29.2.80 Official Journal of the European Communities No L. 57/23 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 457/80 of 18 February 1980 establishing a system of premiums for the cessation of wine-growing in France and Icaly 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 (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (*), Whereas the sector covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (*), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 454/80 (°) shows substantial surpluses; Whereas, in order to enable Council Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 of 18 February 1980 on the granting of temporary and permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas under vines and of premiums for the renunciation of replanting (°) to be effective as possible in the long term, elderly wine- growers should be given the possibility of retiring without suffering any great financial loss; whereas this objective may be achieved by granting such wine- growers an annual premium or, if they do not practise farming as their main occupation, a single premium calculated on the basis of the area under vines cultivated by them; Whereas the closing down of farm businesses employing elderly family workers may cause such persons to lose their incomes; Whereas provision should be made for compensating the financial difficulties caused to the members of the recipient’s family by the latter’s death; (") OJ No C 209, 2. 9. 1978, p. 13. (*) OJ No C 6, 8.1.1979, p. 66. () O] No C 171, 9.7.1979, p. 16. () O] No L 54, 5.3. 1979, p. 1. (°) See page 7 of this Official Journal. (*) See page 16 of this Official Journal. Whereas all the proposed measures serve the interest of the Community and are aimed at achieving the objectives set out in Article 39 (1) (a) of the Treaty, including the structural changes necessary for the proper working of the common market; whereas they therefore constitute a common measure within the meaning of Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 929/79 (¥); Whereas, in view of the objectives to be attained and the probable repercussions on the market situation, 40 % of the expenditure incurred by the granting of the premiums provided for by this Regulation should be financed by the Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: TITLE I Per hectare premiums Article 1 1. In France and Italy elderly farmers for whom wine-growing is a major source of income, shall benefit from a system of aid for the cessation of farming, upon application and under the conditions laid down in this Regulation. 2. The aid referred to in the previous paragraph shall be granted without prejudice to the systems of aid existing in the Member States concerned pursuant to Council Directive 72/160/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of structural improvement (°), as last amended by Directive 73/358/EEC (*°). (') O] No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1. (*) O] No L 117, 12.5.1979, p. 4. (*) O] No L 96, 23.4.1972, p. 9. (*°) O] No L 326, 27. 11.1973, p. 17.