Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) N o 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 (c. 639)

[F1 CHAPTER 2 U.K. BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME AND SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME

SECTION 1 U.K. Rules for the implementation of the basic payment scheme provided for in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 of Chapter 1 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

Subsection 3 U.K. National or regional reserves

Article 29 U.K. Establishment of payment entitlements from the national or regional reserve under Article 30(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

1. For the purposes of Article 30(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, where new payment entitlements are allocated as provided for in Article 30(10) of that Regulation, they shall be allocated in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Article and in accordance with the objective criteria laid down by the [F2 relevant authority] concerned.

2. Where a farmer who does not hold any payment entitlement (owned or leased-in) is entitled in accordance with Article 30(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 to receive payment entitlements from the national or regional reserve and applies for it, he shall receive a number of payment entitlements up to the number of eligible hectares he holds (owned or leased-in) at the latest date for lodging his application as referred to in Article 28(1).

3. Where a farmer who holds payment entitlements (owned or leased-in) is entitled in accordance with Article 30(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 to receive payment entitlements from the national or regional reserve and applies for it, he shall receive a number of payment entitlements up to the number of eligible hectares he holds (owned or leased-in) at the latest date for lodging his application as referred to in Article 28(1) for which he does not hold any payment entitlement (owned or leased-in).

Where the value of the entitlements that the farmer already holds (owned or leased-in) is below the national or regional average referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 30(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the annual unit values of those entitlements may be increased up to the national or regional average as provided for in Article 30(10) of that Regulation.

[F3 4. For the purposes of paragraph 1, [F4 the relevant authority] shall not lay down criteria related to production or other sector-specific data for a period after the date fixed by the [F5 relevant authority] in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 for claim year 2013.]]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Art. 29(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 11(9)(a)

F3 Art. 29(4) omitted (W.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaeous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 8(6)

F4 Words in Art. 29(4) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 11(9)(b)(i)

F5 Words in Art. 29(4) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 11(9)(b)(ii)

Textual Amendments

F1 Regulation revoked (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 1 Table 1 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)