Criterion A
Producers planting wine grape varieties for the first time and setting up as heads of the holding (new entrants).
This criterion shall be considered to be fulfilled if the applicant belongs to one of the following categories:
a) Natural persons up to 40 years of age, in the year of submission of the application, who plant wine grapes for the first time and settle as heads of the holding (new entrants).
b) Legal persons, regardless of their legal form, are deemed to meet this criterion if the natural person - who establishes himself as head of the holding and exercises effective and long-term control over the legal person with regard to decisions related to management, profits and financial risks - first plants vines ("new entrant") and is up to 40 years of age, in the year of submission of the application.
Criterion A defines weighting factors W1 and conformity factors Pt1
Priority criteria
Criterion B
Areas where vineyards contribute to the preservation of the environment.
The criterion shall be fulfilled if one of the following applies:
1. The applicant does not own any wine grapes and undertakes by means of a solemn declaration under Law 1599/1986 to comply for a minimum period of five years with the organic production rules on the entire area intended for new planting.
2. The applicant shall be in possession of wine grapes at the time of submission of the application and shall have applied the organic production rules referred to in the first subparagraph to the entire area planted with vines for at least five years prior to the submission of the application.
3. The applicant does not own wine grapes and undertakes with a solemn declaration under Law 1599/1986 to comply for a minimum period of five years with national certification schemes for integrated management in production on the entire area intended for new planting.
4. The applicant has been in possession of wine grapes at the time of the application and has implemented national certification schemes for integrated production management on the entire area held with vines for at least five years prior to the submission of the application.
5. The specific parcel(s) identified in the application are located on terraced slopes.
In order to confirm the criterion, an on-the-spot check shall be carried out by the competent DAOK.
· For cases where the applicant owns , wine grapes, certification by Inspection and Certification Bodies approved by the Ministry of Rural Development and Food is required.
· In cases where , vines are not planted, the applicant must submit to the competent DAOK, immediately after planting, the contract concluded with the approved certification body.
For criterion B, the weighting factors W2 and the conformity factors Pt2 are defined.
Criterion C
Areas facing natural or other specific constraints.
The criterion shall be fulfilled if the specific parcel(s) identified in the application are located in one of the following categories of areas:
in a mountainous area, at an altitude of at least 500 m, excluding plateaus.
the smaller Aegean islands as defined in Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
For criterion C, the weighting factors W3 and the conformity factor Pt3 are defined.
Criterion D
Areas intended for new planting in the context of the enlargement of small and medium-sized holdings.
The criterion shall be considered to be fulfilled if at the time of the application the applicant fulfils both of the following conditions:
a) has an agricultural holding area of at least 5 acres (0.5 ha) according to the data of the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) of the previous year, for all regions / groups of regions.
(b) it has parcels with wine grape varieties, in accordance with the data in the vineyard register. The criterion is scored according to the total area of parcels with wine grape varieties as defined for each region.
For criterion D, the weighting factors W4 and the conformity factor Pt4 are defined.
Criterion E
Previous behavior of the producer.
This criterion shall be deemed to be fulfilled if the applicant does not have areas planted with vines without authorisation, or without a planting right, and in addition does not have areas planted with vines outside production, for a period of at least eight years.
For criterion E, the weighting factors W5 and the conformity factor Pt5 are defined.
Source: , Decision 2933/327864 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 5422, 22.11.2021) laying down the additional measures necessary for the implementation of Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 2018/273 and (EU) No 2018/274 on the management of authorisations for new vine plantings.
