Commission Regulation (EC) No 1253/2001 of 26 June 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 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

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1253/2001
of 26 June 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 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
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000(2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 16 and 17 of 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(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 784/2001(4), lay down rules concerning the financing of the restructuring and conversion system.
(2) For the 2000-01 financial year, financial allocations were made to Member States by Commission Decision 2000/503/EC of 25 July 2000 fixing an indicative financial allocation, in respect of a number of hectares, by Member State for restructuring and conversion of vineyards under Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2000-01 marketing year(5).
(3) In particular, the rules provide for a recycling of expenditure allocated to a Member State but not actually incurred by it on 30 June to other Member States who request this funding and who have actually incurred by 30 June, all the expenditure allocated to them. The rules also provide for a reduction of the amounts allocated to Member States in subsequent financial years where that Member State has not actually incurred the expenditure allocated to it in the current financial year.
(4) During the first year of application of the restructuring and conversion system, certain Member States have had difficulties in setting up and applying the system. Application of the rules in Article 16 and 17 would lead to excessive reductions in the amounts available for restructuring and conversion in those Member States in the current and next financial year. In other Member States, these difficulties have been less severe but mean that they will be unable to spend their entire allocation by 30 June, but should be able to do so by 15 October.
(5) Therefore it is appropriate, on a transitional basis for the 2000-01 financial year, to mitigate these excessive reductions by providing for the possibility to recycle expenditure not actually incurred by 30 June 2001 to Member States who have not yet fully incurred their allocation by that date, within an appropriate limit.
(6) It is also appropriate, on a transitional basis for the 2000-01 financial year, to provide for the possibility to recycle expenditure not actually incurred by 30 June 2001 to Member States which have spent a significant proportion of their allocation, within the limit of their initial allocation.
(7) In order that Member States can make the requests foreseen in this Regulation, it is necessary that it enters into force by 30 June 2001 at the latest.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,