  preventing  the  extinction  of  planting 
rights not actually used. 

The  total  of  planting  rights  in  Table  9  represents  the  sum  of  the  new  rights  allocated  to 
producers  but  not  yet  used,  replanting  rights  held  by  the  producers,  new  rights  awaiting 
allocation  to  reserve  (Article 3(2)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No 1493/1999)  and  existing  rights  in 
reserve. 

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Table 9. Total of planting rights 

(ha) 

2000/2001 

2001/2002 

2002/2003 

2003/2004 

2004/2005 

2005/2006 

Czech Republic 
Germany 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Italy 
Cyprus  
Luxembourg 
Hungary 
Malta  
Austria 
Portugal 
Slovenia  

Slovakia  

NR 
4 208 
2 427 
91 574 
46481 
50 419 
NR 

0 

NR 
NR 
12 642 
16 775 
NR 

NR 

NR 
4 538 
2 427 
97 899 
49 551 
50 385 
NR 

0 

NR 
NR 
12 745 
11 850 
NR 

NR 

NR 
4 456 
560 
90 581 
54 968 
51 257 
NR 

0 

NR 
NR 
13 108 
13 728 
NR 

NR 

385 
4 619 
6 941 
92 143 
51 109 
62 410 
2 467 
12 
12 509 
290 
12 897 
14 131 
5 609 

2 037 

540 
4 675 
5 018 
97 419 
51 329 
59 659 
2 594 
0 
13 525 
160 
16 653 
17 714 
4 524 

1 552 

566 
4 543 
4 562 
99 931 
53 177 
66 262 
2 594 
0 
14 266 
90 
16 995 
15 333 
4 399 

1 552 

Subtotal EU 15 

224 526 

229 395 

228 658 

244 261 

252 466 

260 803 

Subtotal EU 10 

NR 

NR 

NR 

23 297 

22 895 

23 467 

Total 

224 526 

229 395 

228 658 

267 558 

275 361 

284 270 

Source:  Communications of the Member States according to Table 7.2 and, where applicable, Table 7.1 of 

the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000. 

On  the  assumption  of  an  average  Community  yield  of  53 hl/ha9,  this  corresponds  to  a 
potential production of approximately 15 millions hl. 

4. 

REGULARISATION OF IRREGULAR PLANTINGS 

Article 2(3)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No 1493/1999  foresees  the  possibility  of  regularisation  of 
vineyards  planted  in  contravention  of  the  Community  legislation  before  1 September 1998. 
Table 10 gives the areas for which regularisation applications were lodged. 

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Table 10. Regularisation of irregular plantings 

(ha) 

Regularised 

Regularisatio
n refused 

Under 
examination 

Total identified 
irregular plantings 

Germany 

Greece 
Spain 
France 
Italy 

Portugal 

2 

8 141 
43 470 
270 
753 

60 

Total 

52 696 

2 

0 
11 079 
173 
6 

0 

11 259 

0 

4 128 
540 
0 
51 846 

39 

56 552 

4 

12 268 
55 088 
444 
52 604 

100 

120 507 

Source:  Communications  of  the  Member  States  according  to  Table  1  of  the  Annex  to 

Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000. 

Luxembourg and Austria state that they have not received any applications for regularisation. 
As for the new Member States (EU 10), the provision is not relevant. 

Article 2(3)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No 1493/1999  required  regularisation  procedures  to  be 
terminated  by  31 July 2002  but  several  Member  States  have  encountered  difficulty  in 
applying the Community rules. In response to Member States’ requests, the Commission has 
deferred  the  final  date:  according  to  the  final  amendment  concerned10,  the  possibility  of 
regularisation runs out on 31 December 2007. 

10 

Regulation (EC) No 1216/2005 (OJ L 199, 27.9.2005, p. 32). 

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