Article 64Integration of coupled support excluded from the single payment scheme
1.The amounts referred to in Annex XII that were available for coupled support under the schemes referred to in points 1 and 2 of Annex XI shall be distributed by the Member States amongst the farmers in the sectors concerned in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria, taking account, in particular, of support that those farmers received, directly or indirectly, under the relevant support schemes during one or more years in the period 2005 to 2008. In the case of the potato starch schemes referred to in points 1 and 2 of Annex XI, Member States may distribute the amounts available under those schemes taking into account the quantities of potato covered by cultivation contracts between the potato producer and the starch manufacturer within the limit of the quota allocated to that manufacturer, as referred to in Article 84a of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, in a given year.
2.Member States shall increase the value of the payment entitlements held by the farmers concerned on the basis of the amounts resulting from the application of paragraph 1.
The increase in value per payment entitlement per farmer shall be calculated by dividing the amounts referred to in the first subparagraph by the number of payment entitlements of each farmer concerned.
However, where a farmer in a sector concerned does not hold any payment entitlement, he shall be allocated payment entitlements:
(a)the number of which shall be equal to the number of hectares he declares in accordance with Article 35(1) in respect of the year of integration of the coupled support scheme into the single payment scheme;
(b)the value of which shall be established by dividing the amount resulting from the application of paragraph 1 by the number established in accordance with point (a) of this subparagraph.
3.However, where the amount per aid scheme is lower than EUR 250 000, the Member State concerned may decide not to distribute the amounts and add them to the national reserve.