Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1619 of 8 August 2023 on temporary emergency measures derogating in respect of the year 2023 from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council, to resolve specific problems in the fruit and vegetables and wine sectors caused by adverse meteorological events

Article 5, second paragraph, of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 shall apply if the grubbing up is not carried out by the wine grower by the end of the extended deadline.

Wine growers benefitting from the extension shall not be eligible for support for green harvesting referred to in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 until the end of the extended deadline, on either the newly planted area or the area which is due to be grubbed up.

Article 3

Temporary derogations from the transitional provisions laid down in Article 5(7), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 regarding the application of Articles 39 to 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013

By way of derogation from Article 5(7), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2117, Articles 39 to 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall continue to apply after 31 December 2022 as regards expenditure incurred and payments made for operations implemented pursuant to Article 46 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 before 16 October 2025, provided that:

(a) by 15 October 2023 such operations have been partially implemented and the expenditure incurred amounts to at least 3 % of the total planned expenditure; and

(b) such operations are fully implemented by 15 October 2025.

Member States shall ensure that this derogation only applies to wine growers holding replanting authorisations to be used in regions impacted by the adverse meteorological events that occurred in the spring of 2023.

Article 4

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply until 9 August 2024.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 August 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen