CELEX: 32008D0799
Language: en
Date: 2008-10-10 00:00:00
Title: 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)

16.10.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 275/42
            
         
      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,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   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)
            
            
               The rules for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 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 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.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               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.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The Commission fixed the financial allocations for the 2007/08 marketing year in Decision 2007/719/EC (3).
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Under Article 17(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000, a penalty is applied where the actual per hectare expenditure 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.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               Under Article 16(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000, Member States may submit a further request in the current financial year. For the 2008 financial year, the Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Hungary and Romania have submitted such requests.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               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 Regulation from the total amount allocated to the Member States. This provision applies for the 2008 financial year to the Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Hungary and Romania. As the requests for further financing 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,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   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 Regulation (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
   This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the 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.
   
      Done at Brussels, 10 October 2008.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Mariann FISCHER BOEL
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (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.
   
      ANNEX
      DEFINITIVE FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS FOR 2007/2008
      (2008 financial year)
      
                  Member State
               
               
                  Area (ha)
               
               
                  Financial allocation (EUR)
               
            
                  Bulgaria
               
               
                  1 200
               
               
                  9 013 796
               
            
                  Czech Republic
               
               
                  706
               
               
                  11 883 827
               
            
                  Germany
               
               
                  1 406
               
               
                  12 097 072
               
            
                  Greece
               
               
                  647
               
               
                  6 360 118
               
            
                  Spain
               
               
                  21 154
               
               
                  169 516 302
               
            
                  France
               
               
                  8 977
               
               
                  69 071 668
               
            
                  Italy
               
               
                  12 358
               
               
                  101 761 476
               
            
                  Cyprus
               
               
                  150
               
               
                  2 131 684
               
            
                  Luxembourg
               
               
                  5
               
               
                  38 001
               
            
                  Hungary
               
               
                  1 852
               
               
                  14 813 090
               
            
                  Malta
               
               
                  3
               
               
                  38 157
               
            
                  Austria
               
               
                  888
               
               
                  5 068 342
               
            
                  Portugal
               
               
                  2 711
               
               
                  23 511 590
               
            
                  Romania
               
               
                  4 205
               
               
                  35 050 228
               
            
                  Slovenia
               
               
                  124
               
               
                  2 401 900
               
            
                  Slovakia
               
               
                  228
               
               
                  863 646
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                  56 614
               
               
                  463 620 897