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Language: en
Date: 1988-07-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 June 1988 approving a specific programme for the improvement of processing and marketing structures in the wine sector, forwarded by Portugal pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77

No L 182/20                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 13 . 7. 88
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 14 June 1988
                 approving a specific programme for the improvement of processing and
                 marketing structures in the wine sector, forwarded by Portugal pursuant to
                                         Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
                                           (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
                                                        (88/373/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      times the guide price where the aim of such investments
                                                                 is to modernize and provide grape-reception facilities,
                                                                 fermenting rooms, wine-making equipment and other
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            appropriate materials in regions which suffer from
Economic Community,                                              structural deficiencies and which do not produce
                                                                 top-quality wines ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of           Whereas the approval of this programme cannot be
15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the               extended to cover investments relating to distillation ;
conditions under which agricultural and fishery products
are processed and marketed ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 560/87 (2), and in particular Article        Whereas the programme contains sufficient information,
5 thereof,                                                       as required in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77,
                                                                 to show that the objectives in Article 1 of that Regulation
                                                                 can be achieved in the wine sector in Portugal ; whereas
                                                                 the estimated time required for execution of the
Whereas on 20 July 1987, the Portuguese Government               programme does not exceed the limits laid down in
forwarded a programme for the improvement of                     Article 3 (1 ) (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 ;
processing and marketing structures in the wine sector
and supplied additional information on 9 November
1987 :                                                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
                                                                 accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
                                                                 on Agricultural Structure,
Whereas the purpose of the programme is the
improvement and rationalization of Portuguese fatilities
for the collection and reception of grapes, for
wine-making, for the treatment and ageing of wine, for
the utilization of the by-products of wine-making, and for       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
storage and packaging ; whereas it therefore constitutes a
programme within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation
(EEC) No 355/77 ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas, however, investments in the modernization and            1.    The programme relating to the wine sector,
provision of grape-reception facilities, fermenting rooms,        forwarded by the Portuguese Government pursuant to
wine-making equipment and other material for table-wine           Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 on 20 July 1987, concerning
production are not eligible for financing under Regulation       which additional information was          supplied on       9
(EEC) No 355/77 if there are no reasonable sales                  November 1987, is hereby approved.
prospects for the type and quality of wines thus produced
and if such investments entail an increase in capacity ;
                                                                  2. The approval does not cover investments in the
                                                                  modernization and provision of grape-reception facilities,
                                                                  fermenting rooms, wine-making equipment and other
Whereas the programme shows that, despite the criteria            materials for table-wine production where there are no
laid down by the Commission for the selection of projects         reasonable sales prospects for the type and quality of
to be financed under Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, and in           wines thus produced or where such investments entail an
particular section B 3, point 1 6 (3), it is justifiable to       increase in capacity.
finance investments relating to the production of quality
wines psr, whose average price is not more than three
                                                                  3.    The approval of the programme also covers
                                                                  investments as referred to in section B3.16 of the criteria
(') OJ No L 51 , 23 . 2. 1977, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 57, 27. 2. 1987, p. 6.                                  laid down by the Commission for the selection of projects
0 OJ No C 78, 26. 3. 1985, p. 7.                                  to be financed under Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, where
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such investments relate to the production of quality wines                           Article 2
psr whose average price does not exceed three times the
guide price and where the aim of the investments is to        This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
modernize and provide grape-reception facilities,
fermenting rooms, wine-making equipment and other
appropriate materials in regions which suffer from            Done at Brussels, 14 June 1988 .
structural deficiencies and which do not produce
top-quality wines.                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
4.    The approval of the programme does not cover
investments in distillation .                                                              Vice-President