Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2741/89 of 11 September 1989 laying down criteria to apply under Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on national aid for the planting of wine-growing areas

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2741/89
of 11 September 1989
laying down criteria to apply under Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on national aid for the planting of wine-growing areas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 (2), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas all national aid for the planting of wine-growing areas has been prohibited from 1 September 1988 with the exception of those areas provided for by specific Community provisions and those allowed pursuant to Articles 92, 93 and 94 of the Treaty and complying with criteria which should, in particular, enable the objective of reducing production quantity or of improving quality to be attained without leading to increased production; whereas draft national aid measures must generally provide sufficient guarantees as regards compliance with that objective;
Whereas, in order to attain that objective, planting should be restricted to land most suitable for vines and only to varieties which bring about an improvement in quality and do not have high productivity in the terrain concerned; whereas care should be taken to ensure that the production methods permit the desired limitation in yield to be achieved;
Whereas, in order not to jeopardize the application of the arrangements for the abandonment of wine-growing areas provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 (3), national aids should be restricted to a limited part of actual planting costs; whereas such aid arrangements should not divert from their original objective wine-growers who had intended to abandon wine-growing areas definitively;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,