Notes that in many areas vineyards and wine-production, in addition to their direct economic value, are important in terms of culture, tourism and the environment, play a vital role as a driving force in rural development, save vast areas from desertification, form part of the cultural heritage and the EU landscape and are imbued with local traditions; believes that the EU needs, among other things, to seriously take into account, when adjusting the regulation governing the wine sector, increasing de-population, which threatens socio-economic and environmental repercussions in many European regions, especially those with natural handicaps and small islands.
Tämän puitepäätöksen täytäntöönpanon yhteydessä jäsenvaltio voi ilmoittaa, että se täytäntöönpanovaltiona voi yksittäistapauksissa kieltäytyä ottamasta # kohdan mukaista toimivaltaanot-set not-set