Granting of authorisations for new plantings
Article 7
1. Where the total area covered by the eligible applications submitted does not exceed the area(s) made available in accordance with Article 3(1), Member States shall grant the authorisations to the full extent applied for by producers. 2. Where the total area covered by the eligible applications submitted exceeds the area(s) made available in accordance with Article 3(1), Member States shall apply the selection procedure laid down in Annex I. Member States shall, not later than 1 August, grant the authorisations to the selected applicants according to the outcome of the selection procedure referred to in the first subparagraph. Where eligible applications have not been fully satisfied, applicants shall be informed of the reasons for such decision. 3. Where the authorisation granted corresponds to less than 50 % of the area requested in the respective application, the applicant may refuse such authorisation within one month following the date on which the authorisation was granted. In the case referred to in the first subparagraph, the applicant shall not be subject to the administrative penalties referred to in Article 62(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. Member States may decide that the corresponding number of hectares is made available in the same year, not later than 1 October, for authorisations to be granted to applicants that were granted only a part of the area they requested in accordance with the outcome of the selection procedure referred to in paragraph 2, and which did not refuse the corresponding authorisations. Member States may also decide to make available those hectares in the following year in addition to the 1 % of the total area planted with vines as provided for in Article 63(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.