Priority criteria
Article 8
1. Having examined the applications, Member States shall give preference to operations: (a) concerning both the responsible consumption of wine and the Union systems covering protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications; (b) concerning several Member States; (c) concerning several administrative or wine regions; (d) concerning several protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications of the Union. 2. Member States may establish other priority criteria by indicating them in the support programme. Such other priority criteria shall be based on the specific strategy and objectives set out in the support programme and shall be objective and not discriminatory.