Council Regulation (EEC) No 1993/80 of 22 July 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 on the granting of temporary and permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas under vines and of premiums for the renunciation of replanting

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1993/80  of 22 July 1980  amending Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 on the granting of temporary and permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas under vines and of premiums for the renunciation of replanting
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the object of Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 (4) is to encourage producers to reduce Community wine-growing potential, in particular by granting temporary or permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas ; whereas, except in the case of certain areas, application of the system of the aforementioned premiums is on 1 September 1980;
Whereas, in the Community, the two production areas for wines suitable for producing certain spirits obtained by distilling wine and with a registered designation of origin are facing special problems ; whereas the production of such wines usually exceeds the quantities necessary for the production of the spirits in question ; whereas disposal of the wines in question on the table wine market is often very difficult and threatens, moreover, seriously to disturb that market;
Whereas Council Directive 79/359/EEC of 26 March 1979 on the programme to speed up the conversion of certain areas under vines in the Charentes departments (5), already applies ; whereas a solution to the aforementioned special problems is therefore foreseeable in those departments;
Whereas, however, in the delimited production area of spirits obtained by distilling wine and with the designation "Armagnac", the same difficulties exist ; whereas it is therefore essential to provide, in that production area and solely in the case of those wine-grape vine varieties permitted for the production of those spirits, for the prior application of the system of temporary abandonment premiums as from the current wine-growing year;