CELEX: 51987PC0545
Language: en
Date: 1987-11-09
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 458/80 ON COLLECTIVE PROJECTS FOR THE RESTRUCTURING OF VINEYARDS

4. 12. 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 325/7
               Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 458/80 on collective
                                          projects for the restructuring of vineyards
                                                       COM(87) 545 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 13 November 1987)
                                                         (87/C 325/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                           Article 1
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                            Regulation (EEC) No 458/80 is hereby amended as
                                                                    follows:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                     1. Article 9 (1) is replaced by the following:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,                                                                '1.     The period envisaged for implementing the
                                                                        common measure shall be seven wine-growing years
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
                                                                        from the date of application of this Regulation, except
 Social Committee,
                                                                        in the case of Spain, where the period envisaged shall
Whereas Article 9 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    end on 31 December 1987.';
458/80 (!)> as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 3827/85 (2), provides for a common measure lasting                 2. The following paragraph 1 (a) is added to Article 9:
seven wine-growing years from the date of application of                ' 1. (a)    As regards the extension period for Spain:
that Regulation and whereas Article 14 thereof provides
that it shall apply from 1 September 1980;                              — the second and third subparagraphs of Article 2
                                                                             (1) and the second and third subparagraphs of
Whereas Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No                              Article 5 (2) shall not apply
458/80, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3827/85,
provide that 34 000 hectares should be added for Spain,                 — by way of derogation
at an estimated cost of 26,5 million ECU;                                    — from Article 2 (3), a collective restructuring
Whereas the interval between the date of Spain's                                 project must be located in a zone producing a
                                                                                 quality wine psr and in a less-favoured area
accession to the Community and the end of the period of
                                                                                 within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive
application is particularly short;
                                                                                 75/268/EEC, and
Whereas in order to enable Spain to achieve the                              — from Article 5 (2), '2 418 and 3 022 ECU', is
objectives laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3827/85                              replaced by '2 000 and 2 500 ECU'.
the period of application of that Regulation for Spanish
projects should be extended to 31 December 1987;                    3. The following is added at the end of Article 9 (2):
Whereas in order to avoid an increase in the volume of                  'including 9 million ECU reserved to Spain for the
production, the possibility of aid for new planting should              extension period referred to in paragraph 1'.
be discontinued and collective restructuring should be
restricted to vineyards in zones producing quality wines                                         Article 2
psr, priority being granted to conversion from
production of table wines to that of quality wine psr in            This -Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
vineyards located in less-favoured areas as defined in              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Council Directive 86/466/EEC of 14 July 1986                        European Communities.
concering the Community list of less-favoured farming
areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
(Spain) O ,                                                         directly applicable in all Member States.
(») OJ No L 57, 29. 2. 1980, p. 27.
O OJNoL372, 31. 12. 1985, p. 1.
(») OJ No L 273, 24. 9. 1986, p. 104.