Article 5

Where the competent authority finds that the total number of applications deemed admissible pursuant to Article 4(1) relates, for a product group, to an area less than or equal to that provided for in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/97, acceptance of the applications shall be notified to the applicants without delay.

Where the competent authority finds that the total number of applications deemed admissible pursuant to Article 4 (1) relates, for a product group, to an area greater than that provided for in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/97, where necessary altered in accordance with Article 4 (3) of this Regulation, the Member State shall determine, in the form of one or more decisions and on the basis of criteria which it shall define in accordance with Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/97, the areas which shall be eligible for the grubbing up premium, and it shall notify them to the applicants without delay.