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TITLE IIIU.K. BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME, SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME AND RELATED PAYMENTS

CHAPTER 1 U.K. Basic payment scheme and single area payment scheme

Section 2 U.K. National reserve and regional reserves

Article 31U.K.Replenishment of the national reserve or regional reserves

1.The national reserve or regional reserves shall be replenished by amounts resulting from:

(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;

[F1(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. In addition, Member States already making use of that linear reduction may in the same year also apply 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 points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 30(7) of this Regulation;]

(h)the application of Article 34(4) of this Regulation.

2.The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down necessary measures regarding the reversion of non-activated payment entitlements to the national reserve or regional reserves. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 71(2).

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