No L 321/8 Official Journal of the European Communities - 14. 12. 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3024/94 of 13 December 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2729/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1995/96 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1990/93 (%), and in particular Article 9 (a) thereof, Whereas technical adjustments were made to Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 by Regulation (EEC) No 1990/93; whereas the conditions referred to in the first subpara- graph of Article 2 (a) (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88, for the granting of an additional premium for parcel exchange are defined in Article 10 of Commission Regu- lation (EEC) No 2729/88 (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 3255/93 (%; Whereas the purpose of these arrangements is the restruc- turing of vineyards and vine growing in order to prevent fragmentation and environmental damage ; Whereas the procedure for the prior exchange of parcels should be simplified and adapted to the specific situation of each Member State; whereas, .therefore, Regulation (EEC) No 2729/88 should be amended ; 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 Article 10 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2729/88 is hereby replaced by the following : 2. The Member States shall submit to the Commis- sion for approval the procedure they intend to adopt for the application of the parcel exchange arrange- ments referred to in Article 9a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting of permanent abandon- ment premiums in respect of wine growing areas. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the " European Communities. It shall apply from the date of the permanent abandon- ment of wine-growing areas with respect to the 1994/95 wine year. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 December 1994. () OJ No L 132, 28. 5. 1988, p. 3. () OJ No L 182, 24. 7. 1993, p. 7. () O] No L 241, 1. 9. 1988, p. 108. () OJ No L 293, 27. 11. 1993, p. 37. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission