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Date: 1981-04-01
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 458/80 on collective projects for the restructuring of vineyards (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                       COM(81)144 final
                                                       Brussels . 1 April 1 98 i
                                 Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 458/ 80 on collective projects for the
                           restructuring of vineyards
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
COM ( 81 ) 144 final
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Council Regulation (EEC ) No 458/80 , adopted as part of the "action
programme for the wine sector" on 18 February 1980 , instituted a common
measure f,or the restructuring of vineyards .   . Experience in applying
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this Regulation has shown the need for a few amendment s of a technical
nat Tore to make implementation of the measure more effective .       f.
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This proposal provides for the possibility , if the existing structural .
situation allows it , of new planting or replanting of a part rather than
all of the wine-growing area covered "by a project .      It is also proposed
that , there should "be a time limit for carrying out, projects .
Adoption of this proposal yi|l not lead to any increase in estimated
expenditure on this measure .           .
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                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 458/ 80 on collective projects for the
restructuring of vineyards
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 43 thereof .
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Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
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Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee3,
Whereas it follows from Articles 2 and 5 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
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458/ 80 , that the implementation of a restructuring project involves the
replanting and , in appropriate cases and within the limits laid down , the
new planting of the whole wine-growing area covered by the project ;
whereas , however , in certain cases where the existing structural situation
so permits , the purpose of a restructuring operation may also be achieved
by the replanting or new pLanting of only a part of the wine-growing
area ; whereas the provisions in question should be amended to allow for
this possibility , so that the measure may be implemented more effectively ;
whereas such an amendment makes it necessary to specify that the
restructuring aid and the maximum number of hectares given in Article 8
refer to the area where replanting or new planting is actually carried
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out ;
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 ---pagebreak--- Whereas , in order to accelerate the restructuring of vineyards , a time
limit for carrying out restructuring projects should be laid down ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                  Article 1
Regulation ( EEC ) No 458/ 80 is hereby amended as follows :        .'•<
1 . Article 2 shall be replaced by the following :              £ ^
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^'Article 2
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1.   For the purposes of this Regulation , *a collective project for the
restructuring of vineyards' means any . project involving the replanting \
of vines undertaken by growers under a binding agreement concluded between
them .         .                1       '■        .
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However , the project may also include new planting if it is technically -
essential for improving the effectiveness of the restructuring measures
and if it conforms with Articles 30 , 30b , 30o and 30 e of Regulation
(EEC ) No 337/79 .             •
This new planning may not exceed : .
– 10% of the area of new planting or replanting intended for the
   production of quality wines psr .
– 10% of the area of new planting or replanting intended for the
   production of table wines .
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2.     The agreements "between growers referred to m paragraph 1 shall lay
down the oonditions governing the planting of vine * and associated
operations , providing in particular for rationalization of work and
of the use of machinery .
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3.     A collective restructuring project must cover :
( a ) in the case of quality wines p.s.r ., a sufficient area of restructured
       vineyard to ensure that the objectives of Articled are fulfilled ;
( b ) in the case of table wines , an area of not less than 100 hectares of
       vineyard which has been replanted or newly-planted in accordance with a
       restructuring plan established for the whole of the restructured
     . vineyard , made up of unbroken wine-growing plots which are in principle
       not less than two hectares each .
However , where natural growing conditions relevant to the project make it
impossible to have unbroken plots of the minimum size of two hectares , that
part of the wine-growing area which does not comply with the criteria laid
down in the first subparagraph must not exceed 10% of the wine-growing
area covered by the project .
4.     For the purposes of this Regulation , 'new planting or replanting 1
means any planting of vines undertaken in accordance with the corresponding
definition given in Annex IVa to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 337/79 *
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5.     The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 4 concerning the planting of vines
also apply to restructuring operations carried out within the context
of Directive 78/627 /EEC ."
2 . The following shall be added to , Article 3 :
"( d ) be completed with 10 years ofi the date of approval thereof by the
        Commission ."
 ---pagebreak--- 3.   Article 5 shall be replaced by the following :
"Article 5
1 . Aid in respect of the restructuring of vineyards shall "be granted in the
form of a premium per hectare of vineyard newly-planted or replanted .
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2 « The Member State concerned shall fix the amount of the premium at
between 2 418 and 3 022 ECU per hectare of vineyard replanted on the
basis of the structural situation and the cost of the work involved in
restructuring the vineyard .
However r to take account of special situations , Member States may exceed the
upper limit referred to in "the first subparagraph .
In the case of new planting , the premium may not exceed 2 418 E U per     ,
hectare of vineyard ."                                        <
4. Article 8 shall be replaced by the •following :
"Article 8
1 . With the exception of the extra premium granted pursuant , to the  ;
second subparagraph of Article 5 ( 2 ), expenditure incurred "by the Member
States under the measure provided for in this Regulation in connection with
projects which have "been approved in accordance with Article 7 shall "be
eligible for. financing "by the Guidance Section of the Fund , up to a limit
of 223 800 hectares -of newly-planted or replanted vineyard .
2 . The Guidance Section of the Fund shall refund to the Member States 30% of
the eligible expenditure ."                      ^
 ---pagebreak---                                   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 September I98O .
This Regulation shall "be binding in its entirety and    direqrtly
applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                             For the Commission
                                               The President
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