Article 5 · Regulation (EU) 2021/2117

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Article 5Transitional provisions#

1.The rules applicable before 7 December 2021 shall continue to apply to applications for protection, applications for approval of amendment and requests for cancellation of designations of origin or geographical indications received by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 before 7 December 2021 and to applications for registration and requests for cancellation of protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications or traditional specialities guaranteed received by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 before 7 December 2021.

2.The rules applicable before 7 December 2021 shall continue to apply to applications for approval of amendment of a product specification of designations of origin or geographical indications or traditional specialities guaranteed received by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 before 8 June 2022.

3.The rules applicable before 7 December 2021 shall continue to apply to applications for protection, applications for approval of amendment and requests for cancellation of names of aromatised wines as geographical indication received by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 before 7 December 2021. However, the decision on registration shall be adopted pursuant to Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 as amended by Article 2, point (18), of this Regulation.

4.Articles 29 to 38 and 55 to 57 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall continue to apply after 31 December 2022 as regards expenditure incurred and payments made for operations implemented before 1 January 2023 within the aid schemes referred to in those Articles.

5.Articles 58 to 60 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall continue to apply after 31 December 2022 as regards expenditure incurred and payments made before 1 January 2023 within the aid scheme referred to in those Articles.

6.Recognised producer organisations or their associations in the fruit and vegetables sector having an operational programme as referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 that has been approved by a Member State for a duration beyond 31 December 2022 shall, by 15 September 2022, submit a request to that Member State to the effect that its operational programme:

(a)be modified to meet the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; or

(b)be replaced by a new operational programme approved under Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; or

(c)continue to operate until its end under the conditions applicable under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

Where such recognised producer organisations or their associations do not submit such requests by 15 September 2022, their operational programmes which were approved under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall end on 31 December 2022.

7.The support programmes in the wine sector referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall continue to apply until 15 October 2023. Articles 39 to 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall continue to apply after 31 December 2022 as regards:

(a)expenditure incurred and payments made for operations implemented pursuant to that Regulation before 16 October 2023 within the aid scheme referred to in Articles 39 to 52 of that Regulation;

(b)expenditure incurred and payments made for operations implemented pursuant to Articles 46 and 50 of that Regulation before 16 October 2025, provided that by 15 October 2023 such operations have been partially implemented and the expenditure incurred amounts to at least 30 % of the total planned expenditure and that such operations are fully implemented by 15 October 2025.

8.Wine which meets the labelling requirements of Article 119 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and aromatised wine products which meet the labelling rules of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 applicable in both cases before 8 December 2023 and which were produced before that date may continue to be placed on the market until stocks are exhausted.