2002/193/EC: Council Decision of 28 February 2002 on the granting of exceptional national aid by the Government of the French Republic for the distillation of certain wine sector products

• Articles: 2

Article 1

Exceptional aid by the French Government for the distillation of 4 million hectolitres of table wine on French territory totalling not more than EUR 39,84 million, for the amount necessary to bring the price of wine up to EUR 2,744 per % vol per hectolitre in the context of the implementation of crisis distillation under Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, shall be considered compatible with the common market.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2002.

For the Council

The President

A. Acebes Paniagua

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001 (OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 10).