(a) common rules on payments granted directly to farmers under the support schemes listed in Annex I ("direct payments"); (b) specific rules concerning: (i) a basic payment for farmers ("the basic payment scheme" and a transitional simplified scheme, "the single area payment scheme"); (ii) a voluntary transitional national aid for farmers; (iii) a voluntary redistributive payment; (iv) a payment for farmers observing agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment; (v) a voluntary payment for farmers in areas with natural constraints; (vi) a payment for young farmers commencing their agricultural activity; (vii) a voluntary coupled support scheme; (viii) a crop-specific payment for cotton; (ix) a voluntary simplified scheme for small farmers; (x) a framework within which Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania may complement direct payments.
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Modified by
- Regulation (EU) No 1310/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 17 December 2013laying down certain transitional provisions on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), amending Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards resources and their distribution in respect of the year 2014 and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards their application in the year 2014, 32013R1310, December 20, 2013
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014of 11 March 2014supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and amending Annex X to that Regulation, 32014R0639, June 20, 2014
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 994/2014of 13 May 2014amending Annexes VIII and VIIIc to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes II, III and VI to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 32014R0994, September 24, 2014
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1001/2014of 18 July 2014amending Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, 32014R1001, September 25, 2014
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1378/2014of 17 October 2014amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 32014R1378, December 23, 2014
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/851of 27 March 2015amending Annexes II, III and VI to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, 32015R0851, June 2, 2015
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/142of 2 December 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 32016R0142, February 4, 2016
Corrected by
- Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, 32013R1307R(01), May 19, 2016
(a) "farmer" means a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, regardless of the legal status granted to such group and its members by national law, whose holding is situated within the territorial scope of the Treaties, as defined in Article 52 TEU in conjunction with Articles 349 and 355 TFEU, and who exercises an agricultural activity; (b) "holding" means all the units used for agricultural activities and managed by a farmer situated within the territory of the same Member State; (c) "agricultural activity" means: (i) production, rearing or growing of agricultural products, including harvesting, milking, breeding animals, and keeping animals for farming purposes, (ii) maintaining an agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation without preparatory action going beyond usual agricultural methods and machineries, based on criteria established by Member States on the basis of a framework established by the Commission, or (iii) carrying out a minimum activity, defined by Member States, on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation;
(d) "agricultural products" means the products, with the exception of fishery products, listed in Annex I to the Treaties as well as cotton; (e) "agricultural area" means any area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland and permanent pasture, or permanent crops; (f) "arable land" means land cultivated for crop production or areas available for crop production but lying fallow, including areas set aside in accordance with Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, with Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and with Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, irrespective of whether or not that land is under greenhouses or under fixed or mobile cover; (g) "permanent crops" means non-rotational crops other than permanent grassland and permanent pasture that occupy the land for five years or more and yield repeated harvests, including nurseries and short rotation coppice; (h) "permanent grassland and permanent pasture" (together referred to as "permanent grassland") means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more; it may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant as well as, where Member States so decide, land which can be grazed and which forms part of established local practices where grasses and other herbaceous forage are traditionally not predominant in grazing areas; (i) "grasses or other herbaceous forage" means all herbaceous plants traditionally found in natural pastures or normally included in mixtures of seeds for pastures or meadows in the Member State, whether or not used for grazing animals; (j) "nurseries" means the following areas of young ligneous (woody) plants grown in the open air for subsequent transplantation: vine and root-stock nurseries, fruit tree and berries nurseries, ornamental nurseries, commercial nurseries of forest trees excluding those for the holding's own requirements grown within woodland, nurseries of trees and bushes for planting in gardens, parks, at the roadside and on embankments (e.g. hedgerow plants, rose trees and other ornamental bushes, ornamental conifers), including in all cases their stocks and young seedlings;
(k) "short rotation coppice" means areas planted with tree species of CN code 06029041 to be defined by Member States that consist of woody, perennial crops, the rootstock or stools of which remain in the ground after harvesting, with new shoots emerging in the following season and with a maximum harvest cycle to be determined by the Member States;(l) "sale" means the sale or any other definitive transfer of ownership of land or payment entitlements; it does not include the sale of land where land is transferred to public authorities or for use in the public interest and where the transfer is carried out for non-agricultural purposes; (m) "lease" means a rental agreement or similar temporary transaction; (n) "transfer" means the lease or sale or actual inheritance or anticipated inheritance of land or payment entitlements or any other definitive transfer thereof; it does not cover the reversion of entitlements upon expiry of a lease.
(a) establish criteria to be met by farmers in order to fulfil the obligation to maintain an agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation, as referred to in point (c)(ii) of paragraph 1; (b) where applicable in a Member State, define the minimum activity to be carried out on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation, as referred to in point (c)(iii) of paragraph 1; (c) define the tree species qualifying for short rotation coppice and determine the maximum harvest cycle in respect of those tree species, as referred to in point (k) of paragraph 1.
(a) the framework within which Member States are to establish the criteria to be met by farmers in order to fulfil the obligation to maintain an agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation, as referred to in point (c)(ii) of paragraph 1; (b) the framework within which Member States shall define the minimum activity to be carried out on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation, as referred to in point (c)(iii) of paragraph 1; (c) the criteria to determine the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage and the criteria to determine the established local practices referred to in point (h) of paragraph 1.
(a) that the annual amount of direct payments is at least 5 % of the total receipts that it obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year for which such evidence is available; (b) that its agricultural activities are not insignificant; (c) that its principal business or company objects consist of exercising an agricultural activity.
(a) whose agricultural activities form only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities; and/or (b) whose principal activity or company objects do not consist of exercising an agricultural activity.
(a) criteria for determining the cases where a farmer's agricultural area is to be considered to be mainly an area naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation; (b) criteria for establishing the distinction between receipts resulting from agricultural and non-agricultural activities; (c) criteria for establishing the amounts of direct payments referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4, especially concerning direct payments in the first year of allocation of payment entitlements where the value of the payment entitlements is not yet definitively established, as well as concerning direct payments for new farmers; (d) criteria that farmers are to meet in order to prove for the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 3 that their agricultural activities are not insignificant and that their principal business or company objects consist of exercising an agricultural activity.
(a) where the total amount of direct payments claimed or due to be granted before the application of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in a given calendar year is less than EUR 100; (b) where the eligible area of the holding for which direct payments are claimed or due to be granted before the application of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 is less than one hectare.
25 % in 2013, 30 % in 2014, 35 % in 2015, 40 % in 2016, 50 % in 2017, 60 % in 2018, 70 % in 2019, 80 % in 2020, 90 % in 2021, 100 % from 2022.
(a) the amount of direct support available per support scheme concerned after the full introduction of direct payments in accordance with Article 17 for the calendar year 2022, and (b) the amount of direct support available per support scheme concerned after the application of the schedule of increments in accordance with Article 17 for the calendar year concerned.
(a) any changes in the situation affecting the complementary national direct payments; (b) for each complementary national direct payment, the numbers of beneficiaries and the total amount of complementary national direct payment granted, as well as the hectares and the number of animals or other units for which that complementary national direct payment has been granted; (c) a report on control measures applied in relation to the complementary national direct payments granted.
(a) such land consists of eligible hectares within the meaning of Article 32(2) to (5); (b) the land in question was returned to use for agricultural activities during the previous calendar year; and (c) the land has been notified to the Commission in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article.
(a) who obtain payment entitlements under this Regulation through allocation pursuant to Article 20(4), through first allocation pursuant to Article 24 or Article 39, through allocation from the national reserve or regional reserves pursuant to Article 30 or through transfer pursuant to Article 34; or (b) who comply with Article 9 and hold owned or leased-in payment entitlements in a Member State which has decided, in accordance with paragraph 3, to keep its existing payment entitlements.
(a) they apply for allocation of payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme by the final date for submission of applications in 2015 to be set in accordance with point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 78 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, except in case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances; and (b) they were entitled to receive payments, before any reduction or exclusion provided for in Chapter 4 of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, in respect of an aid application for direct payments, for transitional national aid or for complementary national direct payments in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 for 2013.
(a) did not receive payments for 2013 in respect of an aid application as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and who, on the date fixed by the Member State concerned in accordance with Article 11(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 for the claim year 2013:Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 of 30 November 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system, under the direct support schemes for farmers provided for that Regulation, as well as for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards cross-compliance under the support scheme provided for the wine sector (OJ L 316, 2.12.2009, p. 65 ).(i) in Member States applying the single payment scheme: were producing fruits, vegetables, ware potatoes, seed potatoes or ornamental plants, and did so on a minimum area expressed in hectares if the Member State concerned decides to adopt such a requirement, or were cultivating vineyards; or
(ii) in Member States applying the single area payment scheme, had only agricultural land that was not in good agricultural condition on 30 June 2003 as provided for in Article 124(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009;
(b) in 2014, are allocated payment entitlements from the national reserve under the single payment scheme pursuant to Article 41 or 57 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009; or (c) never held owned or leased-in payment entitlements established under Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 or Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and who submit verifiable evidence that, on the date fixed by the Member State in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 for the claim year 2013, they produced, reared or grew agricultural products, including through harvesting, milking, breeding animals and keeping animals for farming purposes. Member States may establish their own additional objective and non-discriminatory eligibility criteria for this category of farmers as regards appropriate skills, experience or education.
(a) the voluntary coupled support pursuant to Title IV of this Regulation is granted to a sector which was granted support in calendar year 2014 pursuant to Article 52, Article 53(1) and points (a) and (b) of Article 68(1) and, for Member States which applied the single area payment scheme, pursuant to point (c) of Article 68(1) and Articles 126, 127 and 129 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009; and (b) the amount per unit of the voluntary coupled support is lower than the amount per unit of the support in 2014.
(a) a minimum duration for the lease; and (b) the proportion of the payment received which shall revert to the national reserve or regional reserves.
(a) allocate payment entitlements to farmers in order to prevent land from being abandoned, including in areas subject to restructuring or development programmes relating to a form of public intervention; (b) allocate payment entitlements to farmers in order to compensate them for specific disadvantages; (c) allocate payment entitlements to farmers who were prevented from being allocated payment entitlements under this Chapter as a result of force majeure or exceptional circumstances; (d) allocate, in cases where they apply Article 21(3) of this Regulation, payment entitlements to farmers whose number of eligible hectares that they declared in 2015 in accordance with point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and that are at their disposal on a date fixed by the Member State, which shall be no later than the date fixed in that Member State for amending such an aid application, is higher than the number of owned or leased-in payment entitlements established in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and with Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 that they hold on the final date for submission of applications to be set in accordance with point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 78 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; (e) linearly increase, on a permanent basis, the value of all payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme at national or regional level if the relevant national or regional reserve exceeds 0,5 % of the annual national or regional ceiling for the basic payment scheme, provided that sufficient amounts remain available for allocations under paragraph 6, under points (a) and (b) of this paragraph and under paragraph 9 of this Article; (f) cover the yearly needs for payments to be granted in accordance with Article 51(2) and Article 65(1), (2) and (3) of this Regulation.
(a) 'young farmers' means farmers fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 50(2) and, where relevant, the conditions referred to in Article 50(3) and (11); (b) 'farmers commencing their agricultural activity' means natural or legal persons who, in the five years preceding the start of the agricultural activity, did not have any agricultural activity in their own name and at their own risk or did not have the control of a legal person exercising an agricultural activity. In the case of a legal person, the natural person or persons in control of the legal person must not have had any agricultural activity in their own name and at their own risk or must not have had the control of a legal person exercising an agricultural activity in the five years preceding the start of the agricultural activity by the legal person; Member States may establish their own additional objective and non-discriminative eligibility criteria for this category of farmers as regards appropriate skills, experience or education.
(a) payment entitlements not giving right to payments during two consecutive years due to the application of: (i) Article 9, (ii) Article 10(1), or (iii) Article 11(4) of this Regulation;
(b) a number of payment entitlements equivalent to the total number of payment entitlements which have not been activated by farmers in accordance with Article 32 of this Regulation for a period of two consecutive years, except where their activation has been prevented by force majeure or exceptional circumstances; when establishing the owned or leased-in payment entitlements held by a farmer that shall revert to the national reserve or regional reserves, priority shall be given to those entitlements which have the lowest value; (c) payment entitlements voluntarily returned by farmers; (d) the application of Article 28 of this Regulation; (e) unduly allocated payment entitlements in accordance with Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; (f) a linear reduction of the value of payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme at national or regional level where the national reserve or regional reserves are not sufficient to cover the cases referred to in Article 30(9) of this Regulation; (g) where Member States consider it necessary, a linear reduction of the value of payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme at national or regional level to cover cases referred to in Article 30(6) of this Regulation; (h) the application of Article 34(4) of this Regulation.
(a) any agricultural area of the holding, including areas that were not in good agricultural condition on 30 June 2003 in Member States acceding to the Union on1 May 2004 that opted upon accession to apply the single area payment scheme, that is used for an agricultural activity or, where the area is also used for non-agricultural activities, is predominantly used for agricultural activities; or(b) any area which gave a right to payments in 2008 under the single payment scheme or the single area payment scheme laid down, respectively, in Titles III and IVA of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and which: (i) no longer complies with the definition of 'eligible hectare' under point (a) as a result of the implementation of Directive 92/43/EEC, Directive 2000/60/EC and Directive 2009/147/EC; (ii) for the duration of the relevant commitment by the individual farmer, is afforested pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 or to Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or to Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or under a national scheme the conditions of which comply with Article 43(1), (2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; or (iii) for the duration of the relevant commitment of the individual farmer, is set aside pursuant to Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, to Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or to Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
(a) where an agricultural area of a holding is also used for non-agricultural activities, that area shall be considered to be used predominantly for agricultural activities provided that those agricultural activities can be exercised without being significantly hampered by the intensity, nature, duration and timing of the non-agricultural activities; (b) Member States may draw up a list of areas which are predominantly used for non-agricultural activities.
(a) rules on eligibility and access in respect of the basic payment scheme of farmers in the case of inheritance and anticipated inheritance, inheritance under a lease, change of legal status or denomination, transfer of payment entitlements, merger or scission of the holding, and the application of the contract clause referred to in Article 24(8); (b) rules on the calculation of the value and number or on the increase or reduction in the value of payment entitlements in relation to the allocation of payment entitlements under any provision of this Title, including rules: (i) on the possibility of a provisional value and number or of a provisional increase of payment entitlements allocated on the basis of the application from the farmer, (ii) on the conditions for establishing the provisional and definitive value and number of the payment entitlements, (iii) on the cases where a sale or lease contract may affect the allocation of payment entitlements;
(c) rules on the establishment and calculation of the value and number of payment entitlements received from the national reserve or regional reserves; (d) rules on the modification of the unit value of payment entitlements in the case of fractions of payment entitlements and in the case of transfer of payment entitlements referred to in Article 34(4); (e) criteria for applying options under points (a), (b) and (c) of the third subparagraph of Article 24(1); (f) criteria for applying limitations on the number of payment entitlements to be allocated in accordance with Article 24(4) to (7); (g) criteria for the allocation of payment entitlements pursuant to Article 30(6) and (7); (h) criteria for setting the reduction coefficient referred to in Article 32(5).
75 % in 2015, 70 % in 2016, 65 % in 2017, 60 % in 2018, 55 % in 2019, 50 % in 2020.
(a) the sector-specific financial envelope; (b) the maximum rate of transitional national aid, where appropriate.
(a) they apply for allocation of payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme by a final date for submission of applications to be set in accordance with point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 78 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in the first year of implementation of the basic payment scheme, except in case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances; and (b) they were entitled to receive payments, before any reduction or exclusion provided for in Chapter 4 of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, in respect of an aid application for direct payments, for transitional national aid or for complementary national direct payments in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 for 2013.
(a) a minimum duration for the lease; (b) the proportion of the payment received which is to revert to the national reserve or regional reserves.
(a) crop diversification; (b) maintaining existing permanent grassland; and (c) having ecological focus area on the agricultural area.
(a) commitments undertaken in accordance with either Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or Article 28(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; (b) national or regional environmental certification schemes, including those for the certification of compliance with national environmental legislation, going beyond the relevant mandatory standards established pursuant to Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, which aim to meet objectives relating to soil and water quality, biodiversity, landscape preservation, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Those certification schemes may include the practices listed in Annex IX to this Regulation, the practices referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, or a combination of those practices.
(a) adding equivalent practices to the list set out in Annex IX; (b) establishing appropriate requirements applicable to the national or regional certification schemes referred to in point (b) of paragraph 3 of this Article, including the level of assurance to be provided by those schemes; (c) establishing detailed rules for the calculation of the amount referred to in Article 28(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 for the practices referred to in points 3 and 4 of Section I and point 7 of Section III of Annex IX to this Regulation, and any further equivalent practices added to that Annex pursuant to point (a) of this paragraph for which a specific calculation is needed in order to avoid double funding.
(a) where more than 75 % of the arable land is used for the production of grasses or other herbaceous forage, is land lying fallow, or is subject to a combination of these uses, provided that the arable area not covered by these uses does not exceed 30 hectares; (b) where more than 75 % of the eligible agricultural area is permanent grassland, is used for the production of grasses or other herbaceous forage or for the cultivation of crops under water for a significant part of the year or for a significant part of the crop cycle, or is subject to a combination of these uses, provided that the arable area not covered by these uses does not exceed 30 hectares; (c) where more than 50 % of the areas of arable land declared were not declared by the farmer in his aid application of the previous year and, where based on a comparison of the geo-spatial aid applications, all arable land is being cultivated with a different crop compared to that of the previous calendar year; (d) that are situated in areas north of 62nd parallel or certain adjacent areas. Where the arable land of such holdings covers more than 10 hectares, there shall be at least two crops on the arable land, and none of these crops shall cover more than 75 % of the arable land, unless the main crop is grasses or other herbaceous forage, or land lying fallow.
(a) a culture of any of the different genera defined in the botanical classification of crops; (b) a culture of any of the species in the case of Brassicaceae, Solanaceae, andCucurbitaceae ;(c) land lying fallow; (d) grasses or other herbaceous forage.
(a) recognising other types of genera and species than those referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article; and (b) laying down the rules concerning the application of the precise calculation of shares of different crops.
(a) "areas of permanent grassland" means the land under permanent pasture declared in 2012, or 2013 in the case of Croatia, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 by the farmers subject to the obligations under this Chapter, as well as the areas of permanent grassland declared in 2015 in accordance with point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 by the farmers subject to the obligations under this Chapter that have not been declared as land under permanent pasture in 2012 or, in the case of Croatia, 2013; (b) "total agricultural area" means the agricultural area declared in 2015 in accordance with point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 by farmers subject to the obligations under this Chapter.
(a) laying down the framework for the designation of further sensitive areas referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article; (b) establishing detailed methods for the determination of the ratio of permanent grassland and of the total agricultural area that has to be maintained pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article; (c) defining the period in the past referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 of this Article.
(a) land lying fallow; (b) terraces; (c) landscape features, including such features adjacent to the arable land of the holding which, by way of derogation from Article 43(1) of this Regulation, may include landscape features that are not included in the eligible area in accordance with point (c) of Article 76(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; (d) buffer strips, including buffer strips covered by permanent grassland, provided that these are distinct from adjacent eligible agricultural area; (e) hectares of agro-forestry that receive, or have received, support under Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and/or Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; (f) strips of eligible hectares along forest edges; (g) areas with short rotation coppice with no use of mineral fertiliser and/or plant protection products; (h) afforested areas referred to in point (b)(ii) of Article 32(2) of this Regulation; (i) areas with catch crops, or green cover established by the planting and germination of seeds, subject to the application of weighting factors referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article; (j) areas with nitrogen-fixing crops.
(a) where more than 75 % of the arable land is used for the production of grasses or other herbaceous forage, is land lying fallow, is used for cultivation of leguminous crops, or is subject to a combination of those uses, provided that the arable area not covered by those uses does not exceed 30 hectares; (b) where more than 75 % of the eligible agricultural area is permanent grassland, is used for the production of grasses or other herbaceous forage or for the cultivation of crops under water either for a significant part of the year or for a significant part of the crop cycle, or is subject to a combination of those uses, provided that the arable area not covered by these uses does not exceed 30 hectares.
(a) laying down further criteria for the types of areas referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article to qualify as ecological focus area; (b) adding other types of areas than those referred to in paragraph 2 that can be taken into account for the purpose of respecting the percentage referred to in paragraph 1; (c) adapting Annex X in order to establish the conversion and weighting factors referred to in paragraph 3 and in order to take into account the criteria and/or types of areas to be defined by the Commission under points (a) and (b) of this paragraph; (d) setting rules for the implementation referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6, including the minimum requirements on such implementation; (e) establishing the framework within which Member States are to define the criteria to be met by holdings in order to be considered to be in close proximity for the purposes of paragraph 6; (f) establishing the methods for determination of the percentage of total land surface area covered by forest and the ratio of forest land to agricultural land referred to in paragraph 7.
(a) who are setting up for the first time an agricultural holding as head of the holding, or who have already set up such a holding during the five years preceding the first submission of an application under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme referred to in Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; and (b) who are no more than 40 years of age in the year of submission of the application referred to in point (a).
(a) 25 % of the average value of the owned or leased-in payment entitlements held by the farmer; or (b) 25 % of an amount calculated by dividing a fixed percentage of the national ceiling for the calendar year 2019 set out in Annex II by the number of all eligible hectares declared in 2015 in accordance with Article 33(1). That fixed percentage shall be equal to the share of the national ceiling remaining for the basic payment scheme in accordance with Article 22(1) for 2015.
(a) on 31 December 2014 , have payment entitlements granted in accordance with Section 2 of Chapter 3 of Title III and Article 71m of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and in accordance with Article 60 and the fourth paragraph of Article 65 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009; and(b) have at their disposal no eligible hectares for the activation of payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme as referred to in Chapter 1 of Title III of this Regulation.
(a) the conditions for granting coupled support; (b) rules on consistency with other Union measures and on the cumulation of support.
(a) until 31 December 2014 :(i) they apply the single area payment scheme laid down in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, (ii) they finance measures under Article 111 of that Regulation, or (iii) they are covered by the derogation provided for in Article 69(5) or, in the case of Malta, in Article 69(1) of that Regulation; and/or
(b) they allocate, in total, during at least one year in the period 2010-2014, more than 5 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Title III, Title IV, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 thereof, and Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 for financing: (i) the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, (ii) the support provided for in subpoints (i) to (iv) of point (a) and in points (b) and (e) of Article 68(1) of that Regulation, or (iii) the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6 of Title IV of that Regulation.
(a) the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009; (b) the support provided for in subpoints (i) to (iv) of point (a) and in points (b) and (e) of Article 68(1) of that Regulation; or (c) the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation
(a) to leave unchanged, increase or decrease the percentage fixed pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, within the limits laid down therein where applicable, or to leave unchanged or decrease the percentage fixed pursuant to paragraph 4; (b) to modify the conditions for granting the support; (c) to cease granting the support under this Chapter.
(a) the need to sustain a certain level of specific production due to the lack of alternatives, and to reduce the risk of production abandonment with the resulting social and/or environmental problems; (b) the need to provide stable supply to the local processing industry, thereby avoiding the negative social and economic consequence of any ensuing restructuring; (c) the need to compensate disadvantages affecting farmers in a particular sector which are the consequence of continuing disturbances on the related market; (d) the need to intervene where the existence of any other support available under this Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or any approved State aid scheme is deemed to be insufficient to meet the needs referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph.
Bulgaria: 3342 ha,Greece: 250000 ha,Spain: 48000 ha,Portugal: 360 ha.
Bulgaria: 1,2 tonne/ha, Greece: 3,2 tonne/ha, Spain: 3,5 tonne/ha, Portugal: 2,2 tonne/ha.
Bulgaria: EUR 584,88 in 2015; and EUR 649,45 for 2016 and onwards, Greece: EUR 234,18, Spain: EUR 362,15, Portugal: EUR 228,00.
(a) helping to better coordinate the way cotton is placed on the market, particularly through research studies and market surveys; (b) drawing up standard forms of contract compatible with Union rules; (c) orienting production towards products that are better adapted to market needs and consumer demand, particularly in terms of quality and consumer protection; (d) updating methods and means to improve product quality; (e) developing marketing strategies to promote cotton via quality certification schemes.
(a) criteria for the approval of interbranch organisations; (b) obligations for producers; (c) rules governing the situation where the approved interbranch organisation does not satisfy the criteria referred to in point (a).
(a) an amount not exceeding 25 % of the national average payment per beneficiary, which shall be established by the Member States on the basis of the national ceiling set out in Annex II for calendar year 2019 and the number of farmers who have declared eligible hectares, pursuant to Article 33(1) or Article 36(2), in 2015; (b) an amount corresponding to the national average payment per hectare multiplied by a figure corresponding to a number of hectares not exceeding five, to be set by the Member States. The national average payment per hectare shall be established by the Member States on the basis of the national ceiling set out in Annex II for calendar year 2019 and the number of eligible hectares declared in accordance with Article 33(1) or Article 36(2) in 2015.
(a) an amount equal to the total value of the direct payments to be allocated to the farmer each year under Titles III and IV; or (b) an amount equal to the total value of the direct payments to be allocated to the farmer in 2015 under Titles III and IV, that the Member State may adjust in subsequent years to proportionately take into account the changes in the national ceiling set out in Annex II.
(a) keep at least a number of eligible hectares corresponding to the number of owned or leased-in payment entitlements held, or to the number of eligible hectares declared in 2015 in accordance with Article 36(2); (b) fulfil the minimum requirement provided for in point (b) of Article 10(1).
(a) under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 of Title III; (b) as a redistributive payment referred to in Chapter 2 of Title III; (c) as a payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment referred to in Chapter 3 of Title III; (d) as a payment for areas with natural constraints referred to in Chapter 4 of Title III; (e) as a payment for young farmers referred to in Chapter 5 of Title III; and (f) as coupled support referred to in Title IV.
(a) by applying Article 30(7) in the relevant year; (b) by using the funds for financing the payment for young farmers laid down in Chapter 5 of Title III which are left unused in the relevant year; (c) by applying a linear reduction to all payments to be granted in accordance with Articles 32 or 36.
(a) the nature and type of the information to be notified; (b) the categories of data to be processed and maximum retention periods; (c) access rights to the information or information systems made available; (d) the conditions of publication of the information.
(a) the methods of notification; (b) rules on providing the information necessary for the application of this Article; (c) arrangements for the management of the information to be notified, as well as rules on content, form, timing, frequency and deadlines of the notifications; (d) arrangements for transmitting, or making information and documents available, to the Member States, international organisations, the competent authorities in third countries, or the public, subject to the protection of personal data and the legitimate interest of farmers and undertakings in the protection of their business secrets.
Sector | Legal base | Notes |
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Basic payment scheme | Title III, Chapter 1, Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 of this Regulation | Decoupled payment |
Single area payment scheme | Article 36 of this Regulation | Decoupled payment |
Redistributive payment | Title III, Chapter 2 of this Regulation | Decoupled payment |
Payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment | Title III, Chapter 3 of this Regulation | Decoupled payment |
Payment for areas with natural constraints | Title III, Chapter 4 of this Regulation | Decoupled payment |
Payment for young farmers | Title III, Chapter 5 of this Regulation | Decoupled payment |
Voluntary coupled support | Title IV, Chapter 1 of this Regulation | |
Crop-specific payment for cotton | Title IV, Chapter 2 of this Regulation | Area payment |
Small farmers scheme | Title V of this Regulation | Decoupled payment |
Posei | Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 | Direct payments under measures established in the programmes |
Aegean islands | Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 | Direct payments under measures established in the programmes |
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Calendar year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Belgium | 523,7 | 509,8 | 502,1 | 489,0 | 481,9 | 505,3 |
Bulgaria | 720,9 | 788,8 | 789,6 | 791,0 | 792,5 | 798,9 |
Czech Republic | 840,1 | 839,3 | 838,5 | 856,7 | 856,7 | 872,8 |
Denmark | 870,2 | 852,2 | 834,3 | 826,3 | 818,3 | 880,4 |
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Estonia | 114,4 | 114,5 | 123,7 | 133,9 | 143,9 | 169,4 |
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Croatia | 183,7 | 202,9 | 241,1 | 279,4 | 317,6 | 306,1 |
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Cyprus | 50,8 | 50,2 | 49,7 | 49,1 | 48,6 | 48,6 |
Latvia | 181,0 | 205,7 | 230,3 | 255,0 | 279,8 | 302,8 |
Lithuania | 417,9 | 442,5 | 467,1 | 492,0 | 517,0 | 517,0 |
Luxembourg | 33,6 | 33,5 | 33,5 | 33,5 | 33,4 | 33,4 |
Hungary | ||||||
Malta | 5,2 | 5,2 | 5,2 | 5,2 | 5,2 | 4,7 |
Netherlands | 749,2 | 736,8 | 724,3 | 712,5 | 700,8 | 732,4 |
Austria | 693,1 | 692,4 | 691,8 | 691,7 | 691,7 | 691,7 |
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Portugal | 565,9 | 574,0 | 582,1 | 590,8 | 599,4 | 599,5 |
Romania | ||||||
Slovenia | 138,0 | 137,0 | 136,0 | 135,1 | 134,3 | 134,3 |
Slovakia | 435,5 | 438,6 | 441,8 | 445,2 | 448,7 | 394,4 |
Finland | 523,3 | 523,4 | 523,5 | 524,1 | 524,6 | 524,6 |
Sweden | 696,8 | 697,2 | 697,6 | 698,7 | 699,7 | 699,8 |
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A. Amount for applying Article 10(1)(a): EUR 382600000 B. Total amounts of complementary national direct payments referred to in Article 19(3): (in thousand EUR) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 248690 229560 191300 153040 114780 76520 38260
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I. Practices equivalent to crop diversification: (1) Crop diversification Requirement: at least three crops, the main crop covering a maximum of 75 %, and any one or more of the following applying: there are at least four crops, lower maximum thresholds apply, there is a more appropriate selection of crops, such as, for example, leguminous, protein crops, crops not requiring irrigation or pesticide treatments, as appropriate, regional varieties of old, traditional or endangered crop types are included on at least 5 % of the rotated area.
(2) Crop rotation Requirement: at least three crops, the main crop covering a maximum of 75 %, and any one or both of the following applying: a more environmentally beneficial multiannual sequence of crops and/or fallow is followed, there are at least four crops.
(3) Winter soil cover Practices subject to the calculation referred to in point (c) of Article 43(12) (4) Catch crops Practices subject to the calculation referred to in point (c) of Article 43(12)
II. Practices equivalent to maintenance of permanent grassland: (1) Management of meadows or pastures Requirement: maintenance of permanent grassland and any one or more of the following: Cutting regime or appropriate mowing (dates, methods, limits) Maintenance of landscape features on permanent grassland and control of scrub Specified grass varieties and/or seeding regime for renewal depending on the grassland type, with no destruction of high nature value Evacuation of forage or hay Appropriate management for steep slopes Fertiliser regime Pesticide restrictions
(2) Extensive grazing systems Requirement: maintenance of permanent grassland and any one or more of the following: Extensive grazing (timing, maximum stocking density) Shepherding or mountain pastoralism Using local or traditional breeds for grazing the permanent grassland
III. Practices equivalent with ecological focus area: Requirement: application of any of the following practices on at least the percentage of the arable land set pursuant to Article 46(1): (1) Ecological set-aside (2) Creation of "buffer zones" for high nature value areas, Natura 2000 or other biodiversity protection sites, including along hedgerows and water courses (3) Management of uncultivated buffer strips and field margins (cutting regime, local or specified grass varieties and/or seeding regime, re-seeding with regional varieties, no use of pesticides, no disposal of manure and/or mineral fertilisers, no irrigation, no soil sealing) (4) Borders, in-field strips and patches managed for wildlife or specific fauna (herbaceous border, protection of nests, wildflower strips, local seed mix, unharvested crops) (5) Management (pruning, trimming, dates, methods, restoration) of landscape features (trees, hedgerows, riparian woody vegetation, stone walls (terraces), ditches, ponds) (6) Keeping arable peaty or wet soils under grass (with no use of fertilisers and no use of plant protection products) (7) Production on arable land with no use of fertiliser (mineral fertiliser and manure) and/or plant protection products, and not irrigated, not sown with the same crop two years in a row and on a fixed place Practices subject to the calculation referred to in point (c) of Article 43(12) (8) Conversion of arable land into permanent grassland extensively used
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Land lying fallow (per 1 m | n.a. | 1 | 1 m | ||
Terraces (per 1 m) | 2 | 1 | 2 m | ||
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Hedges/wooded strips (per 1 m) | 5 | 2 | 10 m | ||
Isolated tree (per tree) | 20 | 30 m | |||
Trees in line (per 1 m) | 5 | 2 | 10 m | ||
Group of trees/Field copses (per 1 m | n.a. | ||||
Field margin (per 1 m) | 6 | 9 m | |||
Ponds (per 1 m | n.a. | ||||
Ditches (per 1 m) | 3 | 2 | 6 m | ||
Traditional stone walls (per 1 m) | 1 | 1 | 1 m | ||
Other features not listed above but protected under GAEC7, SMR 2 or SMR 3 (per 1 m | n.a. | 1 | 1 m | ||
Buffer strips (per 1 m) | 6 | 9 m | |||
Hectares of agro-forestry (per 1 m | n.a. | 1 | 1 m | ||
Strips of eligible hectares along forest edges (per 1 m) | |||||
Areas with short rotation coppice (per 1 m | n.a. | ||||
Afforested areas as referred to in Article 32(2)(b)(ii) (per m | n.a. | 1 | 1 m | ||
Areas with catch crops or green cover (per 1 m | n.a. | ||||
Areas with nitrogen fixing crops (per 1 m | n.a. |
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 | This Regulation | Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 |
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Article 1 | Article 1 | — |
Article 2 | Article 4 | — |
Article 3 | Article 5 | — |
Article 4(1) | — | Article 91 |
Article 4(2) | — | Article 95 |
Article 5 | — | Article 93 |
Article 6(1) | — | Article 94 |
Article 6(2) | — | — |
Article 7 | — | — |
Article 8 | Article 7 | — |
Article 9 | — | — |
Article 10 | — | — |
Article 10a | — | — |
Article 10b | — | — |
Article 10c | — | — |
Article 10d | — | — |
Article 11 | Article 8 | Article 26(1) and (2) |
Article 11(3) | Article 8(2) | — |
Article 11a | Article 8(3) | — |
Article 12(1) and (2) | — | Article 12 |
Article 12(3) | — | Article 14 |
Article 12(4) | — | — |
Article 13 | — | Article 13(2) |
Article 14 | — | Article 67 |
Article 15 | — | Article 68(1) and (2) |
Article 16 | — | Article 69 |
Article 17 | — | Article 70 |
Article 18 | — | Article 71 |
Article 19 | — | Article 72 |
Article 20 | — | Article 74(1), (2) and (3) |
Article 21 | — | Article 74(4) |
Article 22 | — | Article 96 |
Article 23 | — | Article 97 |
Article 24 | — | Article 99 |
Article 25 | — | Article 100 |
Article 26 | — | Article 61 |
Article 27(1) | — | Article 102(3) |
Article 27(2) | — | Article 47 |
Article 27(3) | — | Article 68(3) |
Article 28(1) | Article 10 | — |
Article 28(2) | Article 9(3) | — |
Article 28(3) | Article 31(1)(a) (i) and (ii) | — |
Article 29 | — | Article 75 |
Article 30 | — | Article 60 |
Article 31 | — | Article 2(2) |
Article 32 | Article 15 | — |
Article 33 | — | — |
Article 34 (2) | Article 32(2) and (4) | — |
Article 35 | Article 33 | — |
Article 36 | — | — |
Article 37 | Article 12 | — |
Article 38 | — | — |
Article 39(1) | Article 32(6) | — |
Article 39(2) | Article 35(3) | — |
Article 40(1) | Article 6(1) | — |
Article 41(1) | Article 30(1) | — |
Article 41(2) | Article 30(3) and (6) | — |
Article 41(3) | Article 30(3) and (7)(a) | — |
Article 41(4) | — | — |
Article 41(5) | Article 30(10) | — |
Article 41(6) | — | — |
Article 42 | Article 31(1)(b) | — |
Article 43(1) | Article 34(1), (2) and (3) | — |
Article 43(2) | — | |
Article 43(3) | Article 34(4) | — |
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Article 89 | Article 57 | — |
Article 90 | Article 58 | — |
Article 91 | Article 59 | — |
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Article 121 | Articles 16 and 17 | — |
Article 121a | — | Article 98, second subparagraph |
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Article 124(6) | — | Article 98, first subparagraph |
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Article 132 | Articles 18 and 19 | — |
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Article 138 | Article 3 | — |
Article 139 | Article 13 | — |
Article 140 | Article 67 | — |
Article 141 | Article 71 | — |
Article 142(a) to (q) and (s) | Article 70 | — |
Article 142(r) | Article 69 | — |
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Article 146 | Article 72 | — |
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Article 147 | Article 73 | — |
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Article 149 | Article 74 | — |
Annex I | Annex I | — |
Annex II | — | Annex II |
Annex III | — | Annex II |
Annex IV | Annex III | — |
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Annex VII | Annex IV | — |
Annex VIII | Annex II | — |
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