http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/601/article/2Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/601 of 30 April 2020 on emergency measures derogating from Articles 62 and 66 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the validity of vine planting authorisations and the grubbing up in case of anticipated replantingCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/601Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/601 of 30 April 2020 on emergency measures derogating from Articles 62 and 66 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the validity of vine planting authorisations and the grubbing up in case of anticipated replanting2020-12-12King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32020R0601texttext/xmlen2020-04-30
Article 2Extension of the deadline for the grubbing up in case of the anticipated replanting of vineyards1.

By way of derogation from Article 66(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, where Member States have granted authorisations for anticipated replanting to wine growers and the grubbing up is due to take place in the year 2020 at the latest, Member States may extend the deadline for the grubbing up by up to 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation in cases where due to the pandemic of COVID-19 the grubbing up was impossible and upon duly justified application from the wine grower.

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Member States shall inform the applicant within 2 months as from the submission of the application for the extension of the deadline for grubbing up referred to in paragraph 1 and where applications have been refused, applicants shall be informed of the reasons thereof.

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The second paragraph of Article 5 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 extension granted pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2.

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Wine growers benefitting from the extension referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be eligible for support for green harvesting referred to in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 on either the newly planted area or the area which is due to be grubbed up.