Area planted
Article 44
1. For the purposes of the measures provided for in Articles 46 and 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 respectively, an area planted with vines is defined by the external perimeter of the vine stocks with the addition of a buffer whose width corresponds to half of the distance between the rows. The area planted shall be determined in accordance with Article 38(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014. 2. Where a Member State decides to verify the eligible costs of operations for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards and green harvesting exclusively on the basis of standard scales of unit costs based on measurement units different from the surface or of supporting documents to be submitted by the beneficiaries in compliance with the second subparagraph of Article 44(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, the competent authorities may decide not to measure the area planted as set out in paragraph 1 of this Article.