No authorisation required for planting or replanting
- areas intended for experimental purposes,
- setting up graft nurseries;
- for areas whose wine or wine products are intended exclusively for own consumption; and
- for areas intended for new planting as a result of compulsory expropriations in the public interest provided for by national law.
Areas intended for experimental purposes or for the establishment of graft nurseries planted before 1 January 2016 following the granting of new planting rights in accordance with:
Article 7 of Joint Ministerial Decision No 659/9588/24-01-2013 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 160), as in force, as regards areas intended for experimental purposes; and
Articles 4, 6 and 10 of Decision No 3967/41140/2-4-2012 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 1080) of the Minister for the Development of Competitiveness of Transport Infrastructure and Networks and the Minister for Rural Development and Food, as in force, as regards areas intended for the establishment of graft nurseries, continue to comply after that date with the conditions laid down for the use of those rights until the end of the experimental period or the production period of the graft nurseries for which they have been granted.
Products obtained from grapes obtained from areas intended for experimental purposes or for the establishment of graft nurseries may not be placed on the market throughout the experimental period or the production of graft nurseries.
At the end of those periods, the producer shall either:
obtain an authorisation in accordance with Articles 64 or 68 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for the area concerned, so that the grapes produced on that area and the wine products produced from those grapes may be marketed; either
grub up the area concerned at its own expense in accordance with Article 71(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
The planting or replanting by a natural or legal person of areas whose wine products are intended exclusively for their own consumption shall comply with the following conditions:
(a) the area does not exceed 0,1 ha;
the natural or legal person is not engaged in the commercial production of wine or in the commercial production of other wine products.
Plantings relating to areas intended for experimental purposes or for the establishment of graft nurseries or for own consumption are not subject to notifications to the EU.
A producer who has lost a vineyard as a result of compulsory expropriations in the public interest under national law shall have the right to plant a new area, provided that:
that the vineyard under expropriation cannot be cultivated; and
that the newly planted area does not exceed 105 % in terms of pure cultivation of the area lost.
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Source: Ministerial Decision 1011/21054/18.02.2016 laying down additional measures necessary for the implementation of Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2015/560 and (EU) 2015/561 on the management of wine-growing potential.
