CELEX: 51981PC0439
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Date: 1981-09-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending, as regards the special conversion grant and the monetary unit utilized, Directive 78/627/EEC on the programme to accelerate the restructuring and conversion of vineyards in certain Mediterranean regions in France (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                  COM(81)439 final
                                                  Brussels . 9 September 1981
                            Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
       amending , as regards the special conversion grant and
          the monetary unit utilized , Directive 78 / 627 / EEC
          on the programme to accelerate the restructuring
                and conversion of vineyards in certain
                   Mediterranean regions in France
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 4 ( 1 ) of Directive 78/ 627/ EEC States that expenditure
related to the special conversion grant shall be eligible for aid
from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF provided that it does not
exceed 2 000 units of account per converted hectare and is reduced
by at least 10 % each year from the third year onwards .
The reduction in the premium from the third year onwards was _
specified in order to speed up conversion operations in the areas
concerned .     But as a result of the Council 's adoption of Regulation­
( EEC ) n° 456/ 80 the effect of the reduction is now likely to be
the contrary of that intended , since : ,
- the Regulation , which will apply to the areas covered by Directive
   78/ 627 / EEC after that Directive expires, provides for aid equal
   in amount to the special conversion grant , but with no time-related
   reduction, ;             '                   /    <
- from the third year onwards , therefore , winegrowers could well
   find it more advantageous not to ask for the conversion grant but
   to await the expiry of the Directive and receive the higher rate
   provided for in the Regulation .
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This situation could compromise , at least in part , the success of .
the common measure introduced by Directive 78/ 627/ EEC , despite the
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very good current prospects for implementing it
Moreover , a reduction in the premium from the third year onwards
constitutes unjustified discrimination against the .areas covered
by Directive 78 / 627/ EEC in comparison with other areas in the
Community with similar problems .     The general and structural -
situations in these areas demand treatment' at least equal to that
provided for other areas .                 N             "
Given the situation indicated above , the Commission proposes      < ,
withdrawal of the reduction in the special conversion grant .
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   In 1^79 the outline programme provided for. in the Directive was
   presented by the French Government and approved by the Commission .
    The French Government has already applied* to tjie Commission for
    reimbursement of advance payment for the restructuring of 4 000 ha
    and the conversion of 2 300 ha .
 ---pagebreak---                                          PROPOSAL
                                       for a
  Council Directive amending , as regards the special Conversion grant and
 the monetary unit utilized , Directive 78 / 627 / EEC on the programme to
accelerate the restructuring and conversion of vineyards in certain
Mediterranean regions in France
                     \
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                        .  •
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
 Community , and in particular Article 43 thereof ,
                                                          1
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission          ,           \
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament
Whereas Article 4(1 ) of Council Directive 78 / 627 / EEC states that expenditure related
 to the special conversion grant is eligible for aid from the
Guidance Section of the EAGGF provided that it does not exceed
 2 000 units of account per converted hectare and is reduced by
at least 10 % each year from the third year onward            ;
Whereas the purpose of the reduction was to speed up conversion
operations ; whereas , however , as a result of adoption of Council Regulation
( EEC ) No 456 / 80 of 18 February 198Q on the granting of temporary
 and permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas
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 under vines and of premiums for the renunciation of replanting           ,•
 this reduction is likely to have an effect opposite to that
                       «
 intended .; whereas the abovementioned Regulation , which is to
 apply to the areas covered by Directive 78/ 627/ EEC when the validity of that
 Directive expires , provides for the granting of a premium for
 the permanent abandonment of viticulture , of the same amount as
 the abovementioned conversion grant but without a time-related
  reduction ; whereas , consequently , from the third year onwards
  winegrowers may find it more profitable to await expiry of the validity of the
  Directive instead of applying for the conversion grant ; .
  1
  2
  3 0J N° L 206, 29.07.1978, p. 1
  4 0J N° L 57 , 29.02.1980 , p. 16
 ---pagebreak---     Whereas , moreover , in view of the adoption of the abovementioned
    Regulation , the areas covered by Directive 78/ 627/ EEC , which
     suffer very seriously from the structural surplus on the market
    in table wine , should be granted aid at least as ' advantageous
    as that provided for the other areas in the Community
    experiencing similar problems ;                                              _
    Whereas the amounts laid down in Directive 78/ 627/ EEC should be
    expressed in the monetary unit now being , used for the common
    agricultural policy ,                            -    s -    ■        .        J '       / ,
    HAS ADOPTED IHIS DIRECTIVE :                                      .          v       ^ ? '
                         K                             Article 1
  . Directive 78 / 627 / EEC i ? hereby amended 'as * fo I lows : ,                    •
    1.     The third indent of Article 4(1 ) is replaced by the following :,
      " expenditure related-to, the special conversion grant referred to
          in the fourth indent of Artiole 3 ( 1 ) ' < b ) provided that it does
          not exceed 2 410 ECU ( A ) per converted hectare "..
2 . The amounts specified in . the following provisions ,
    shall be as follows :                                             ^
    ( a ). Article 4, ( 1 ), first indent                       J : : 3 143 ECU ( A ) instead of
                                           . ;     '                  ,2 600 units of account \
    ( b ) Article 4 ( 2 ), second subparagraph : 2 410 ECU (A ) instead of
                  • -          _                              -         2 000 units of account ;
    ( c ). Article 5 ( 2 ) -     '           . ■ 1       ;              105 million ECU' instead of
                                              •   '                .    105 million units, of account
                                           ; J■        Article 2
    This Directive is addressed to the French Republic .-.
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                                                              Done at Brussels , ....
                           '  -         '              •            '   For the Council
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