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Date: 1977-11-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION on the statistical surveys of the areas under vines (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---        COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                          COM(77)612 final.
                                                          Brussels , 18 Novenfber 1977 *
                          PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
              on the statistical surveys of the areas under vines
                       ( submitted to the Council lay the Commission)
                                       'e? ..
CCM(77 ) 612 final .
       •                                 v,      /
                                            1 Or
                                                                                 1
 ---pagebreak---  Explanatory memorandum
 In view of the experience gained , the Commission i3 submitting to the Council
 a proposal for a Regulation sotting up a system of statistical surveys of the
 areas under vines , rather than submitting a complete revision of the Community
 vitioultural land register , to he oarried        out every ten years "beginning in 1979 »
 as was originally stipulated "by Regulation N° 26/64/EECf as most recently amended
 by Regulation (EEC ) N° 1456/76 .        '
 – The system entails basio surveys , to be held every ten years , beginning in 1979 »
    of the entire area' of vines under cultivation in the Community , subdivided into
   "yield classes , and intermediate surveys on ohanges in the area under vines
    cultivated with wine–grape varieties , in the form of grubbings , new plantings
    and replantings , broken down by yield classes ; r         ,
 – The Regulation refers, to the procedure of the Standing Committee for Agricultural
 – Statistics for defining                        :    ' 7                 .
                                                                     f
          ( i) the age groups for vine's (Article 2); . *
        ( ii) the schedule of tables for submissipn of result 9 to the Commission
               (Articles 4i 5 and 6):                 ' .  » .   ,
      ( iii) the detailed form for submission of survey results in cases where the
           . latter are prooessed electronioally (Articles 4 and 5);
        ( iv) the yield . classes into whioh the area under cultivation with .wine–grape
               varieties is to be subdivided (Article 6)                 1
 – The Regulation lays down the procedure to be followed by the Standing Committee
    for Agricultural Statistics (Article 8 ).
 – .The new text' partially amends Regulation N° 24 and Regulations (EEC ) N° 616/70
    and N° 1388/70 , and repfeals Regulation N° 143 and N° 26/64/EEC , with immediate
    effeot , and Regulation (EEC ) N° 1135/70. with effeot from ! April 1979'
     (Artiole 10)»'                    .
The proposed system of surveys will produoe' the statistical information necessary
to manage the wtn^- market and to reduoe the 'growing cost of annual intervention .
 ---pagebreak---                                Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION
            on the statistical surveys of the areas under vines
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES-
                          r
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community /
and in particular Article 43 thereof /
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission /
                                                           (1)
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament        /
                                                                      ( 2)
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee        /
Whereas the Commission/ in order to fulfil its obligations under the Treaty
and the Community regulations on the common organization of the market in
wine , requires prcise and up-to-date data on the production potential of
the areas under vines in the Cmmunity and on medium-term trends in production
and supply ;
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation No 24 on the progressive establishment of
a common organization of the market in wine ^/ as last amended by Regulation
               (4)
No 92/ 63/ EEC     / provides that Member States shall / not later than 31 December
1964/ prepare a viticultural land register which shall thereafter be kept
up to date ;
Whereas Commission Regulation No 26/ 64/ EEC of 28 February 1964 laying down
additional provisions for the preparation of the viticultural land register /
for its management and for keeping it up to date        / as last amended by
(1)
( 2)
( 3) OJ No  30/ 20.4.1962 , p. 989/ 62
( 4) OJ No  125/ 17.8.1963 / p. 2239/ 63
( 5) OJ No  48/ 19.3.1964/ p. 753/ 64
( 6) OJ No  L 163/ 24.6.1976/ p. 13
 ---pagebreak---                                        2
Regulation ( EEC ) No 1496/ 76 ^ , provides that the complete revision of the
viticultural land register , as laid down in Article 3<1 ), should take place
every ten years , beginning in 1979 ;
                                                       *>
Whereas a land register in the strict sense involves administrative operations
on a considerable scale in order to establish , to manage and to update a list
or register of information on the owners and on all the parcels of land under
vines with sufficient details for their identification ,     whereas viticultural
land registers in this sense have been established only by certain Member States ,
which moreover have been able to update them only partially and at irregular
intervals ;  whereas the surveys on the areas under vines carried out by certain
Member States have different reference years ,     whereas consequently these
national land registers and surveys do riot permit the precise , uniform and
synchronized observation of the^ production potential and the supply on the
Community vine markets ;
Whereas , in order to assess the Community wine market situation and its developments ,
every ten years basic statistical surveys in the vinegrowing holdings should be
conducted on the total areas under vines and , in between the basic surveys ,
smaller statistical surveys should be conducted only on the area under vines
cultivated with wine grape varieties ;
Whereas , for economic and technical reasons and in view of their relative
unimportance for the Community wine market , vines cultivated in the open air in
Member States with a tofal area under vines of less than 500 hectares , vines
cultivated under glass and vines produced on very small areas solely for home
consumption by the growers should all be excluded from the surveys ;
Whereas detailed information is necessary on the use of the area under vines
for the production of wine grapes , table grapes and material for vegetative
propagation of vines , as well as on the varieties and the age of the vines ;
whereas the overproduction of table wine in particular can create serious
difficulties in the wine economies of certain Member States ; whereas it is
necessary to record separately that area under vines intended for the production
of quality wines p.s.r . and of table wines ;
Whereas , in order to keep under constant observation the development of the wine
production potential , there should be annual intermediate surveys of any changes
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by way of grubbing , new planting or replanting in the area under vines
cultivated with wine grape varieties ;
Whereas the results from the basic and intermediate surveys should be
forwarded to the Commission as quickly as possible ;
Whereas consideration should also be given to statistics resulting from the
application of certain Community measures for reorganizing Community wine
production ;
Whereas , since sample survey methods . can produce precise results at moderate
cost over large areas under vines , Member States should be able to conduct
the surveys either exhaustively or by sample , provided that standards of
statistical reliability are laid down ;
Whereas , in order to be able to assess the production of wine in the Community ,
information is required each year on yields per hectare and on the mean natural
alcoholic strength of fresh grapes , of gr^pe must of wine ;       whereas , in view
of the existence of areas with widely differing yields , the area under vines
cultivated with wine grape varieties should be sub-divided into yield classes ;
Whereas the Commission must submit reports in order to enable the Council to
examine the extent to whiph the surveys carried out and the information
communicated can help achieve the objectives of this Regulation ;        whereas it must
suggest , where appropriate , the harmonization of the methods used ;
Whereas Member States and the Commission must cooperate as fully as possible
when applying this Regulation ;        whereas its rules of application must be laid
down after consultation with the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics ,
                                            (1)
set up by Council Decision 72/ 279/ EEC         ;
Whereas the procedure to be followed by the Standing Committee for Agricultural
Statistics must be laid down ;
Whereas statistical surveys allow production potential to be adjusted to the
market demand in good time ; whereas such adjustment can considerably reduce
 ( 1 ) OJ No L 179 , 7.8.1972 , p. 1 .
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the ever-increasing costs of managing the wine market ;   whereas the Community
should therefore be made finacially responsible with regard to the expenses
incurred by the Member States concerned in connection with the first basic
survey under this Regulation ;
Whereas the establishment of the survey system under this Regulation requires
the consequent amendment or repeal of certain Community provisions in the wine
sector /
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
                                  Article 1
1.  Member States on whose territory the total area of vines cultivated in
    the open air is not less than 500 hectares shall carry out :
    - every ten years basic surveys on the area of vines under cultivation
       the first basic survey shall be carried out in 1979 and shall relate
       to the situation after grubbing and planting in the 1978 / 79 wine-growing
       year ,
    - annually from the second year after the basic surveys , intermediate surveys
       on the changes taking place in the areas under vines cultivate with wine-
       grape varieties ; the first intermediate survey shall be carried out in
       1981 and shall relate to changes during the two wine-growing years 1979/ 80
       and 1980/ 81 .
2.  The wine-growing year shall be that fixed on the basis of Article 5 of
    Regulation No 24 .
                                  Article 2
1.  The basic surveys shall cover all agricultural holdings with an area
    under vines cultivated and normally intended for the production for sale
    of grapes , grape must , wine or vegetative propagation material for vines .
2.  During the basic surveys , the following particulars shall be recorded for
    each agricultural holding referred to in paragraph 1 :
    A. Agricultural area in use
    B. Area under vines cultivated
 ---pagebreak---      The area under vines cultivated is to be broken down according to
     its normal production use into ;
     - the area cultivated with wine-grape varieties , further broken down into :
        - quality wines p.s.r .
        - other wines
          - including wine for the manufacture of Cognac
     - the area cultivated with table grape varieties
     - the area planted with rootstock for grafting
     - the area cultivated solely for the production of vegetative propagation
        material for vines subdivided into :
        - nurseries
        - parent vines for rootstock
Varieties which are classified simultaneously as wine- grape varieties and
table~grape varieties shall be recorded according to their predominant use
in the geographical units concerned .
During the basic surveys , the following particulars shall be recorded for the
area cultivated with wine-grape varieties :
A. ; Vine variety
     In the Member States concerned , a separate record shall be made for
     each geographical unit referred to in Article 4(3 ), of those vine
     varieties which together constitute at least 70% of the total area
     cultivated with wine-grape varieties , and , in any case , of those
     varieties which constitute 3% or more of the said area .    The
     remaining varieties may be grouped together under the colour of their
     berries .
B. Age of the vines
     The age of the vines shall be calculated from the wine-growing year in
     which they were planted or grafted .    The age groups shall be established
      for each Member State concerned in accordance with the procedure laid'
     down in Article 8 .
 This Regulation shall not affect any provisions of Member States providing
 for surveys of the areas under vines which include , in addition to the
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   information referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 , additional information
   obtained , for example , as a result of wider field of enquiry than those
   referred to-in paragraph 1 or from a more detailed specification of the
   particulars of the areas under vines and the holdings concerned .    These
   results shall also be notified to the Commission .
                                    Article 3
1. The Member States concerned shall submit to the Commission before 30 June
   of the preceding year a detailed description of the methods to be used for
   the basic surveys and , where necessary , of the sampling plan . t
2. The Member States concerned shall take suitable measures to limit and ,
   where necessary , to estimate errors of observation for the total area
   under vines cultivated for each tupe of production use referred to in
   Article 2(2B ).
3. The basic surveys may either be exhaustive or based on random sampling .
   As regards the results of the basic surveys carried out by random sampling ,
   the Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the
   sampling error at the 68% confidence, level shall be of the order of 1%
   at the most for the survey particulars referred to in Article 2(2B ) and
   ( 3A ) within the geographical units concerned .  The samples shall include
   holdings of all sizes .
                                    Article 4
1. The Member States concerned shall . notify the Commission of the results of
   the basic surveys as soon as possible , and in any event not later than
   15 months after completion of the field work .
2. The results of the basic surveys shall be submitted by geographical unit
   in the form of a schedule of tables to be adopted in accordance with the
   procedure laid down in Article 8 .
3. The geographical units referred to in paragraph 2 and in Articles
   2(2B ) and ( 3A ) and ( 3 ) shall be as follows :
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      - for the Federal Republic of Germany : the wine-g rowing regions defined
                                                                              ( 1)
        in accordance with Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 817/ 70      ;
      - for France : the Departements or groups of Departements listed in the
        Annex hereto ;
      - for Italy : the Provinces ;
      - for the other Member States concerned : their entire national territory .
4.    Member States which process their basic survey results electronically shall
      submit these results in a machine-readable form , to be determined in
      accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 . .
                                    Article 5
             j
1.    The intermediate surveys shall cover the area under vines cultivated with
      wine-grape varieties in the holdings referred to in Article 2(1 ) and
      shall relate to changes thereon during the preceding wine-growing year ;
      however , the first intermediate surveys following the basic surveys shall
      relate to the changes during the previous two wine-growing years .
2.    During the intermediate surveys the areas under vines which
      - have been grubbed or are no longer cultivated
      - have been planted or replanted
      shall be recorded for the areas normally used for the production of
      - quality wines p.s.r .
      - other wines
        - including wines for the manufacture of Cognac
      by the vine variety or at least by the yield classes referred to in
      Article 6(2 ).
      Any figures relating to the grubbing and planting of vines obtained as a
      result of the implementation of other Community provisions shall be taken
      into consideration .
3.    The intermediate surveys may either be exhaustive or based on random
      sampling .  As regardsthe results of the intermediate surveys carried out
      by random sampling , the Member States concerned shall take all necessary
      measures to ensure that the sampling error at the 68% confidence level
      shall be of the order of 3% at the most for the whole of the area under
( 1 ) 0J No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 20 .
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   vines cultivated and normally intended for the production of wine grapes
   in the geographical units concerned .
4. The Member States concerned shall submit to the Commission before
                        «
   30 June 1980 a detailed description of the methods to be used for the
   intermediate surveys ; advance notice shall be given on any change in
   such methods .
5. The Member States concerned shall submit the results of the intermediate
   surveys to the Commission before 1 April of the year following the wine-
   growing years concerned .   They shall be bcoken down into the geographical
   units set out in Article 4(3 ) in the form of a schedule of tables to be
   adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 .
6. Member States which process their intermediate survey results eelectronically
    shall submit the results referred to in paragraph 5 in a machine-readable
    form , to be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in
   Article 8 .
                                 Article 6
1.  The Member States concerned shall submit to the Commission for each wine-
   growing year the mean yield per hectare in terms of hectolitre per hectare
   of wine must or wine or in terms of decitonne per hectare of grapes pro­
   duced with effect from the 1979 / 80 wine-growing year from the areas under vines
    cultivated with wine-grape varieties , broken down into the yield classes
    referred to in paragraph 2 .
2. The Member States concerned shall classify the areas under vines cultivated
   with wine-grape varieties as recorded in the basic surveys into 5 yield
   classes based upon the mean yields per hectare referred to in paragraph 1 and
   established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 .
3. The Member States concerned shall estimate the future trends over 5
   wine-growing years in average yields per hectare for each yield class
   referred to in paragraph 2, taking into account agronomic and economic
   developments .
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A. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 shall be broken
   down by the geoqraphical units referred to in Article 4(3 ), distinguishing
   between the areas under vines cultivated with varieties normally intended
   for the production of
   - quality wines p.s.r .
   - other wines
       - including wines for the manufacture of Cognac .
5. The Member States concerned shall communicate to the Commission for each
   wine-growing year broken down by geographical units , the mean natural
   alcoholic strength expressed as a percentage of the volume or in
   °0echsle of the grape musts , fresh grapes or wines , produced with effect
   from the 1979/ 80 wine-growing year , from the areas under vines cultivated
   with wine-grape varieties normally intended for the production of wines
   other than quality wines p.s.r .    The Member States concerned in which the
   production of quality wines p.s.r . exceeds 50% of the total production of
   wine shall communicate the mean natural alcoholic strength separately for
   quality wines p.s.r . and other wines .
6. The annual information referred to in paragraphs 1 qnd 5 shall be
   communicated on 1 April of the year following the relevant wine-growing
   year .    The information on the yield classes referred to in paragraph 2
   shall be communicated within the period laid down in Article A(1 ).    The
   estimates of future trends in average yields per hectare referred to in
   paragraph 3 shall be communicated by 1 April 1981 and every five years
   thereafter .             ^
7. The information referred to in this Article shall be communicated to the
   Commission in the form of a schedule of tables to be adopted in accordance
   with the procedure laid down in Article 8 .
                                  Article 7
1. The Commission shall study in consultation and continuing collaboration
    with the Member States :
    ( a ) the results supplied ;
    ( b ) the technical problems raised by the surveys and the collection of
          information to be communicated ;
    ( c ) the significance of the findings of the surveys and the information
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      ( c ) the significance of the findings of the surveys and the information
             communicated .
2.    The Commission shall submit to the Council within one year of the
      notification of the results by the Member States concerned , a report on
      the experience acquired during the basic surveys .
3.    The Commission shall publish the results of the intermediate surveys and
      annual information referred to in Article 6 as part of the annual reports
                                                                              (1)
      provided for in Article 17(4 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 816/ 70
                                      Article 8
1.    Where the procedure Laid down in this Article is to be followed , the
       Chairman shall refer the matter to the Standing Committee for Agricultural
       Statistics , hereinafter called the " Committee ", either on his own initiative
      or at the request of the representatives of a Member State .
2.    The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a
      draft of the measures to be taken . The Committee shall gives its opinion
      on this draft within a time limit to be set by the Chairman in accordance
      with the urgency of the question . It shall act by a majority of 41 votes
      and the votes of Member States shall be weighted as laid down in Article 148(2'
      of the Treaty . The Chairman shall not vote .
3.     ( a ) The Commission shall adopt the proposed measures when they are in
             accordance with the opinion of the Committee .
       ( b ) When the proposed measures are not in accordance with the opinion of
             the Committee , or in the absence of any opinion , the Commission shall
             immediately submit to the Council a proposal for the measures to be
             taken . The Council shall decide by a qualified majority .
      ( c ) If after three months no decision has been taken by the Council the
             proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission .
( 1 ) 0J No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1 .
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                                          - 11 -
                                      Article 9
The necessary expenditure for the basic survey on the situation after the
1978/ 79 wine-growing year shall be entered in the budget of the European
Communities at a standard rate to be determined .
                                      Article 10
1.    Article 1 of Regulation No 24 is hereby amended to read as follows :
      "Member States shall follow by annual surveys the areas for th.e
      production of vegetative propagation material for vines ."
                            «
2.    Article 17 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 816/ 70 is hereby amended as follows /
      with effect from 1 April 1979 :
      ( a ) Paragraphs 1 , 2 , 3 and 7 are repealed
      ( b ) Paragraph 4 shall read as follows :
      " Each year ^ before 31 March and for the first time before 31 March 1982
      the Commission shall submit to the Council on the basis of the statistical
      surveys on the areas under vines provided for by Regulation ( EEC ) No
      a report on the future trends of area under vines in the Community and
      on the existing relationship betweer\ production and utilization in the
      vine sector .   The first report shall relate to the 1978 / 79 wine-
      growing year ."
3.    Article 3(1 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1388/ 70 of 13 July 1970 on
                                                                  (1)
      general rules for the classification of vine varities           , as last amended
                                        ( 2)
      by Regulation ( EEC ) No 985 / 73      / is hereby amended to read as follows :
      " 1 . Wine-grape varieties and table-grapes varieties shall be classified
            for each of the following Administrative units or parts thereof :
            - the Regierungsbe2i rk for the Federal Republic of Germany
            - the Department for France
            - the Provinces for Italy
            - the entire national territory for the other Member States ."
( 1 ) 0J No L 155 , 16.7.1970 / p. 5 .
( 2 ) 0J No L 99 / 3.4.1973 / p. 1 .
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4.    The following Regulations ( EEC ) are hereby repealed :
      - Commission Regulation No 143 laying down initial provisions for the
                                                           (1)
        preparation of the viticultural land register          , with immediate
        effect ,
      - Regulation No 26/ 64/ EEC , with immediate effect /
      - Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 1135 / 70 of 17 June 1970 on the notification
        of the planting and replanting of vineyards for the pruposes of
                                                   ( 2)
        controlling the development of planting         , with effect from
         1 April 1979 .
                                     Article 11
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities ,          This
Regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
Brussels ,                                      For the Council
                                                The President
( 1 ) 0J No 127, 1.12.1962 ; p. 2789/ 62 .
( 2 ) 0J No L 134, 19.6.1970, p. 2 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                   Annex
List of Departments or groups de Departments referred to inArticle 4(3 )
P r a n o e :
   1 . Marne                                  21 . Hante-Garonne
   2 . Ardennes , Aube , Haute-Marne ,        22 . Gers
       Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines ,             23 . Tara
       Esëonne , Hauts-de-Seine, Val–
       d' Oise , Val-de-Marne                 24. Tarn–et-Garonne
   3 . Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse ,            25 » Ariège , Aveyron , Lot , Hautes-Pyrénées
       Moselle , Vosges
                                              26 . Corrèz.e , Creuse , Haute–Vienne
   4 . Bas-Rhin , Haut-Rhin
                                              27 . Allier , Ccantal , Haute–Loire ,
   5 . Doubs , Jura , Haute–Sa3ne                  Puy–de–DSme
   6 . SaSne–et-loire                         28 . Ardèche
   7 . CÔte-d'Or , Nièvre , Yonne             29 . Drome
   8 . Indre-et-Loire                         30 . Rhône
   9 . Loir«-et-Cher                          31 . Ain , SèvreB , Loire , Savoie ,
                                                   Haute-Savoie
  10 . Cher , Eure–et–Loâr , Indre , Loiret
                                              32 . Aube
  11 . Loire–Atlantique
  12 . Maine–et –Loire                        33 . Gard , Lozère
                                              34 » Hérault
  13 » Mayenne , Sarthe , Vendée ,Finistère ,
      Ille-et–Vilaine , Morbihan              35 * Pyrénées-Orientales
  14 » Charente                               36 . Bouohes–du-Rh8ne
  15 » Charente-Maritime                      37 . Var
                                                           ι
  16 . Deux-Sèvres , Vienne                   38 . Vauoluse
  17 . Dordogne                               39 - Alpes de Haute–Provence , Hautes-
  18 . Gironde                                     Alpes , Alpes-Maritimes
                                              40 . Corse
  19 * Landes , Pyrénées–Atlantiques
  20 . Lot-et-Garonne
 ---pagebreak---                            FINANCIAL qTAUjI -IENT
     Annex to the proposal for a Council Regulation on statistical surveys of
     areas under vines .
1 . Title and -purpose cf the survey
     First basic survey on areas under , vines in 1979 » the aim of which is to
     provide up-to-date information on production capacity , particularly in
     respect of table wine ," in the Community .                       ;
2 . Origin
     Council Regulation No 24 t as most recently amended "by Regulation
     N® 92/63/EEC .
3 . Justification
     The 1979 survey will be the first one carried out by the " ember States
     concerned to provide information on a uniform and synchronized basis . The
      system of statistical surveys will replace the dratving up , analysis and
     updating of the Commujiity viticultural land register , which has proved much
      too cumbersome .
      This information will allow adjiistment of the production potential to
     market demand and can reduce considerably the cost of managing the wine
     narket .
 4 * Allocation and estimation cf cost
      It is anticipated that the expenditure uncurrea by the Member States shall
      be reimbursed in part by the Commission at a flat rate frcm the credits
      entered in the budget for studies and surveys of a statistical nature
      (Article 264) for 1979 (l 000 000 units of account ) and 1930 (2 000 COO rr.its
      of account ) .
      The present proposal represent 3 000 000 units of account for
      approximately 2 530 000 ha under vines in the 4 principal wine growing
     Member States and 3 000 000 winegrounds .
      The estimate of cost takes into account the possibilities in certain Ilember
      States of carrying out the surveys by sampling .