# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1123/2008

of 12 November 2008

fixing a single percentage for acceptance of the amounts notified by the Member States to the Commission concerning the applications for the grubbing-up premium

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 of 29 April 2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine, amending Regulations (EC) No 1493/1999, (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 3/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2392/86 and (EC) No 1493/1999 [^1] , and in particular Article 102(4) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The eligible applications notified by the Member States to the Commission by 15 October 2008 according to Article 102(2) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 exceed the maximal annual budget for the grubbing-up scheme for the 2008/2009 wine year, i.e. EUR 464 million, as laid down in Annex VII to that Regulation. Therefore, a single percentage for acceptance of the amounts notified actually should be fixed.

**(2)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Grubbing-up applications notified to the Commission under Article 102(2) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 shall be accepted for 45,9 % of the amounts covered. The budget limits for the Member States concerned are laid down in the Annex to this Regulation.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 November 2008. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 148, 6.6.2008, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2008_148_R_TOC) .

Budget limits for the Member States for the grubbing-up payments in the 2008/2009 wine year

| Member State | Budget for the grubbing-up (EUR) |
| --- | --- |
| Bulgaria | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 17 543 |
| Germany | 178 162 |
| Greece | 7 135 657 |
| Spain | 236 056 395 |
| France | 70 643 521 |
| Italy | 116 113 326 |
| Cyprus | 6 820 744 |
| Luxembourg | 6 675 |
| Hungary | 9 812 320 |
| Malta | 0 |
| Austria | 1 875 586 |
| Portugal | 13 961 350 |
| Romania | 49 920 |
| Slovenia | 198 093 |
| Slovakia | 1 130 707 |

[^1]: .