ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I SELECTION PROCEDURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7(2) A. ALLOCATION ON A PRO RATA BASIS The part of the total number of hectares available for new plantings that Member States have decided to allocate on a pro rata basis to all applicants at national level as referred to in Article 4(2)(b)(i), shall be divided among individual eligible applications according to the following formula, while respecting the possible limits referred to in Article 3(1): A1 = Ar × (%Pr × Tar/Tap) A 1 = authorisation granted to an individual applicant according to pro rata (in hectares) A r = area requested by the producer in his application (in hectares) %Pr = proportion of the total availability to be granted on a pro rata basis Tar = total area made available in authorisations (in hectares) Tap = total of all applications by producers (in hectares) B. ALLOCATION ACCORDING TO THE PRIORITY CRITERIA The part of the total number of hectares available for new plantings that Member States have decided to allocate at national level according to the priority criteria selected as referred to in Article 4(2)(b)(ii), shall be divided among individual eligible applications in the following way: (a) Member States shall select the priority criteria at national level and may give all the criteria selected the same importance or attribute them different weighing. Member States may apply such weighing uniformly at national level or change the weighing of the criteria depending on the area within the territory of the Member State. Where Member States attribute the same importance to all criteria selected at national level, a value of one (1) shall be associated to each of them. Where Member States attribute to the criteria selected at national level different weighing, a value varying between zero (0) and one (1) shall be associated to each of those criteria and the sum of all individual values must always be equal to one (1). Where the weighing of these criteria varies depending on the area within the territory of the Member State, an individual value varying between zero (0) and one (1) shall be associated to each of those criteria for each of the areas. In this case, the sum of all individual weights of the selected criteria for each of those areas must always be equal to one (1). (b) Member States shall assess each eligible individual application on the basis of the compliance with the priority criteria selected. In order to assess the level of such compliance with each of the priority criteria, Member States shall establish a single scale at national level, on the basis of which to attribute a number of points to each application in relation to each of those criteria. (c) The single scale shall pre-define the number of points to be attributed in relation to the level of compliance with each of the criteria, detailing also the number of points to be attributed in relation to each of the elements of each specific criterion. (d) Member States shall establish a ranking of individual applications at national level on the basis of the total points attributed to each individual application according to the compliance or the level of compliance referred to in point (b) and, where applicable, the importance of the criteria referred to in point (a). For this purpose, they shall use the following formula: Pt = W 1 × Pt 1 + W 2 × Pt 2 + … + W n × Pt n Pt = total of points given to a specific individual application W 1 , W 2 …, W n = weight of criteria 1, 2, …, n Pt 1 , Pt 2 …, Pt n = level of compliance of the application with criteria 1, 2, … n In areas where the weighing is zero for all priority criteria, all eligible applications shall receive the maximum value in the scale for what concerns the level of compliance. (e) Member States shall grant authorisations to the individual applicants following the order established in the ranking mentioned in point (d) and until the hectares to be allocated according to the priority criteria are exhausted. The full number of hectares requested by an applicant shall be satisfied in the form of an authorisation before granting an authorisation to the next applicant according to the ranking. If the hectares available are exhausted on a position of the ranking where several applications have the same number of points, the remaining hectares shall be allocated on a pro rata basis to these applications. (f) If the limit for a certain region, or area eligible for a PDO or PGI, or area without geographical indication, is reached when granting authorisations pursuant to point A and points (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this point B, no further applications originating from that region or area shall be satisfied.