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TITLE IVU.K.SPECIFIC SUPPORT

CHAPTER 2U.K.Specific rules

Article 46U.K.Areas subject to restructuring and/or development programmes

1.The eligibility conditions for the specific support measures in areas subject to restructuring and/or development programmes in order to ensure against land being abandoned and/or to address specific disadvantages for farmers in those areas provided for in Article 68(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 shall in particular:

(a)set out how individual reference amounts for eligible farmers are to be fixed; and

(b)set out the restructuring and/or development programmes and/or the conditions for their approval.

2.Where a farmer who does not own any payment entitlement applies for the support referred to in paragraph 1, he may receive a number of payment entitlements not higher than the number of hectares he holds (owned or leased) at that time.

Where a farmer who owns payment entitlement applies for the support referred to in paragraph 1, he may receive a number of payment entitlements not higher than the number of hectares he holds for which he does not own any payment entitlement.

The unit value of each payment entitlement the farmer already owns may be increased.

The value of each payment entitlement received in accordance with this paragraph, except the third subparagraph, shall be calculated by dividing the individual reference amount established by the Member State by the number of entitlements referred to in the second subparagraph.

3.The increase of the per hectare amount under the single area payment scheme referred to in Article 131(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 shall be established by dividing the reference amount of the farmer by the number of eligible hectares he declares for payment under the single area payment scheme.

4.Member States shall ensure that the specific disadvantages for farmers in areas affected by restructuring and/or development programmes, for which the specific support is granted, are not compensated under any other provision of such programmes for the same purpose.