Details of the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings applicable from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2030 are contained in Regulation 516\/2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Member States shall classify the wine grape varieties that may be planted, replanted or grafted on their territories for wine production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Member States may classify only wine grape varieties which comply with the following conditions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where a wine grape variety is deleted from the classification referred to in the first subparagraph, the grubbing-up of that variety shall take place within 15 years of its deletion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n * Member States whose wine production does not exceed 50 000 hectolitres per wine year, calculated on the basis of the average production during the last five wine years, shall be exempted from the . classification requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, also in those Member States only wine grape varieties may be planted, replanted or grafted for wine production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wine grape varieties classified may be planted or replanted only if an authorisation has been granted<\/p>\n\n\n\n Member States shall grant annual authorisations for new plantings corresponding to 1\u00a0% the total area under vines in their territory as at 31 July of the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authorisations for vine plantings provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1308\/2013 are granted from 2016 in accordance with Regulation 561\/2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authorisations concern new plantings, replantings and planting rights for conversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authorisations for new plantings shall be granted on an annual basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Member States may:<\/p>\n\n\n\n All restrictions contribute to the methodical increase of vine plantings, set at a level above 0\u00a0% and are based on one or more of the following specific grounds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where Member States decide to limit the total area available to be made available for new plantings in the form of authorisations, they shall make those decisions and the corresponding supporting documents public by 1 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Where Member States decide to make use of criteria for granting authorisations for new vine plantings, , such decisions shall be made public by 1 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the event that Member States do not make the relevant decisions public within the deadlines set, the following rules shall apply to the granting of authorisations for new plantings for the respective year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Member States shall ensure that information on the applicable rules is made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After publication of the required decisions and no later than 1 May, Member States shall open the period for the submission of applications, which shall be at least one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Applications shall specify the specific size and location of the area on the holding for which the authorisation is to be granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n * Where it is decided that there are no restrictions or criteria in accordance with ,, Member States may exempt applicants from the requirement to indicate in the application the specific location of the area on the holding for which the authorisation is to be granted. Member States may request, on a case-by-case basis, for the application of the authorisation scheme, additional information from applicants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where Member States decide to use certain criteria for granting authorisations for new vine plantings, the following rules shall apply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where some of the information referred to can be obtained directly from Member States, Member States may allow applicants not to include that information in their applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the deadline for submission, Member States shall inform ineligible applicants of the ineligibility of their applications under the Eligibility Criteria Decision adopted by the Member States. Such requests shall be excluded from the subsequent stages of the procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where the total area covered by the eligible applications submitted does not exceed the area(s) available , Member States shall grant authorisations for the entire area applied for by the producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where the total area covered by the eligible applications submitted exceeds the area(s) available, they shall apply the selection procedure set out in the Annex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Member States shall, by 1 August at the latest, grant the authorisations to the selected applicants in accordance with the outcome of that selection procedure. Where eligible applications have not been fully satisfied, applicants shall be informed of the reasons for that decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the authorisation granted corresponds to less than 50 % of the area requested in the application, the applicant may refuse such authorisation within one month of the date on which the authorisation was granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In that case, the applicant shall not be subject to the administrative penalties referred to in Article 62(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308\/2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Member States may decide that the corresponding number of hectares shall be allocated for the same year, no later than 1 October, to grant authorisations to applicants who have been granted only part of the area they have requested in accordance with the outcome of the , selection procedure and who have not refused the corresponding authorisations. Member States may also decide to make these hectares available in the following year, beyond 1 % the total area under vines as provided for in Article 63(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308\/2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Producers shall submit applications for the conversion of planting rights into authorisations from 15 September 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Applications shall specify the specific size and location of the area on the holding of the applicant for which the authorisation is to be granted. Member States may exempt applicants from the requirement to indicate in the application the specific location of the area on the holding for which the authorisation is to be granted. Member States may request, on a case-by-case basis, for the application of the authorisation scheme, additional information from applicants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where Member States decide to extend the deadline for submitting the application for the conversion of planting rights into authorisations beyond 31 December 2015, they shall make that decision public by 14 September 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In that case, applications for conversion by the producer may be submitted at any time from 15 September 2015 until the end of the period fixed by the Member States pursuant to the first subparagraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 After verifying that the planting rights for which , conversion has been requested, Member States shall issue the authorisations automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The period between the submission of the application for conversion and the granting of authorisations may not exceed three months. However, where the application is submitted before 31 December 2015, the three-month period shall start on 1 January 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In duly justified cases, Member States may decide, at the request of the applicant, that vine planting may take place on an area of the holding that is different from the specific area for which the authorisation has been granted, provided that the new area is of the same size in hectares and that such authorisation remains valid in accordance with Article 62(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308\/2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first subparagraph shall not apply where the authorisations have been granted on the basis of compliance with specific eligibility or priority criteria linked to the site indicated in the application and the application for amendment indicates a new specific area outside that site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source:<\/strong> REGULATION (EU) No 1308\/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922\/72, (EEC) No 234\/79, (EC) No 1037\/2001 and (EC) No 1234\/2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015\/561 of 7 April 2015 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308\/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n(a)<\/td> the variety belongs to the species Vitis vinifera or comes from a cross between the species Vitis vinifera and other species of the genus Vitis;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (b)<\/td> the variety is not one of the following: Noah, Othello, Isabelle, Jacquez, Clinton and Hebermont.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (a)<\/td> apply a lower national rate than 1%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (b)<\/td> limit the issuing of authorisations at regional level, for specific areas eligible for the production of wines with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication or for areas without a geographical indication.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (a)<\/td> the need to avoid a proven risk of oversupply in relation to the market prospects of wine products, without going beyond what is necessary to meet that need;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (b)<\/td> the need to avoid a proven risk of significant devaluation of a particular protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (a)<\/td> availability of authorisations for new plantings corresponding to 1 % the total area under vines in their territory, as referred to in Article 63(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308\/2013, and without other restrictions<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (b)<\/td> a pro-rata distribution of hectares to all applicants, depending on the area for which they have applied for the authorisation, in case the applications exceed the area allocated.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (a)<\/td> applications shall indicate the grapevine product(s) that the applicant intends to produce on newly planted area(s), specifying whether it intends to produce one or more of the following:(i)wine with a protected designation of origin;(ii)wine with a protected geographical indication;(iii)wine without a geographical indication and an indication of a wine grape variety;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (b)<\/td> applications shall include information of an economic nature demonstrating the economic viability of the respective project on the basis of one or more standardised economic analysis methodologies for agricultural investment projects.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (c)<\/td> applications shall include information of an economic nature demonstrating the potential for increased competitiveness (areas intended for new planting enhancing competitiveness at farm and regional level).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (d)<\/td> applications shall include information of an economic nature demonstrating the potential for increased competitiveness (projects to improve the quality of products with geographical indications).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n (e)<\/td> applications shall include information demonstrating that the size of the applicant's holding at the time of the application complies with the thresholds to be established by the Member States.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n f)<\/td> in cases where Member States require applicants to undertake the , commitments, applications shall include those commitments.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n