The European Commission has earmarked EUR 450m to 15 member states for restructuring and conversion of vineyards in the 2006/2007 period, with Slovenia getting EUR 2.4m. The Commission also confirmed the final distribution of money for the 2005/2006 period, including EUR 2.3m for Slovenia.
The funds are intended for improving the quality of wine and fending off competition from challenge posed by New World wine producers, Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said on Thursday.
The Commission is expected to unveil a wine reform proposal early in 2007. Slovenia is in favour of reform measures, but it opposes the reduction of vineyard areas.
In a separate decision, the Commission approved a total of EUR 141.6m for 61 wildlife preservation projects in 20 member states, including two in Slovenia, in the framework of the LIFE 2006 programme.
Slovenia can count on funding for two projects aimed at preserving the wetlands along the river Mura and the Cerknica vanishing lake.
The LIFE-Nature projects are designed to protect and revive endangered habitats and boost biodiversity.
The maximum amount of EU funds available for individual projects is EUR 2.3m.
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