2008/799/EC: Commission Decision of 10 October 2008 fixing, for the 2008 financial year and in respect of a certain number of hectares, the definitive financial allocations to Member States for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (notified under document number C(2008) 5738)
Date: 2008-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU aid, aid per hectare, aid to agriculture, redevelopment aid, redirection of production, vineyard, viticulture

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 October 2008

fixing, for the 2008 financial year and in respect of a certain number of hectares, the definitive
financial allocations to Member States for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

(notified under document number C(2008) 5738)

(Only the Bulgarian, Spanish, Czech, German, Greek, French, Italian, Hungarian, Maltese, Portuguese, Romanian,
Slovenian and Slovak texts are authentic)

(2008/799/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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.

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(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

for
are

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

(2)

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

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

In accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999, the Commission makes initial allocations to
Member States each year on the basis of objective
criteria,
taking into account particular situations and
needs and the efforts to be undertaken in the light of
the objective of the scheme.

The Commission fixed the financial allocations for the
2007/08 marketing year in Decision 2007/719/EC (3).

Under Article 17(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000, a
penalty is applied where the actual per hectare expen­
diture of a Member State exceeds the initial allocation.
For the 2008 financial year, this penalty is to be applied
to Slovakia for an amount of EUR 6 169.

Under Article 16(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000,
in the
Member States may submit a further request
current financial year. For the 2008 financial year, the
Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Hungary and Romania have
submitted such requests.

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 143, 16.6.2000, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 289, 7.11.2007, p. 59.

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Under Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000,
requests for further financing of which Member States
notify the Commission are accepted on a pro rata
basis, using the amounts available after deducting, for
all Member States, the total of the amounts notified in
accordance with Article 16(1)(a) and (b) of that Regu­
lation from the total amount allocated to the Member
States. This provision applies for the 2008 financial year
Italy, Hungary and
to the Czech Republic, Spain,
financing
Romania. As
submitted by these Member States are for a total
amount lower that the amount available for reallocation,
it has been possible to accept them in full,

requests

further

the

for

lation (EC) No 1493/1999, for the period of the 2008 financial
year, shall be as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

the

the
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria,
Czech Republic,
the
Federal Republic of Germany,
Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic,
the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Grand Duchy
of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta,
the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the
Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Done at Brussels, 10 October 2008.

Article 1

The definitive financial allocations to the Member States for the
2007/08 wine year, in respect of a certain number of hectares,
for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards under Regu­

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

DEFINITIVE FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS FOR 2007/2008

(2008 financial year)

Member State

Area (ha)

Financial allocation (EUR)

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Cyprus

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Austria

Portugal

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

1 200

706

1 406

647

21 154

8 977

12 358

150

5

1 852

3

888

2 711

4 205

124

228

9 013 796

11 883 827

12 097 072

6 360 118

169 516 302

69 071 668

101 761 476

2 131 684

38 001

14 813 090

38 157

5 068 342

23 511 590

35 050 228

2 401 900

863 646

Total

56 614

463 620 897