Eligibility
Article 67
1. The grubbing-up premium may be granted only if proofs are available that the vineyard area concerned is properly tended. Without prejudice to the control provided for in Article 81(3) of this Regulation, the harvest declaration according to Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2001 ( 19 ) is required for this purpose for at least the two wine years preceding the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 and the three wine years preceding the grubbing up. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may foresee that producers who are exempted from the obligation to submit harvest declaration according to Article 2(2)(c) or Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2001, may prove their grape production on the basis of the declaration specified under Article 2(2)(c) or the production declaration as referred to in Article 4(1) of that Regulation. In case neither the harvest declaration nor the declaration specified under Article 2(2)(c) or in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2001 is available due to well justifiable reasons, Member States may foresee alternative means to ensure that the vineyard was properly tended. Member States shall be responsible for the thorough verification of the trustworthiness of these alternative means. 3. Before accepting an application for payment, Member States shall ensure that the eligibility criteria under Article 100, points (a), (b), (d), (e) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 have been met.