The information shall include:
the total amount fixed for the coupled support and the related percentage of the national ceiling referred to in Article 53 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 for each year until 2020;
the title of each support measure;
a description of each support measure, including at least:
the region or sector targeted;
[F1the specific types of farming and/or the specific agricultural sectors selected as well as a description of the difficulties encountered and, where applicable, the criteria fixed by Member States to define the regions referred to in Article 52(1) of this Regulation;]
the related economic, social or environmental importance;
[F2. . . . .]
any implementation of the derogation laid down in Article 52(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013;
its duration;
the applicable eligibility conditions;
[F3for Member States applying the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of this Regulation, the criteria applied for the establishment of each modulated per unit amount in accordance with that subparagraph;]
[F1the estimated per unit amount(s) of support calculated in accordance with the second and third subparagraphs of Article 53(2) of this Regulation;]
the amount fixed for the financing;
the applicable quantitative limit, i.e. the fixed areas and yields or the fixed number of animals in accordance with Article 52(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013;
where appropriate, the maximum area fixed for the purpose of implementing the support for those oilseeds referred to in Article 53(3) of this Regulation;
any existing measures applied under other Union support schemes or under measures financed by state aids in the same region or sector as the coupled support measure and, where applicable, the criteria and administrative rules for ensuring that support aiming at the objective referred to in Article 52(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 is not also granted under other Union support schemes in accordance with Article 52(9) of that Regulation;
where appropriate, the detailed description of the particular situation in the region or sector targeted and the characteristics of the specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors, which make the percentage referred to in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 insufficient to address the difficulties identified and which justify an increased level of support according to Article 54(2) of that Regulation;
where appropriate, the demonstration of the existence of one of the needs referred to in Article 55(1)(a),(b),(c) or (d) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/141 of 30 November 2015 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 as regards certain provisions on the payment for young farmers and on voluntary coupled support and derogating from Article 53(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
F2 Deleted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/141 of 30 November 2015 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 as regards certain provisions on the payment for young farmers and on voluntary coupled support and derogating from Article 53(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
F3 Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/141 of 30 November 2015 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 as regards certain provisions on the payment for young farmers and on voluntary coupled support and derogating from Article 53(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
| Features | Conversion factor(m/tree to m2) | Weighting factor | Ecological focus area(if both factors are applied) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land lying fallow (per 1 m2) | n.a. | 1 | 1 m2 | ||
| Terraces (per 1 m) | 2 | 1 | 2 m2 | ||
| Landscape features: | |||||
| Hedges/wooded strips (per 1 m) | 5 | 2 | 10 m2 | ||
| Isolated tree (per tree) | 20 | 1,5 | 30 m2 | ||
| Trees in line (per 1 m) | 5 | 2 | 10 m2 | ||
| Group of trees/Field copses (per 1 m2) | n.a. | 1,5 | 1,5 m2 | ||
| Field margin (per 1 m) | 6 | 1,5 | 9 m2 | ||
| Ponds (per 1 m2) | n.a. | 1,5 | 1,5 m2 | ||
| Ditches (per 1 m) | 3 | 2 | 6 m2 | ||
| Traditional stone walls (per 1 m) | 1 | 1 | 1 m2 | ||
| Other features not listed above but protected under GAEC7, SMR 2 or SMR 3 (per 1 m2) | n.a. | 1 | 1 m2 | ||
| Buffer strips (per 1 m) | 6 | 1,5 | 9 m2 | ||
| Hectares of agro-forestry (per 1 m2) | n.a. | 1 | 1 m2 | ||
| Strips of eligible hectares along forest edges (per 1 m) | |||||
| Without production With production | 6 6 | 1,5 0,3 | 9 m2 1,8 m2 | ||
| Areas with short rotation coppice (per 1 m2) | n.a. | 0,3 | 0,3 m2 | ||
| Afforested areas as referred to in Article 32(2)(b)(ii) (per m2) | n.a. | 1 | 1 m2 | ||
| Areas with catch crops or green cover (per 1 m2) | n.a. | 0,3 | 0,3 m2 | ||
| Areas with nitrogen fixing crops (per 1 m2) | n.a. | 0,3 | 0,3 m2’ | ||
The conversion and weighting factors shall also apply to features included in the equivalent practices as listed in Section III of Annex IX that are the same as the features listed in this Annex and as specified in Article 45 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and amending Annex X to that Regulation (OJ L 181, 20.6.2014, p. 1) for the sole purpose of the calculation of the ecological focus area of the holding as referred to in Article 46(1) of this Regulation.’