EN    EN 
 
 
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2017) XXX  draft  
  
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine 
plantings, certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations and 
notifications, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards the relevant checks, and repealing Commission Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2015/561    
EN 2   EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine 
plantings, certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations and 
notifications, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306 /2013 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards the relevant checks, and repealing Commission Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2015/561  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,  
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in 
agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, 
(EC) No 1037/20 01 and (EC) No 1234/20071, and in particular Articles 70 and 72, Article 
91(d) to (g), Article 123 and Articles 145(3), 147(4) and 223(3) thereof,  
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 17 December 20 13 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common 
agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, 
(EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/20082, and in 
particular Article 62(2)( a) and (b) thereof,   
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 has repealed and replaced Council Regulation (EC) 
No 1234/20073. Chapter III of Title I and Section 2 of Chapter II of Title II of Part II 
of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 contains rules as regards the scheme of 
authorisations for vine plantings and its management, vineyard register, accompanying 
documents, inward and outward register, competent authorities for check purposes and 
communication requirements in the wine sector and empowers the Commissi on to 
adopt delegated and implementing acts in that respect. Those acts should replace the 
relevant provisions of Commission Regulations (EC) No 555/20084 and (EC) No 
436/20095, as well as some provisions of Commission Regulations (EC) No 606/20096 
                                                 
1 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.  
2 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549.  
3 Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of 
agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) 
(OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1).  
4 Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down detailed rule s for implementing 
Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine as regards 
support programmes, trade with third countries, production potential and on controls in the wine sector (OJ 
L 170, 30.6.2008, p. 1).  
5 Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 of 26 May 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application 
of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the vineyard register, compulsory declarations and the 
gathering of information to monitor the wine marke t, the documents accompanying consignments of wine 
products and the wine sector registers to be kept (OJ L 128, 27.5.2009, p. 15).   
EN 3   EN and (EC) No 607/20097, which are repealed or deleted, respectively, by Commission 
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/ …8.  
(2) Article 62 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 lays down the general requirement for 
Member States to grant an authorisation for vine planting up on submission of an 
application by producers intending to plant or replant vines. Article 63 of that 
Regulation provides for a safeguard mechanism for new plantings, whereby Member 
States have to grant every year authorisations for new plantings correspond ing to 1% 
of the total area actually planted with vines in their territory, but where lower limits 
may be decided on the basis of sound justifications. Article 64 of Regulation (EU) No 
1308/2013 lays down rules concerning the granting of authorisations for  new plantings 
and sets out eligibility and priority criteria that Member States may apply.  
(3) Rules should be established at Union level concerning the procedure to be followed by 
Member States regarding the decisions on the safeguard mechanism and on the ch oice 
of eligibility and priority criteria. Such rules should include time limits for decisions to 
be taken and implications in case certain decisions are not taken.  
(4) In order to provide consistent application of Union law in all Member States and to 
ensure that Union producers are subject to the same rules when applying for 
authorisations for new plantings, the rules on the granting of authorisations for new 
plantings should also include the processing of applications, the selection procedure 
and their annua l granting. These rules should aim at ensuring a transparent, fair, and 
timely functioning of the system, adapted to the needs of the wine sector. They should 
also prevent that applicants face unjustified inequalities, excessive delays or 
disproportionate administrative burden. In particular, since the beginning of the 
marketing year for the wine sector is on 1 August, the granting of authorisations for 
new plantings by that date seems well adjusted to the needs of the wine sector and 
ensures that vine plan tings can still be undertaken within the same calendar year. An 
appropriate date should be fixed to ensure that all relevant decisions taken by the 
Member State are made public in due time before the opening of the call for 
applications and to allow produc ers to be well aware of the applicable rules before 
they submit an application.  
(5) Where the total number of hectares requested in the eligible applications largely 
exceeds the number of hectares made available by Member States, it may lead to a 
large share o f individual applicants obtaining only a fraction of the hectares they 
applied for and therefore refusing the corresponding authorisations and thus being 
subject to administrative penalties. To address such situations, it is appropriate not to 
impose such penalties where the authorisations granted correspond to less than a 
certain percentage of what was applied for. Furthermore, in order to avoid the loss of 
the corresponding authorisations, it should be made possible for Member States either 
to transfer th em to the following year or to redistribute them within the same year 
among the applicants whose application was not fully satisfied and who did not reject 
the authorisations granted.  
                                                                                                                                                         
6 Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 of 10 July 2009 laying down certain detailed rules for 
implementing Council Regulat ion (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, 
oenological practices and the applicable restrictions (OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, p.  1). 
7 Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 of 14 July 2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the 
implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and 
geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products (OJ L 
193, 24.7.2009, p. 60).  
8 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) … / … (OJ …).   
EN 4   EN (6) Article 66 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Articles 3 and 4 of Commi ssion 
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/5609 establish rules concerning the granting of 
authorisations for replanting in the same holding. Rules should also be established at 
Union level concerning the procedure to be followed by Member States when granting 
those authorisations for replanting, and the time frame for Member States to grant 
these authorisations. In order to enable producers to address constraints as regards 
replanting in the same holding due to phytosanitary, environmental or operational 
reasons , Member States should have the possibility to allow the producers to submit an 
application within a reasonable but limited period after the grubbing up. Furthermore, 
given that the submission and processing of applications for authorisations for 
replantin g creates an important administrative burden for Member States and for the 
producers, it should also be possible to apply a simplified procedure in the specific 
cases where the area to be replanted corresponds to the area grubbed up or where no 
restriction s on replantings are imposed.  
(7) Article 68 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 establishes rules on the granting of 
authorisations on the basis of conversion of planting rights granted before 31 
December 2015. Rules should also be established at Union level conc erning the 
procedure to be followed by Member States for granting of such authorisations. The 
time frame for submission and treatment of the requests should be established, so that 
Member States can receive and process the requests for conversion in an app ropriate 
and timely manner.  
(8) In accordance with Article 62(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013,  authorisations 
are to be granted for a specific area of the producer's holding identified in the 
application. In duly justified cases, applicants should be given  the possibility to change 
such specific area during the period of validity of the authorisation. However, this 
possibility should be excluded in some cases in order to prevent the circumvention of 
the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings.  
(9) Article 1 20(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provides that Member States are 
to introduce laws, regulations or administrative provisions to ensure certification, 
approval and verification procedures so as to guarantee the veracity of the information 
provided i n the labelling and presentation of wines without a protected designation of 
origin or a protected geographical indication. In order to ensure the protection and 
correct information of consumers and equal treatment of operators, rules should be laid 
down r egarding the procedure and technical criteria applicable to the administrative 
certification, approval and verification of wine products without a protected 
designation of origin or a protected geographical indication intended to be marketed. 
Rules should also be laid down as regards the costs involved by administrative 
certification and the conditions under which the operators may draw up certificates for 
their products under supervision of competent authorities designated in accordance 
with Article 146 of  Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.  
(10) Under Article 147(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, natural or legal persons who 
hold wine products are to keep an inward and outward register in respect of those 
products. In order to guarantee the traceability of the win e products and to enable the 
verification by Member States of their origin, characteristics or compliance with 
authorised oenological practices or food safety standards, it is necessary to set out 
                                                 
9 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/560 of 15 December 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for 
vine plantings (OJ L 93, 9.4.2015, p. 1).   
EN 5   EN rules concerning the products to be entered in the register  and the information relating 
to these products. For the same reasons, rules also need to be lay down regarding the 
information relating to the operations carried out on those products.  
(11) The substances used in certain oenological practices, especially enric hment, 
acidification and sweetening, are particularly open to the danger of fraudulent use. 
Records and detailed particulars should therefore be kept concerning those practices 
and substances to enable the competent authorities to supervise their movement and 
use during the whole process of wine production.  
(12) Since other products are added to sparkling wines and liqueur wines during the 
elaboration process, supplementary information should be provided in addition to the 
records kept for still wines.  
(13) In order to ensure a harmonised application and equal treatment of operators, the 
requirements applicable to the keeping of the inward and outward register should be 
specified and adapted to the type of operations and products. To this end, measures 
should be laid down in this Regulation as regards the composition of the register, the 
deadlines for recording particulars in the register and the closure of the register, as 
well as the measures regarding the acceptable percentages for losses from evaporation 
of product s or other changes in the volume of products.  
(14) In order to facilitate the management and monitoring of market operations, a time limit 
should be laid down for submitting production, stock and harvest declarations. Since 
harvesting takes place at different times in different Member States, the deadlines for 
declarations by producers should be staggered.  
(15) In order to facilitate reporting, the form and manner in which operators are requested 
to provide the information to be included in production, stock, harves t and treatment 
or marketing declarations should be provided by the Member States.  
(16) Chapter VII of Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx on checks, competent authorities, 
liaison bodies and mutual assistance provides for the possibility for the liaison body o f 
a Member State to request the liaison body of another Member State to collect samples 
of wine, grape must or another liquid wine product for checking purposes. This 
Regulation should lay down the rules applicable to the collection, treatment, holding 
and analyses of the samples collected and determine the laboratory where the analyses 
have to be made.  
(17) An analytical databank of isotopic data is to be kept and updated at the level of the 
Union in accordance with Article 39 of Delegated Regulation (EU)  xxx x/xxx. In order 
to facilitate interpretation of the results obtained from isotopic analyses carried out in 
Union laboratories equipped for that purpose and to guarantee that the results obtained 
in such laboratories are comparable, uniform rules should be drawn up for the 
collection of grape samples and for their vinification. Furthermore, to guarantee the 
quality and comparability of analytical data, a system of recognised quality standards 
should be applied to the laboratories designated by Member States to carry out the 
isotopic analysis of samples for the databank.  
(18) Isotopic analysis of wine products and the interpretation of their results are delicate 
procedures. The analytical databank should help harmonising the interpretation of the 
results obtained b y the designated laboratories of the Member States in applying the 
methods of analysis. In order to achieve a uniform interpretation of such analysis 
results, the analytical databank should be made accessible, on request, to the 
designated laboratories tha t notify the data using the methods of isotopic analysis and  
EN 6   EN to competent authorities designated by the Member States to ensure compliance with 
the Union rules in the wine sector, while respecting the protection of private data and 
the purpose the databank  was created for.  
(19) Article 62 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 provides for the need to lay down 
provisions on the on -the-spot checks of the implementation of the scheme of 
authorisations for vine plantings, to be carried out by the Member States. General r ules 
on control are needed in order to clarify that the main tool for verifying the compliance 
with the scheme is the vineyard register. Such provisions should set a general 
framework for Member States to develop more detailed provisions at national level in 
order to avoid non -authorised plantings and to ensure that the rules of the scheme of 
authorisations are respected, including the respect of the deadline for using the 
authorisations and for grubbing up in the case of anticipated replanting as well as t he 
respect of the commitments made by the producers to obtain the authorisations.  
(20) In order to be able to verify the compliance of the measures implemented by the 
Member States in the framework of the national support programmes referred to in 
Section 4 of Chapter II of Title I of Part II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 with 
Union law in the wine sector, this Regulation should lay down provisions on checks 
and provide to this end the use of the vineyard register referred to in Article 145 of 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. The conditions for the verification of the information 
in the vineyard register should also be laid down, including the availability of updated 
information for the purposes of monitoring and verifying the compliance with the rules 
provided fo r in the wine sector to which the information  relates. To this end, the 
implementation of administrative checks and annual on -the-spot checks concerning all 
wine growers identified in the vineyard register should be laid down, setting out a 
minimum percent age of checks per year and common rules.  
(21) In accordance with Article 223 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, rules should be laid 
down on the information to be notified by undertakings, Member States and third 
countries, the methods of notification and arrange ments for the management of the 
information to be notified.  
(22) In order to facilitate the communication of information from the Member States to the 
Commission on all relevant aspects of the management and control of the scheme of 
authorisations for vine plan tings and to allow for a proper monitoring of its 
implementation, rules should be laid down concerning the content, form, timing, 
frequency and deadlines of the yearly notifications  as regards this scheme.  
(23) For the proper management of the wine sector, it is appropriate to provide that all 
notifications from the Member States to the Commission required in accordance with 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx and this 
Regulation should be made in accordance with Commission Delegate d Regulation 
(EU) 2017/118310 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/118511 and 
to determine how long accompanying documents, information, records and registers 
should be kept.  
                                                 
10 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183 of 20 April 2017 on supplementing Regulations (EU) 
No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the 
notifications to the Commission of inf ormation and documents (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 100).  
11 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 of 20 April 2017 laying down rules for the 
application of Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of 
the Cou ncil as regards notifications to the Commission of information and documents and amending and 
repealing several Commission Regulations (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 113).   
EN 7   EN (24) The rules concerning authorisations for vine plantings set out in Commi ssion 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/56112 are included in this Regulation. 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/561 should therefore be repealed.  
(25) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Committee for the Comm on Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
CHAPTER I  
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS  
Article 1  
Subject matter  
This Regulation lays down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1306/2013 and 
(EU) No 1308/2013, respectively, as regards:  
(a) the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings;  
(b) certification;  
(c) the inward and outward register;  
(d) compulsory declarations;  
(e) checks and the analytical databank of isotopic data;  
(f) notifications.  
CHAPTER II  
SCHEME OF AUTHORISATIONS FOR VINE PLANTINGS  
Article 2  
Authorisations for vine plantings  
1. Authorisations for vine plantings as provided for in Chapter III of Title I of Part II of  
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be granted in accordance with this Regulation.  
2. The authorisations for vine plan tings referred to in paragraph 1 shall concern new 
plantings, re -plantings and planting rights to be converted.  
3. The authorisations for new plantings referred to in Article 64 of Regulation (EU) No 
1308/2013 shall be granted annually.  
Article 3  
Prior dec isions on areas to be made available for new plantings  
1. Where Member States decide to limit the total area available for new plantings to be 
allocated in the form of authorisations in accordance with Article 63(2) and (3) of 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, th ey shall make public such decisions and the 
underlying reasons by 1 March of the respective year.  
                                                 
12 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/561 of 7 April 2015 laying down rules for the 
application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the 
scheme of authorisations for vine plantings (OJ L 93, 9.4.2015, p. 12).   
EN 8   EN 2. Where Member States take into account recommendations from professional 
organisations or interested groups of producers as referred to in Article 65 of 
Regula tion (EU) No 1308/2013, these recommendations shall be presented with 
sufficient time for their examination before the decision to limit the total area 
available for new plantings referred to in paragraph 1 is taken by the Member State 
concerned. The recom mendations shall also be made public.  
Article 4  
Criteria for granting authorisations for new plantings  
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 1 308/2013, 
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) xxxx/xxx;  
(b) the number of hectares available for granting authorisa tions 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) xxxx/xxx.  
3. Where Member States intend to apply the pri ority 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 en able 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.  
Article 5  
Default rules for new plantings  
1. Where Member States do not make public the decisions referred to in Articles 3 and 4 
by 1 March of the respective year, the following rules for granting authorisations for 
new plantings shall apply for the given ye ar: 
(a) availability of authorisations for new plantings corresponding to 1% of the total area 
actually planted with vines in their territory, as specified in Article 63(1) of 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, and without other limits;  
(b) pro-rata distribution of hec tares to all eligible applicants on the basis of the area for 
which they have requested the authorisation, where applications exceed the area 
made available.  
2. Member States shall ensure that the information on the rules applicable to granting 
authorisati ons in a given year pursuant to paragraph 1 is made public.   
EN 9   EN Article 6  
Submission of applications for new plantings  
1. Once the decisions referred to in Articles 3 and 4 or the information on the rules 
applicable to granting authorisations in a given year referred to in Article 5(2) are 
made public and not later than 1 May, Member States shall open the period of at least 
one month for the submission of individual applications.  
2. Applications shall indicate the specific size and location of the area in the app licant's 
holding for which the authorisation is requested.  
Where no decision on limits or on the criteria to be applied was taken in accordance 
with Articles 3 and 4, Member States may exempt applicants from the requirement to 
indicate in the application the specific location of the area in the applicant's holding 
for which the authorisation is requested. Member States may request, where relevant 
for the implementation of the scheme of authorisations, additional information from 
applicants.  
3. Where Member St ates decide to use certain criteria for the granting of authorisations 
for new plantings in accordance with Article 4, the following rules shall apply:  
(a) eligibility criteria referred to in Article 64(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 
and in Article 4(1 ) of Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx:  applications shall 
indicate the grapevine product(s) the applicant intends to produce in the newly 
planted area(s), specifying whether the applicant intends to produce one or more of 
the following:  
(i) wines with a protected designation of origin ('PDO');  
(ii) wines with a protected geographical indication ('PGI');  
(iii) wines without geographical indication, including with an indication of the wine 
grape variety;  
(b) priority criterion referred to in Article 64(2)(e) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: 
applications shall include information of an economic nature demonstrating the 
economic sustainability of the respective project on the basis of one or more of the 
standard  methodologies of financial analysis for agricultural investment projects 
mentioned in Part  E of Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx ; 
(c) priority criterion referred to in Article 64(2)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: 
applications shall include  information of an economic nature demonstrating the 
potential for increased competitiveness on the basis of the considerations laid down 
in Part F of Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx ; 
(d) priority criterion referred to in Article 64(2)(g) of Reg ulation (EU) No 1308/2013: 
applications shall include information demonstrating the potential for the 
improvement of products with geographical indications on the basis of one of the 
conditions laid down in Part G of Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx ; 
(e) priority criterion referred to in Article 64(2)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: 
applications shall include information showing that the size of the applicant's holding 
at the time of the application complies with thresholds to be established b y Member 
States on the basis of the provisions laid down in Part H of Annex II to Delegated 
Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx ; 
(f) where Member States require applicants to undertake the commitments referred to in 
Parts A and B of Annex I and Parts A, B, D, E, F, G and  point II of Section I  of  
EN 10   EN Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx  in relation to the respective 
criteria, applications shall include those commitments.  
Where any of the elements mentioned in points (a) to (f) of the first subparagraph 
may be gather ed directly by Member States, Member States may exempt applicants 
from including such elements in their applications.  
4. After the expiry of the submission period referred to in paragraph 1, Member States 
shall inform the non -eligible applicants on the non -eligibility of their applications 
pursuant to the decision on the eligibility criteria adopted by Member States in 
accordance with Article 4. Such applications shall be excluded from the subsequent 
steps of the procedure.  
Article 7  
Granting of authorisations  for new plantings  
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. Whe re 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 
subparpagraph. Where eligible applications have not been fully satisfied, applicants 
shall be informed of the reasons for such decis ion. 
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 refer red 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 s ame 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 c orresponding 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.  
Article 8  
Restric tions of the granting of authorisations for replantings  
1. Where Member States decide to restrict the granting of authorisations for replantings 
in areas eligible for the production of wines with a PDO or a PGI in accordance with 
Article 66(3) of Regulation ( EU) No 1308/2013 and Article 6 of Delegated 
Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx , they shall make such decisions public by 1 March.  
Professional organisations or interested groups of producers referred to in Article 65 
of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall present the  recommendations to be taken 
into account by the Member State pursuant to that Article 66(3) with sufficient time  
EN 11   EN for their examination before the decision referred to in the first subparagraph is 
taken. The Member State concerned shall make public those r ecommendations.  
2. The decisions referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply during one year from the date on 
which they were made public.  
Where a recommendation from a professional organisation or an interested group of 
producers is made for a period of time long er than one year but no more than three 
years, as provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013, such decisions may also apply for a period of time up to three years.  
Where such professional organisations or interest ed groups of producers do not 
submit the relevant recommendations with sufficient time for their examination as 
provided for in paragraph 1, or Member States do not make public the relevant 
decisions by 1 March, Member States shall automatically authorise the replanting as 
provided for in Article 9.  
Article 9  
Procedure for granting authorisations for replantings  
1. Applications for authorisation for replantings referred to in Article 66(1) of 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 may be submitted at any time during the  same wine 
year in which the grubbing up takes place. However, Member States may decide that 
the submission of applications for authorisation for replantings can be made until the 
end of the second wine year following the one in which the grubbing up took place. 
Where those time -periods are not respected, Member States shall not grant an 
authorisation for replanting.  
The specific size and the location of the area(s) grubbed up and of the area(s) to be 
replanted in the same applicant's holding for which the authorisation is to be granted 
shall be identified in the applications. Where no restrictions are decided in 
accordance with Article 8, and the applicant has not undertaken any of the 
commitments referred to in point (2)(b) of Part A and point (2)(b) of Pa rt B of Annex 
I to Delegated Regulation (EU) xxx/xxx and in point (4) of Part B and Part D of 
Annex II to that Delegated Regulation, Member States may exempt applicants from 
the requirement to indicate in the application the specific location of area(s) to  be 
replanted for which the authorisation is to be granted. Member States may request, 
where relevant for the implementation of the scheme of authorisations, additional 
information from applicants.  
Member States shall automatically grant authorisations wit hin three months from the 
submission of the applications. However, Member States may decide to apply the 
time-periods referred to in Articles 6 and 7 for the submission of applications and 
granting of authorisations for new plantings, respectively.  
2. Where t he area to be replanted corresponds to the same area grubbed up or where no 
restrictions are decided in accordance with Article 8(1), a simplified procedure may 
be applied at national level or for certain areas within the territory of the Member 
State. In such case, the authorisation for replanting may be considered to have been 
granted on the date the area was grubbed up. To this purpose, the producer concerned 
shall submit, at the latest by the end of the wine year in which the grubbing up was 
undertaken,  an ex -post communication which stands as application for authorisation.  
3. Applications for authorisations for replantings referred to in Article 66(2) of 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 may be submitted at any time during the year.   
EN 12   EN The specific size and the lo cation of the area(s) to be grubbed up and of the area(s) to 
be replanted in the same applicant's holding for which the authorisation is to be 
granted shall be identified in the applications. Applications shall also include the 
commitment to grub up the ar ea planted with vines at the latest by the end of the 
fourth year from the date on which new vines have been planted. Member States may 
request, where relevant for the implementation of the scheme of authorisations, 
additional information from applicants.  
Member States shall automatically grant authorisations within three months as from 
the submission of the application. However, Member States may decide to apply the 
time periods referred to in Articles 6 and 7 for the submission of applications and 
grantin g of authorisations for new plantings, respectively.  
Article 10  
Procedure for granting the authorisations according to the transitional provisions  
1. Where, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 68(1) of Regulation 
(EU) No 1308/2013, Member St ates decided to extend the time period to submit the 
request for the conversion of planting rights into authorisations beyond 31 December 
2015, and made that decision public by 14 September 2015, the requests for 
conversion by the producer may be submitted  at any time until the end of the time 
period fixed by Member States in that decision.   
The specific size and location of the area in the applicant's holding for which the 
authorisation is to be granted shall be identified in the applications. Member State s 
may exempt applicants from the requirement to indicate in the application the 
specific location of the area in the applicant's holding for which the authorisation is 
to be granted. Member States may request, where relevant for the implementation of 
the scheme of authorisations, additional information from applicants.  
2. After verifying that the planting rights for which the conversion has been requested in 
accordance with paragraph 1 are still valid, Member States shall grant the 
authorisations automatica lly. The period between the submission of the request to 
convert and the granting of the authorisations shall not exceed three months.  
Article 11  
Modification of the specific area for which the authorisation is granted  
In duly justified cases, Member State s may decide, at the request of the applicant, that a vine 
planting may be made in an area of the holding which is different from the specific area for 
which the authorisation has been granted provided that the new area has the same size in 
hectares and th at the authorisation is still valid in accordance with Article 62(3) of Regulation 
(EU) No 1308/2013.  
The first paragraph shall not apply where authorisations have been granted on the basis of the 
compliance with specific eligibility or priority criteria l inked to the location indicated in the 
application and the request for modification indicates a new specific area outside such 
location.  
 
   
EN 13   EN CHAPTER III  
CERTIFICATION OF WINE PRODUCTS  
Article 12  
Procedure and technical criteria applicable to certification  
1. The procedure for the certification, approval and verification of wine without a PDO 
or PGI pursuant to Article 120(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall require 
administrative evidence to support the veracity of the wine grape variety( -ies) or th e 
vintage year shown on the label or conveyed in the presentation of the wines 
concerned.  
In addition, Member States may decide on:  
(a) an organoleptic test of the wine relating to the odour and the taste with the view to 
verifying that the essential char acteristic of the wine is due to the wine grape variety or 
varieties used on anonymous samples;  
(b) an analytical test in case of a wine made from a single wine grape variety.  
The procedure shall be carried out in the Member State in which  the wine is produced. 
In case of mixtures of wines from different Member States as referred to in Article 
120(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, certification may be carried out by any 
of the Member States concerned . 
2. The certification shall be carried out throu gh random and risk based checks, in 
accordance with Articles 36 and 37 of Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx and 
Chapter VI of this Regulation.  
 The costs of the certification shall be borne by the operators subject to it, save where 
Member States decide o therwise.  
3. The operators involved in the marketing of wine products produced, processed or 
bottled by them shall be recognised and receive a permit from the competent 
authorities of the Member States to certify the origin or provenance, the 
characteristi cs, the vintage or the wine grape variety( -ies) in accordance with Articles 
11 and 12 of Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx, under supervision of the 
competent authorities designated in accordance with Article 146 of Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013.  
CHAPTER I V 
INWARD AND OUTWARD REGISTER  
Article 13  
Scope and form of the register  
1. Operators required to keep the inward and outward register, in this Chapter referred to 
as ‘the register’, shall record:  
(a) the entry and withdrawal of each batch of wine products referred to in Article 
147(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 to or from their premises on the basis 
of one of the accompanying documents referred to in Article 10 of Delegated 
Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx ; 
(b) the category of product, as specified in Article 14;  
EN 14   EN (c) the operations specified in Article 29 of Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx  
where they are carried out on their premises.  
2. The register shall take one of the following forms:  
(a) fixed leaves numbered consecutively;  
(b) an electronic record presented in accordance with the detailed rules laid down 
by the competent authorities;  
(c) a suitable modern accounting system, approved by the competent authorities;  
(d) a collection of accompanying documents containing the date on which they 
were drawn up or taken over by merchants.  
However, Member States may provide that the register kept by producers may take the 
form of notes on the reverse side of the production, stock or harvest declarations 
provided for in Chapter VI of Delegated Regulation (EU) xx xx/xxx . 
Article  14 
Products to be entered in the register  
1. For products to be entered in the register, separate accounts shall be kept for:  
(a) each of the categories listed in Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 
1308/2013, by distinguishing:  
(i) each wine with a PDO and products intended for processing into such a 
wine;  
(ii) each wine with a PGI and products intended for processing into such a 
wine;  
(iii) each wine not covered by a PDO or PGI produced with a single wine 
grape variety and the produ cts intended for processing into such a wine, 
with the reference of the classification of the wine grape variety 
adopted by the Member State pursuant to Article 81 of Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 and with the indication of the vintage year;  
(iv) each wine not covered by a PDO or PGI produced with two or more 
wine grape varieties and the products intended for processing into such 
a wine, with the indication of the vintage year;  
(v) each product not complying with oenological practices and restrictions 
provid ed for in Article 80 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or in 
Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 which has to be destroyed in accordance 
with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 606/2009;  
(b) each of the following products held for whatever purpose:  
(i) sucrose;  
(ii) concentrated grape must;  
(iii) rectified concentrated grape must;  
(iv) products used for acidification;  
(v) products used for de -acidification;  
(vi) spirits distilled from wine;   
EN 15   EN (vii) each by -product of wine products which has to be disposed of in 
accordance with Section D of Part II of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 and Articles 14a and 14b of Regulation (EC) No 
606/2009, with indication whether it concerns delivery for distillation, 
vinegar production or specific use not involving wine  making.  
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a), different PDO or PGI wines put up in 
containers of no more than 60 litres labelled in accordance with Union legislation that 
are acquired from a third party and held with a view to sale may be recorded in the 
same account, provided that entries and withdrawals of each wine with a PDO or PGI 
appear separately.  
3. Loss of the use of the PDO or PGI shall be recorded in the register. The products 
concerned shall be moved to one of the accounts of wines witho ut PDO or PGI.  
Article 15  
Information on the wine s products to be included in the register  
1. For every entry or withdrawal of products referred to in Article 14(1)(a), the register 
shall give:  
(a) the lot number of the product [where such a number is] required under Union 
or national law;  
(b) the date of the operation;  
(c) the quantity entered or withdrawn;  
(d) the product concerned, described in accordance with the relevant Union or 
national law;  
(e) a reference to the accompanying document or certifi cate which accompanies or 
accompanied the consignment in question in accordance with Articles 10, 11 
and 20 of Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx, except for the cases referred to 
in Article 9 of that Regulation.  
2. For the wines referred to in points 1 to  9, 15 and 16 of Part II of Annex VII to 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the entry in the register kept by the operators shall 
contain the optional particulars set out in Article 120 of that Regulation provided that 
they are shown on the labelling or it is p lanned to show them on the labelling.  
3. The containers for storing the wines referred to in paragraph 2 shall be identified in the 
register and their nominal volume shall be indicated. The containers shall also bear the 
relevant particulars required by th e Member States to allow the competent authorities 
to identify their contents using the register.  
However, in the case of containers of 600 litres or less, filled with the same product 
and stored together in the same lot, the lot as a whole may be marked r ather than the 
individual containers, provided that it is clearly separated from other lots.  
4. In the cases of previous consignments of a product, a reference to the document under 
cover of which the product was previously transported shall be recorded in  the 
register.   
EN 16   EN Article 16  
Information concerning the operations to be included in the register  
1. For each of the operations specified in Article 29 of Delegated Regulation (EU) …/…, 
the register shall include:  
(a)  the operations carried out;  
(b)      in case of the operations referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 29(2) of 
Delegated Regulation (EU) …/…:  
(i) the date of the operation;  
(ii) the nature and quantities of the products used;   
(iii) the quantity of product obtained from the operation , including the 
alcohol produced by the correction of alcohol content of wine and the quantity 
of sugar contained in the sugar solution removed from the initial must;  
(iv) the quantity of product used in increasing the alcoholic strength, 
acidification and  de-acidification and sweetening;  
(v) the description of the products before and after the operation, in 
accordance with the relevant Union or national law;  
(c)  the markings on the containers in which the products entered in the register 
were contained be fore the operation and are contained after the operation;  
(d)  in the case of bottling, the number of bottles filled and their content;  
(e)  in the case of contract bottling, the name and address of the bottler.  
2. Where a product changes category without undergoing one of the operations referred 
to in Article 29 of Delegated Regulation (EU) …/…, in particular in the case of 
fermentation of grape must, the quantities and the type of product obtained after the 
change shall be noted in the register.   
Article 17 
Information concerning sparkling wines and liqueur wines to be included in the register  
1.   For the production of sparkling wine, the registers shall show, for each cuvée 
prepared:  
(a) the date of preparation;  
(b) the date of bottling for all categorie s of quality sparkling wine;  
(c) the volume of the cuvée and the description, volume and actual and potential 
alcoholic strength of each of its constituents;  
(d) the amount of tirage liqueur used;  
(e) the amount of expedition liqueur;  
(f) the number of bottles obtained, specifying where appropriate the type of 
sparkling wine, using a term relating to its residual sugar content, provided the 
term appears on the label.  
2.   For the production of liqueur wine, the registers shall show for each batch being 
prepared:   
EN 17   EN (a)  the date of addition of any of the products listed in point (3)(e) and (f) of Part 
II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;  
(b) the type and volume of the product added.  
Article 18  
Information on specific products to be included in th e register  
1. The separate accounts for the products referred to in Article 14(1)(b) shall show for 
each product:  
(a) in the case of entries:  
(i) the name and address of the supplier referring, where appropriate, to 
the document which accompanied the trans port of the product;  
(ii) the quantity concerned;  
(iii) the date of entry;  
(b) in the case of withdrawals:  
(i) the quantity concerned;  
(ii) the date of use or withdrawal;  
(iii) where appropriate, the name and address of the consignee.  
2. As regards by -products or wine products to be withdrawn in accordance with Articles 
14a(2) and 14b of Regulation (EC) No 606/2009, the quantities to be recorded in the 
register are those estimated by the operators concerned in accordance with Article 14a 
of that Regulation.  
Article 19  
Losses and personal or family consumption  
1. Member States shall determine the maximum acceptable percentages for losses from 
evaporation during warehousing, processing operations or changes in product 
category.  
2. The holder of the registers s hall report losses in writing, within a period laid down by 
the Member States, to the competent authority for the territory in question, where 
actual losses exceed:  
(a) during transport, the tolerances referred to in point 2.1(d) of Part B of Annex V 
to Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx; and  
(b) in the cases referred to in the first paragraph, the maximum percentages set by 
the Member States.  
The competent authority referred to in first subparagraph shall take the necessary 
measures to investigate the lo sses. 
3. Member States shall specify how particulars are to be recorded in the register 
concerning:  
(a) the personal consumption of the producer and his family;  
(b) any accidental changes in the volume of products.   
EN 18   EN Article 20  
Deadlines for particulars to b e recorded in the register  
1. The particulars  referred to in Article 14(1)(a) and Articles 15 and 19 shall be recorded 
in the register : 
(a) in the case of entries, not later than the working day following receipt; and  
(b) in the case of losses, personal and family consumption or withdrawals, not later 
than the third working day following the recognition , consumption or dispatch.  
2. The particulars referred to in Article 29(1) and (2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 
xxxx/xxx  and Articles 16 and 17 of this Reg ulation shall be recorded in the register:  
(a) not later than the working day following the operation; and  
(b) in the case of enrichment, on the day itself.  
3.  The particulars referred to in Article 14(1)(b)  and Article 18 of this Regulation shall 
be reco rded in the register:  
(a) in the case of entries and withdrawals, not later than the working day following 
receipt or dispatch; and  
(b) in the case of use, on the day of use.  
4. However, Member States may authorise longer deadlines not exceeding 30 days, 
particularly where computerised registers are used, provided that a check can still be 
made on entries, withdrawals and the operations referred to in Article 29(1) and (2) of 
Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx at any time on the basis of other supporting 
documents and that these documents are considered reliable by the competent 
authorities.  
As regards enrichment operations referred to in Article 29(2)(b) of Delegated 
Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx, Member States may require that they are recorded in the 
register before the enrichment operation is performed.  
5. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, withdrawals of the same product 
may be recorded in the  register in the form of a monthly total where the product is put 
up solely in containers of a nominal volume of 10 litres or less fitted with a non -
reusable closing device as referred to in Article 9(2)(a) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 
xxxx/xxx . 
Article 21   
Closure of the register  
The register shall be closed by establishing an annual balance sheet once a year, on a date to 
be set by the Member States. An inventory of stocks shall be drawn up in the context of the 
annual balance sheet. Existing stocks shall be carried forward to the next annual period. They 
shall be recorded as an entry in the register at a  date following the annual balance sheet. If the 
annual balance sheet shows differences between the theoretical stocks and the actual stocks, 
this  shall be noted in the closed books.  
 
   
EN 19   EN CHAPTER V  
DECLARATIONS  
Article 22  
Production declarations  
1. Producers shall submit the production declaration referred to in Article 31 of the 
Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx as regards the production of the current wine 
year by 15 January of each year. Member States may set an earlier date or, for late 
harvests, wines an d specific wine productions, a date not later than 1 March.  
2. The production declaration referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain at least the 
following information:  
(a) identity of the producer;  
(b) place where products are held;  
(c) category of products used for wine production: grapes, grape must 
(concentrated, rectified concentrated or partially fermented), or new wines still 
in fermentation;  
(d) name and address of suppliers and reference of an accompanying document or 
other commercial document used for the delivery, wi thout prejudice to the 
exemptions referred to in Article 9 of Delegated Regulation (EU) …/…;  
(e) areas planted with vines under production, including those for experimental 
purposes, in which the grapes originate, indicated in hectares and with 
reference to t he location of the vineyard parcel;  
(f) volume, indicated in hectolitres or 100 kg, of the wine products obtained since 
the beginning of the wine year and held at the date of the declaration, broken 
down by colour (red/rosé or white), category of products used  (new wines still 
in fermentation, must, including partially fermented but excluding concentrated 
and rectified concentrated), and one of the following types:  
(i) wine with a PDO;  
(ii) wine with a PGI;  
(iii) varietal wine without PDO/PGI;  
(iv) wine without  PDO/PGI;  
(v) all other products of the wine year, including concentrated must, rectified 
concentrated must.  
Member States may authorise the submission of one declaration per winemaking 
establishment.  
3. The quantity of wine to be stated in the production declaration shall be the total 
quantity obtained on completion of the principal alcoholic fermentation, including 
the wine lees.  
To convert quantities of products other than wine into hectolitres of wine , Member 
States may set coefficients according to objective criteria relevant for the conversion. 
Member States shall notify the Commission of the coefficients along with the 
notifications referred to in Point 8 of Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU)  
2017/1185.   
EN 20   EN 4. Member States shall require harvesters and merchants who market products intended 
for the production of wine to provide producers with the data required for filling in 
the production declarations.   
Article 23  
Stock declarations  
1. Producers, processors, bottlers and merchants shall submit the stock declaration 
referred to in Article 32 of Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx by 10 September.  
2. Such declaration shall contain at least the following information:  
(a) the identity of the produc ers, processors, bottlers or merchants;  
(b) the place where the products are held;  
(c) in relation to wines, overall stocks broken down by colour (red/rosé or white), 
type of wine (with PDO, with PGI, varietal without PDO/PGI or without 
PDO/PGI), origin (Union or third countries) and type of stock holder (producer 
or merchant);  
(d) in relation to must, overall stocks broken down by colour (red/rosé or white), 
type of grape must (concentrated, rectified concentrated or other), type of stock 
holder (producer or merchant) . 
Union wine products produced from grapes harvested during the same calendar year 
shall not be included in this declaration.  
Article 24  
Harvest declarations  
1. Where Member States require the harvest declaration referred to in Article 33(1) of 
Delegated Regu lation (EU) xxxx/xxx, harvesters shall submit that declaration by 15 
January. Member States may set an earlier date or, for late harvests, not later than 1 
March.  
2. Such declaration shall contain at least the following information, broken down 
according to t he categories laid down in point 1.2(3) of Annex III to Delegated 
Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx:  
(a) identity of the harvester (in accordance with  the information required at point 
1.1(1) of Annex III to Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx);  
(a) area planted with vines  under production (in hectares and with reference to the 
location of the vineyard parcel);  
(b) quantity of grapes harvested (in 100 kg);  
(c) destination of the grapes (in hectolitres or 100 kg):  
(i) made into wine by the declarant, as a producer;  
(ii) delivered to  a cooperative winery (as grapes or must);  
(iii) sold to a wine producer (as grapes or must);  
(iv) other destinations (as grapes or must).   
EN 21   EN Article 25  
Notifications and centralisation of information  
The information contained in production and stock declarations in accordance with Articles 
22 and 23 and harvest declarations in accordance with Article 24 of this Regulation and 
treatment or marketing declarations in accordance with Article 34 of Delegate d Regulation 
(EU) …/…, where applicable, shall be centralised at national level.  
Member States shall lay down the form and manner in which this informa tion shall be notified 
to them.  
CHAPTER VI  
PROVISIONS ON CHECKS  
SECTION I  
COMMON RULES  
Article 26  
Sample s for checking purposes  
1. For the purposes of Chapter VII of  Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx) , the liasion 
body of a Member State may request the liaison body of another Member State to 
collect samples in accordance with the instructions set out in Ann ex II to this 
Regulation.  
2. The requesting body shall hold the samples collected and shall determine inter alia  the 
laboratory where they are to be analysed.  
 
SECTION II  
ANALYTICAL DATABANK OF ISOTOPIC DATA  
Article 27  
Samples for the analytical databank  
1. For the establishment of the analytical databank of isotopic data referred to in Article 
39 of Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx, the designated laboratories of the Member 
States shall take samples of fresh grapes for analysis as well as for  their treat ment and 
processing into wine in accordance with the instructions set out in Part I of Annex III 
to this Regulation.  
2. The samples of fresh grapes shall be taken from vineyards situated in a wine -growing 
area of clearly defined soil type, situation, vine training system, variety, age and 
cultural practices.  
3. The number of samples to be taken each year for the databank is set out in Part II of 
Annex III. The selection of samples shall take account of the geographical situation of 
vineyards in the Member S tates listed in Part II of Annex III. Each year at least 25 % 
of the samples shall be taken from the same plots as in the previous year.  
4. The samples shall be analysed by the methods set out by the Commission pursuant to 
Article 80(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 
606/2009 by laboratories designated by the Member States. The designated  
EN 22   EN laboratories shall meet the general criteria for the operation of testing laboratories set 
out in ISO/IEC 17025:2005, and shall in pa rticular take part in a system of proficiency 
tests covering methods of isotopic analysis. The laboratories shall provide the 
evidence of compliance with these criteria in writing to the European reference centre 
for control in the wine sector (‘ERC -CWS’) for the purpose of quality control and 
validation of the data provided.  
5. The laboratories shall draw up an analysis report in accordance with Part IV of Annex 
III and a description sheet for each sample in accordance with the questionnaire in Part 
III of  Annex III.  
6. The laboratories shall send a copy of the report with the results and interpretation of 
the analyses along with a copy of the description sheet to the ERC -CWS.  
7. Member States and the ERC -CWS shall:  
(a) preserve data in the analytical databank;  
(b) keep each of the samples for at least three years from the date the sample is 
taken;  
(c) use the databank only for monitoring the application of Union and national 
wine legislation or for statistical or scientific purposes;  
(d) take measures to safeguard the data, in particular against theft and interference;  
(e) make files available, without undue delay or cost, to those to whom they relate 
so that any inaccuracies can be rectified.  
8. The ERC -CWS shall draw up and update on a yearly basis th e list of the Member 
States laboratories designated for the preparation of samples and the measurements 
for the analytical databank.  
Article 28  
Communication of information contained in the analytical databank  
1. The information contained in the analytica l databank of isotopic data shall be made 
available on request to the laboratories designated by the Member States.  
2. In duly substantiated cases, the information referred to in paragraph 1 may be made 
available on request to  competent authorities design ated by Member States for 
ensuring compliance with the Union rules in the wine sector . 
3. Information made available shall relate only to the relevant analytical data required to 
interpret an analysis carried out on a sample of comparable characteristics a nd origin. 
Any notification of information made available shall be accompanied by a reminder of 
the conditions of use of the databank as referred to in Article 27(7)(c).  
Article 29  
National databanks of isotopic data  
The results of isotopic analyses contai ned in the databanks of Member States shall be 
obtained by analysing samples taken and treated in accordance with Article 27.  
 
   
EN 23   EN SECTION III  
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON CHECKS  
Article 30  
Checks for the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings  
For the purpose s of verifying compliance with the rules set out in Chapter III of Title I 
of Part II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Chapter II of Delegated Regulation (EU) 
xxxx/xxx and Chapter II of this Regulation, Member States shall make use of the 
vineyard register  referred to in Article 145 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.  
Article 31  
Verification of the information in the vineyard register  
1. Member States shall make available the data in the vineyard register for the purposes 
of monitoring and verifying the measures financed under the national support 
programme referred to in Section 4 of Chapter II of Title I of Part II of Regulation 
(EU) No 1308/2013 to which they relate.  
2. As regards areas planted with vines, at least the following checks shall be carried out 
in order to maintain an updated vineyard register:  
(a) administrative checks applied to all wine growers identified in the vineyard 
register who:  
(i) have activated an authorisation of planting or replanting or made a 
registration or a modification of data in the vineyard register following an 
application or a notification submitted concerning the scheme of 
authorisations for vine plantin gs; 
(ii) submit an application for the measures ‘restructuring and conversion of 
vineyards’ or ‘green harvesting’ under a national support programme 
referred to in Articles 47 and 50 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;  
(iii) submit one of the declarations ref erred to in Articles 31, 32 and 33 of 
Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx.  
(b) annual on -the-spot checks on at least 5% of all wine growers identified in the 
vineyard register.  
Where the wine growers selected for the sample are subject in the same year to 
on-the-spot checks in the framework of the measures referred to in point (a)(i) 
and (ii), such on -the-spot checks shall be counted for reaching the 5% yearly 
threshold without the need to repeat them.  
(c) systematic on -the-spot checks shall be carried out in areas planted with vines 
which are not included in any wine grower file as laid down in Annex IV to  
Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx.  
Article 32  
Checks concerning the declarations  
As regards the declarations referred to in Articles 31 to 34 of Delegated Regu lation (EU) 
xxxx/xxx, Member States shall carry out any checks and take any measures necessary to 
ensure the accuracy of those declarations.   
EN 24   EN CHAPTER VII  
NOTIFICATIONS  
Article 33  
Notifications on the scheme of authorisation for vine plantings  
1. Member States  shall submit to the Commission by 1 March of each year:  
(a) the communication on wine -growing areas referred to in Article 145(3) of 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, concerning the situation on 31 July of the 
previous wine year. This communication shall be made in the form set out in 
Part I of Annex IV to this Regulation;  
(b) the notifications referred to in Articles 63(4) and 64(3) of Regulation (EU) No 
1308/2013. These notifications shall be made in the form set out in  Part II of 
Annex IV to this Regulation;  
(c) a notification on the restrictions decided by Member States in relation to 
replantings in the same holding as referred to in Article 8 of this Regulation. 
This notification shall be made in the form set out in Table A under Part V of 
Annex IV to this Regulat ion; 
(d) an updated national list of professional organisations or interested groups of 
producers referred to in Articles 3 and 8 of this Regulation;  
(e) the communication on the total size of the areas ascertained as planted with 
vines without an authorisation as  well as the non -authorised areas grubbed up, 
as referred to in Article 71(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. Such 
communication shall refer to the previous wine year. The communication shall 
be made in the form set out in Part III of Annex IV to this Reg ulation;  
(f) where Member States decide to apply the priority criterion referred to in 
Article 64(2)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the thresholds decided in 
relation to the minimum and maximum size of holdings as referred to in point 
H of Annex II to De legated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx . 
2. Member States shall notify the Commission by 1 November of each year of:  
(a) the applications for authorisations for new plantings, the authorisations 
effectively granted during the previous wine year pursuant to Article 7(1) or (2) 
of this Regulation, and the authorisations refused by the applicants as well as 
those granted to other applicants before 1 October pursuant to Article 7(3) of 
this Regulation. These notifications shall be made in the form set out in Part IV 
of Annex  IV to this Regulation;  
(b) the authorisations for replantings granted during the previous wine year as 
referred to in Article 9 of this Regulation. These notifications shall be made in 
the form set out in Table B under Part V of Annex IV to this Regulation;  
(c)  the authorisations granted during the previous wine year on the basis of the 
conversion of valid planting rights as referred to in Article 10 of this 
Regulation. Such notification shall be made in the form set out in Part VI of 
Annex IV to this Regulation and be made only until 1 November of the year 
following the end of the deadline for conversion referred to in Article 68(1) of 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or the deadline set by the Member State in 
accordance with Article 10(1) of this Regulation.   
EN 25   EN 3. If a Me mber State fails to comply with the rules set out in paragraph 1 or 2, or if the 
relevant information appears incorrect, the Commission may suspend part or all of 
the monthly payments referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 as 
regards the  wine sector until the notification is correctly made.  
4. This Article shall be without prejudice to the Member States' obligations laid down 
in Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council13. 
Article  34 
General rules on  notifica tions and availability of information  
The notifications to the Commission referred to in Delegated Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxx and 
in this Regulation shall be made in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183 
and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/11 85. 
Article 35  
Keeping accompanying documents, information and registers  
1. The accompanying documents and their copies shall be kept for at least five years 
from the end of the calendar year during which they were completed.  
2. The information on the scheme of authorisation for vine plantings submitted in 
accordance with Article 33 shall be kept for at least ten wine years following the 
wine year during which it was submitted.  
3. The inward and outward register and the documents concerning the operations 
recorded therein shall be kept for at least five years after the accounts to which they 
refer have been closed. Where one or more accounts in a register relating to 
insignificant quantities of wine are not yet closed, such accounts may be carried over 
to another re gister, provided that reference is made to such carry -over in the original 
register.  In this case, the period of five years shall begin on the day of the carry -over.  
4. The data of the vineyard register as provided for in Article 7 of Delegated Regulation 
(EU) xxxx/xxx shall be kept for as long as it is necessary for the purposes of 
monitoring and verifying the measures or the scheme to which they relate and in any 
event for, respectively, at least five wine years in case of data relating to the 
measures or at  least ten wine years in case of data relating to the scheme of 
authorisation for vine plantings, following the wine year to which they relate.  
CHAPTER VIII  
FINAL PROVISIONS   
Article 36  
Repeal  
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/561 is repealed.  
                                                 
13 Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Counci l of 13 December 2011 
concerning European statistics on permanent crops and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 and 
Directive 2001/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 347, 30.12.2011, p. 7).   
EN 26   EN Article 37  
Entry into force  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union . 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at  Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President