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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3141/76

OF 21 DECEMBER 1976

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 ON THE GRANTING OF A CONVERSION PREMIUM IN THE WINE SECTOR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ) ,

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 OF 17 MAY 1976 ( 3 ) , AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2428/76 ( 4 ) , PROVIDES FOR THE GRANTING OF A CONVERSION PREMIUM IN THE WINE SECTOR ; WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) THEREOF PROVIDES THAT PREMIUMS MAY NOT BE GRANTED FOR AREAS OF LESS THAN 25 ARES , THEREBY EXCLUDING MOST VINES UNDER GLASS ; WHEREAS , SINCE THE CONVERSION OF GRAPE VARIETIES GROWN UNDER GLASS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE CONVERSION OF SUCH VARIETIES TO QUALIFY FOR THE PREMIUM ;

WHEREAS IN THE CASE OF AREAS FOR CONVERSION CONTAINING SEVERAL VINE VARIETIES , CERTAIN OF WHICH DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE PREMIUM , THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE PREMIUM MAY BE GRANTED FOR THE AREA AS A WHOLE SHOULD BE LAID DOWN ;

WHEREAS IN VIEW OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE BY THIS REGULATION TO THE SCOPE OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 , THE TIME LIMIT LAID DOWN FOR LODGING APPLICATIONS FOR PREMIUMS SHOULD BE EXTENDED FORM 1 DECEMBER 1976 TO 16 JANUARY 1977 ;

WHEREAS TO ENABLE AT A LATER STAGE IF NECESSARY THE PERIOD FOR LODGING APPLICATIONS FOR PREMIUMS TO BE EXTENDED , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE SO THAT THE TIME LIMIT FOR LODGING SUCH APPLICATIONS CAN BE CHANGED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1163/76 SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) :

" HOWEVER , IN THE CASE OF VINES UNDER GLASS , THE LOWER LIMIT SHALL BE REDUCED TO 1,4 ARES " .

2 . WITH EFFECT FROM 1 DECEMBER 1976 THE DATE MENTIONED IN THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) SHALL BE REPLACED BY THAT OF 16 JANUARY 1977 .

3 . THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 4 :

" 3A . WHERE THE AREA TO BE CONVERTED FOR WHICH THE PREMIUM IS REQUESTED IS PLANTED WITH A MIXTURE OF SEVERAL VINE VARIETIES , SOME OF WHICH DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE PREMIUM , THE PREMIUM SHALL BE GRANTED

- FOR THE ENTIRE AREA , PROVIDED THAT THE VARIETIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) ( A ) COVER MORE THAN 70 % OF THE AREA IN QUESTION ,

- FOR THE PART OF THE AREA ACTUALLY PLANTED WITH THE VARIETIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) ( A ) WHERE THOSE VARIETIES COVER 70 % OR LESS OF THE AREA IN QUESTION . "

4 . ARTICLE 4 ( 5 ) SHALL BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS :

" 5 . THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , MAY DECIDE TO ALTER :

- THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM ,

- THE DATES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) " .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 21 DECEMBER 1976 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

A . P . L . M . M . VAN DER STEE

( 1 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 17 . 12 . 1976 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 24 . 11 . 1976 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 135 , 24 . 5 . 1976 , P . 34 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 276 , 7 . 10 . 1976 , P . 4 .