in force 2026-03-18 MODIFIED+298 −0§
Amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/471 32026R0471
applies from: unchanged
The list of definitions in point 5 gains a new point (c) defining "Green harvesting" as the total destruction or removal of immature grape bunches that reduces the yield of the relevant area to zero, excluding the practice of leaving commercial grapes on the plants at the end of the normal production cycle.
This definition is not present in the earlier version, which ends its point 5 list after point (b) on adverse climatic events.
Cited: Art. 3, v2 · Art. 3, v1
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02013R1308-20241108 → 02013R1308-20260318
Article 3 Definitions 1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions concerning certain sectors as set out in Annex II shall apply. 2. The definitions set out in Section B of Part II of Annex II shall only apply until the end of the 2016/2017 marketing year for sugar. 3. The definitions set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 and Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p1). apply for the purposes of this Regulation, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 227, amending the definitions concerning the sectors set out in Annex II to the extent necessary to update the definitions in light of market developments without adding new definitions. 5. For the purposes of this Regulation: (a) "less developed regions" means those regions defined as such in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (See page 85 of this Official Journal).. (b) "adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster" means weather conditions such as frost, hail, ice, rain or drought which destroy more than 30 % of the average annual production of a given farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry.(c) "Green harvesting" means the total destruction or removal of grape bunches while still in their immature stage, thereby reducing the yield of the relevant area to zero, and excluding non-harvesting comprising of leaving commercial grapes on the plants at the end of the normal production cycle.