Article 43U.K.Determination of the payment entitlements
1.Without prejudice to Article 48, a farmer shall receive a payment entitlement per hectare which is calculated by dividing the reference amount by the three-year average number of all hectares which in the reference period gave right to direct payments listed in Annex VI.
The total number of payment entitlements shall be equal to the above mentioned average number of hectares.
However, in the case referred to in Article 37(2), the total number of payment entitlements shall be equal to the average number of hectares of the same period used for the establishment of the reference amounts [and Article 42(8) shall apply to these payment entitlements.]
2.The number of hectares referred to in paragraph 1 shall further include:
[(a) in case of potato starch, dried fodder, seed, olive groves, and tobacco aids listed in Annex VII, the number of hectares whose production has been granted the aid in the reference period, as calculated in points B, D, F, H, I of Annex VII and, in case of sugar beet, cane and chicory, the number of hectares as calculated in accordance with point 4 of point K of that Annex;]
(b)all forage area in the reference period.
3.For the purpose of paragraph 2(b) of this Article, ‘forage area’ shall mean the area of the holding that was available throughout the calendar year, in accordance with Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001(), for rearing animals including areas in shared use and areas which were subject to mixed cultivation. The forage area shall not include:
buildings, woods, ponds, paths,
areas used for other crops eligible for Community aid or for permanent crops or horticultural crops,
areas qualifying for the support system laid down for the producers of certain arable crops, used for the aid scheme for dried fodder or subject to a national or Community set-aside scheme.
4.The payment entitlements per hectare shall not be modified save as otherwise provided.
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