Harvest declarations shall be submitted electronically from 1 August of each current year to 30 November of the same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the year 2022, it was announced that the deadline is December 15th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All holders of wine-growing holdings with wine grape varieties must submit a harvest declaration immediately after the end of the harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is clarified that the persons required to submit the harvest declaration also include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
wine producers who also hold wine-growing holdings and who must submit a harvest declaration followed by a production declaration;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
winegrowers\/wine producers who deliver their grape production to a winery for winemaking and that production is returned to them in the form of a final product. Winegrowers in this case must submit a harvest declaration followed by a production declaration, (c) winegrowers who are members of a cooperative winery or members of a producer organisation in the wine sector and deliver all or part of their production to the cooperative winery or winery to which the producer organisation delivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These winegrowers reserve the right to make a quantity of wine of less than 10 hectolitres by making wine for family consumption if the cooperative wineries or groups are required to submit a production declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holders of wine-growing holdings with wine grape varieties are required to submit a zero harvest declaration in cases where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a) there is a complete destruction of annual grape production due to extreme weather events or other isolated cases of destruction;
b) own new vineyards that are not yet productive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holders of wine-growing holdings with wine grape varieties whose entire wine-growing holding is up to one hectare shall be exempt from the obligation to submit a harvest declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 If, upon submission of the harvest declaration, there is a need to amend\/update the details of the wine-growing holding in the Vineyard Register, then in order to be able to submit the harvest declaration within the prescribed , deadline, the interested party shall submit an additional \u2013 amending wine-growing declaration to the competent DAOK with the submission of any required supporting documents for updating the Vineyard Register, following the required check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the following cases of failure to submit harvest declarations within the prescribed deadline, penalties in the form of a pecuniary fine shall be imposed in accordance with the procedures laid down in Law 4235\/2014: In addition to the sanctions, operators\/producers concerned who do not submit a declaration do not benefit from the various benefits of the measures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n the measure of investments in wine-making enterprises for the financial year following the year of submission of its application;<\/p>\n\n\n\n the programme for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards for one or two financial years, in accordance with the successive declarations it has submitted;<\/p>\n\n\n\n the subsidy programme for the smaller Aegean islands for the financial year following the year of its application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The penalties provided for in this Article shall not be imposed in cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances within the meaning of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) 1306\/2013. Source:<\/strong> Decision No 2454\/235853 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 3645, 1.10.2019) 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 wine-growing potential.<\/p>\n
a) cases where the deadline for submitting the harvest declaration is exceeded by a maximum of 15 working days, where the amount of the fine is calculated in accordance with Table 1.
b) cases where the harvest declaration has not been submitted by the debtor, where the amount of the fine is calculated in accordance with Table 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTABLE 1
LATE SUBMISSION OF A HARVEST DECLARATION<\/td><\/td><\/tr> SIZE
HARVESTED
FIRST MATERIALS
(KILLED GRAPES)<\/td>CASE
DELAY
SUBMISSION OF THE
DECLARATION
HARVEST
1-5 days<\/td>CASE
DELAY
SUBMISSION OF THE
DECLARATION
HARVEST
6-15 days<\/td><\/tr>up to 1,000<\/td> 50 \u20ac<\/td> 100 \u20ac<\/td><\/tr> from 1,000,1 to 10,000<\/td> 200\u20ac<\/td> 500\u20ac<\/td><\/tr> from 10,000.1 to 50,000<\/td> 300 \u20ac<\/td> 700 \u20ac<\/td><\/tr> from 50.001 to 100,000<\/td> 500 \u20ac<\/td> 1.000 \u20ac<\/td><\/tr> more than 100,000<\/td> 700 \u20ac<\/td> 1.500 \u20ac<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n TABLE 2
CASE OF NON-SUBMISSION OF THE HARVEST DECLARATION<\/td><\/td><\/tr> SIZE OF HOLDING
(STREAMS)<\/td>FINES<\/td><\/tr> 1- 10<\/td> 200 \u20ac<\/td><\/tr> 10,1 \u2013 30<\/td> 500 \u20ac<\/td><\/tr> 30,1 \u2013 50<\/td> 1.000 \u20ac<\/td><\/tr> 50,1 \u2013 100<\/td> 2.000 \u20ac<\/td><\/tr> over 100<\/td> 5.000 \u20ac<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Obvious errors in the submission of harvest declarations may be recognised and corrected by the competent DAOK at the request of the producer and on presentation of the required supporting documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n