Inadmissibility of applications submitted by operators who have committed or are held liable for serious infringements under Article 42(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 or Article 90(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
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1. An application for support submitted by an operator shall be inadmissible for a period of time established pursuant to Annex I where the competent authority has determined in a decision that the operator submitting the application has committed or is held liable for serious infringements under Article 42(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 or Article 90(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. 2. For the purpose of triggering inadmissibility and calculating the duration of the inadmissibility period, only serious infringements committed as from 1 January 2013 and for which a decision was taken within the meaning of paragraph 1, shall be taken into account. 3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, for the purposes of paragraph 1 only serious infringements whose points have not been deleted pursuant to Article 92(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall be taken into account. 4. The starting date of the inadmissibility period shall be the date of the decision taken by the competent authority within the meaning of paragraph 1.