
Article 1 
In Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2729/2000 the following third subparagraph is added:
'Verification that grubbing-up has actually taken place as provided for in Article 8(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 may be carried out by remote sensing, in the case of abandonment of the entire vineyard parcel.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 15 February 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission