Those interested in obtaining authorisations for the new planting of wine grape varieties shall submit electronically, through the Digital Service for the Submission of Applications for New Planting Licences on the website of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, an application - solemn declaration from 1 September to 20 September of the previous year of granting the authorisations.
Exceptionally, for the granting of new planting permits for the year 2024, applications will be submitted from April 10, 2024 until April 26, 2024.
New planting authorisations shall be valid for three years from the date of their granting and may only be used by the applicant.
The application is admissible when all the supporting documents required to meet the eligibility criteria are attached to it electronically,
If no supporting documents relating to criteria are attached
priority, the application is eligible but not scored for these criteria.
The application/solemn declaration shall state the area and the coordinates of the vertices, the perimeter survey, of each parcel for which the authorisation is to be granted.
The mapping of the parcel corresponds to the area that can be cultivated. In the case of an application for authorisation for an already partially authorised parcel, in the context of the application of the scheme in a previous year, the coordinates to be provided shall correspond to the unlicensed part of the parcel.
The maximum area requested for a new planting authorisation is set at one hundred (100) acres and may correspond to one or more parcels with a minimum area per parcel of one (1) acre.
The minimum area requested for a new planting authorisation is set at three (3) acres and may correspond to one or more parcels with a minimum area per parcel of one (1) acre for all Regions other than the group of Regions (CRETE – SOUTH AEGEAN – NORTHERN AEGEAN – IONIAN ISLANDS – EPIRUS, the minimum limit being set at one (1) acre).
The land may be owned and/or rented.
In addition, it is necessary to provide the necessary property documents as listed in Article 10 of Ministerial Decision 2454/235853/20-09-2019 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 3645).
Applicable to the assessment of applications priority criteria scoring on a case-by-case basis
Source: , Decision 916/102034/08.04.2024 laying down additional measures necessary for the implementation of Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2018/273 and (EU) 2018/274 concerning the management of authorisations for new vine plantings.
