Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2007 of 21 August 2007 setting, for the 2007/2008 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: 2007-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, dried product, plant disease, replanting, vineyard, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 976/2007

of 21 August 2007

setting, for the 2007/2008 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 2007/2008 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
the
aid for
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 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 2006/2007 marketing year, verification of the
areas used to grow the grapes referred to in the first
subparagraph 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).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2007/2008 marketing year the cultivation aid
1.
referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
shall be:

(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.

For the 2007/2008 marketing year the replanting aid
2.
referred to in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
shall be EUR 3 917 per hectare.

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by the Act
concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria
and Romania and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the
European Union is founded (OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p. 203).

(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).

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, 21 August 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission