No L 97/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 4. 85 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 895/85 of 1 April 1985 on a common measure to improve the structures of the wine-making sector in Greece ’ 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 Commis- sion (%), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas, in order to attain the objectives of the common agricultural policy laid down in Article 39 (1) (a) and (b) of the Treaty, special Community provisions appropriate to the situation of the least-favoured agri- cultural areas must be adopted ; Whereas serious difficulties now hamper the market- ing of wine produced in Greece ; whereas these diffi- culties are connected mainly with the structural and quality aspects of wine products and the geographical configuration and location of Greece, which make access to the Community markets more difficult; Whereas action to restructure vineyards must not result in an increase in areas under vines; whereas action to restructure vineyards should be confined to wine areas particularly suitable for wine-growing ; Whereas the conditions and restrictions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 458/80 of 18 February 1980 on collective projects for the restructuring of vineyards (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1598/83 (%), are unsuited to the structures of the Greek wine-making sector; whereas the restructuring measures must be extended to include the necessary land improvement and consolidation operations and to vineyards used for the production of dried grapes and table grapes; (") OJ No C 76, 22. 3. 1985, p. 2. (® Opinion delivered on 15 March 1985 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () Opinion delivered on 27 March 1985 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No L 57, 29. 2. 1980, p. 27. () OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. S3. Whereas, in order to limit Community expenditure, it is important to prohibit the aggregation of aid provided for restructuring operations with abandon- 'ment premiums provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/85 of 26 March 1985 on the granting for the 1985/86 to 1989/90 wine years of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas under vines (%), whilst taking into account the specific structure of holdings in Greece and the need to facili- tate the execution of restructuring operations in that Member State ; Whereas the restructuring operations are designed to achieve qualitative improvements by the use of appro- priate varieties ; Whereas the restructuring measures can only be implemented successfully if aid is granted to compensate for the cost of restructuring work (aid to restructuring) and for the income losses entailed by the restructuring operations (additional premium); Whereas, in order to ensure maximum effectiveness in the vineyard restructuring operations, precedence should be given to those covering larger areas, carried out on a collective basis; whereas, to this effect, additional aid should be granted where restructuring operations are carried out as part of a group or on a collective basis ; ‘ Whereas, in order to obtain the economic and qualita- tive results expected of the restructuring measures, vine-growers involved in restructuring operations should be afforded the necessary technical assistance ; Whereas the measures to restructure vineyards require an additional financial commitment by Greece in order to ensure their co-financing ; whereas, since the funds available in Greece are somewhat limited, 50 % of the expenditure incurred in carrying out the restruc- turing measures should be financed by the Commu- ‘nity ; Whereas the qualitative improvement of wine produc- tion can be achieved only through accelerated moder- nization of the facilities required to process and market wines; whereas aid granted by the EAGGF (® OJ No L 88, 28. 3. 1985, p. 8.