Recital (53)

In order to supplement the relevant rules and to take into account the specific characteristics of the wine sector, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the conditions for the application of the exemption from the application of the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, the conditions for the grubbing up of abandoned vineyards, the rules relating to the criteria for granting authorisations for new plantings, including the addition of criteria, the co-existence of vines that the producer has undertaken to grub up with newly planted vines, the grounds for Member State decisions regarding replantings, the general conditions of eligibility and the priority criteria to be set by Member States in respect to the allocation of the national payments, elements that determine the existence of a crisis situation, the calculation method for the national payments and the coherence with other Union support measures for the wine sector; as well as the identification on the package or on the label attached thereto of the electronic means and the form and layout of the information provided by electronic means. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.