# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2467/97 of 11 December 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/97 on the improvement of the Community production of apples, pears, peaches and nectarines, Article 5

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. 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.
2. 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1997/2467/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2467/article-5
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