12. 9. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 264/5. COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2741/89 of 11 September 1989 laying down criteria to apply under Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on national aid for the planting of wine-growing areas THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 (3, and in particular Article 14 thereof, Whereas all national aid for the planting of wine-growing areas has been prohibited from 1 September 1988 with the exception -of those areas provided for by specific Community provisions and :those allowed pursuant to Articles 92, 93 and 94 of the Treaty and complying with criteria which should, in particular, enable the objective of reducing production quantity or of improving quality to be attained without leading to increased production ; whereas draft national aid measures must generally provide sufficient guarantees as regards compliance with that objective ; Whereas, in order to attain that objective, planting should be restricted -to land: most suitable for vines and only to varieties which bring about an improvement in quality and. do not have high productivity in the terrain concerned ; whereas care should be taken to ensure that the production methods permit the desired limitation in yield to be achieved; " Whereas, in order not to jeopardize the application of the arrangements-for the abandonment of wine-growing areas provided for in- Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 (%), national aids should be restricted to a limited part of actual planting costs; whereas such aid arrangements should not divert from their original objective wine-growers who had intended to abandon wine-growing areas definitively ; 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 This Regulation lays down criteria on the basis of which’ draft national aids for the planting of wine-growing areas permitted pursuant to Articles 92, 93 and 94 of the Treaty are to be examined. () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 128, 11. 5. 1989, p. 31. () OJ No L 132, 28. 5. 1988, p. 3. Article 2 Draft national aid must satisfactorily demonstrate compliance with the objective, referred to in the second indent of Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, of reducing production quantity or of improving quality without leading: to increased production. Article 3 1. Such planting must involve varieties which, in the terrain concerned : — are not considered high-productivity varieties, — are recognized as improving quality, — are specifically authorized by the national authorities under the draft aid measure concerned. 2.  ‘Terrain’ here means the natural environmental unit, characterized by geomorphological, pedological and climatic data, which is classified by varietal suitability- Where such a division into terrains with varietal potential does not exist, varieties qualifying for planting aid shall be specified by administrative - unit. Article 4 The production potential of the vines planted must not be higher than that resulting from traditional production methods in the terrain concerned. For the purposes of granting the aid, a maximum yield not to be exceeded shall be set by the Member State in each region. The planting of -vines intended to be cultivated -on a high-productivity :system, such as irrigated vines or vines trained on the pergola system, shall not qualify for aid. Article 5 The amoun't of aid granted per hectare of vineyard planted” may not exceed 30 % of the actual cost of grubbing-up and planting. Costs to be taken into account for the purposes of granting aid may be determined on a flat-rate basis in each region, in particular on the basis of the geomorpho- logical characteristics.