Article 15U.K.Mergers and scissions
1.For the purposes of the first subparagraph of Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, ‘merger’ shall mean the merger of two or more separate farmers within the meaning of Article 2 (a) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 into one new farmer within the meaning of Article 2 (a) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 controlled in terms of management, benefits and financial risks by the farmers originally managing the holdings or one of them.
The number and value of the payment entitlements shall be established on the basis of the reference amount and number of hectares relating to the original holdings.
2.For the purposes of the second subparagraph of Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, ‘scission’ shall mean the scission of one farmer within the meaning of Article 2 (a) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 into at least two new separate farmerswithin the meaning of Article 2 (a) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of which at least one remains controlled, in terms of management, benefits and financial risks, by at least one of the legal or natural persons originally managing the holding or the scission of one farmer within the meaning of Article 2 (a) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 into at least one new separate farmer within the meaning of Article 2 (a) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 the other one remaining controlled, in terms of management, benefits and financial risks, by the farmer originally managing the holding.
The number and value of the payment entitlements shall be established on the basis of the reference amount and number of hectares relating to the transferred production units of the original holding.
3.Where the cases referred to in the first or second subparagraph of Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 occur in the period between 1 January and the date for lodging an application in the first year of application of the single payment scheme, paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article shall apply respectively.