Procedure in case of application of a single percentage for acceptance
Article 71
1. When applying the percentage for acceptance as referred to in Article 102(4) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008, Member States shall proceed in each year concerned as follows: (a) as far as the available budget resources allocated to a Member State allow, all the applications for the grubbing-up of the entire vineyard of a producer shall be accepted, without applying any reduction to their applications; if the available budget resources allocated to a Member State are not sufficient for accepting all of these applications, Member States shall distribute the available budget on the basis of the objective and non-discriminatory criteria laid down in their national rules; (b) after having deducted from the available budget resources allocated to a Member State the amounts referred to under point (a) of this paragraph, as far as the rest of the available budget resources allow, all the applications of applicants who are not less than 55 years old or older where Member States so provided under Article 102(5)(b)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 shall be accepted, without applying any reduction to their applications; if the available budget resources allocated to a Member State are not sufficient for accepting all of these applications, Member States shall distribute the available budget on the basis of the objective and non-discriminatory criteria laid down in their national rules; (c) after having deducted from the available budget resources allocated to a Member State the amounts concerned by points (a) and (b), Member States shall distribute the rest of the available budget on the basis of the objective and non-discriminatory criteria laid down in their national rules. 2. The objective and non-discriminatory criteria referred to in Article 102(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 shall be determined by the Member States so as to allow that no reduction is applied to the applications that can be accepted. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the criteria referred to in paragraph 1 by 15 October each year, within Table 10 of Annex XIII to this Regulation.