Criteria for granting authorisations for new plantings
Article 4
1. Where Member States decide to use criteria for granting authorisations for new plantings as laid down in Article 64(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, such decisions shall be made public by 1 March of the respective year. 2. The decisions referred to in paragraph 1 shall concern: (a) the application of one or more of the criteria listed in the second subparagraph of Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, including due justification in case Member States decide to apply Article 64(1)(d) of that Regulation, as well as the criteria set in Article 4(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273; (b) the number of hectares available for granting authorisations at national level: (i) on a pro rata basis; (ii) according to priority criteria listed in Article 64(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, as well as in Article 4(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273. 3. Where Member States intend to apply the priority criteria referred to in point (b)(ii) of paragraph 2, they shall define which of these priority criteria will be applied. Member States may also decide to attribute different importance to each of the priority criteria chosen. Such decisions shall enable Member States to establish a ranking of individual applications at national level for the granting of the number of hectares pursuant to point (b)(ii) of paragraph 2, based on the compliance of these applications with the priority criteria chosen.