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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1328/89
of 16 May 1989
authorizing Italy not to apply in certain areas the measures provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 as regards the granting of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas for the 1989/90 to 1995/96 wine years
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 of 24 May 1988 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1995/96 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas (1), and in particular Article 12 (1) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2729/88 of 31 August 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1995/96 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums of wine-growing areas (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 678/89 of 16 March 1989 (3), Italy lodged before 1 April 1989 a request with supporting documents for exclusion from the scope of the measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 from the 1989/90 wine year;
Whereas wine-growing areas in certain communes of Calabria and all of the areas qualifying for the Cinque Terre designation of origin in Liguria where the landscape and the natural environment should be protected are covered by this Regulation; whereas wine-growing areas for which a harvest or production declaration has been made in respect of wine with a geographical ascription during the 1987/88 wine year in the region of Sicily are also covered with a view not to calling into question the quality policy conducted in that region; whereas wine-growing areas recognized as suitable for the production of quality wines psr located in hill or mountain areas are also covered with a view to avoiding calling into question the quality policy; whereas, however, only wine-growing areas which qualified for the designation following an application during the 1985/86 wine year are taken into account in certain of those areas; whereas the criteria selected correspond to those laid down in Article 12 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88; whereas the wine-growing potential of those areas as a whole is less than 10 % of the national wine-growing potential;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Pursuant to Article 12 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88, Italy is hereby authorized not to apply the measures for the permanent abandonment of wine-growing areas provided for in that Regulation in all areas under vines listed in the Annex hereto from the 1989/90 wine year.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 16 May 1989.