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 (c. 639)

1. Introductory Text

2. CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

   1. SECTION 1 Scope and general principles

      1. Article 1. Scope

      2. Article 2. General principles

      3. Article 3. Reductions due to financial discipline

   2. SECTION 2 Provisions related to definitions in Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

      1. Article 4. Framework for criteria on maintaining the agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation

      2. Article 5. Framework for minimum activities on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation

      3. Article 6. Predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage in case of permanent grassland

      4. Article 7. Established local practices in case of permanent grassland

      5. Article 8. Reduction coefficient according to Article 32(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

      6. Article 9. Production of hemp

   3. SECTION 3 Active farmer

      1. Article 10. Cases where agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation

      2. Article 11. Receipts obtained from non-agricultural activities

      3. Article 12. Amount of direct payments referred to in Article 9(2) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and in Article 13(2) of this Regulation

      4. Article 13. Criteria for proving that agricultural activities are not insignificant and that the principal business or company objects consist of exercising an agricultural activity

3. CHAPTER 2 BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME AND SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME

   1. SECTION 1 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

      1. Subsection 1 First allocation of payment entitlements

         1. Article 14. Cases of inheritance, changes in legal status or denomination and mergers and scissions

         2. Article 15. Establishment of eligible hectares for the purposes of Articles 24(2) and 39(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

         3. Article 16. Limitation under Article 24(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

         4. Article 17. Determination of the value of payment entitlements under Articles 26 and 40 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

         5. Article 18. Definitive establishment of the value and number of payment entitlements

         6. Article 19. Establishment of the value of payment entitlements in hardship cases

         7. Article 20. Private contract clause in the case of sale

         8. Article 21. Private contract clause in the case of lease

         9. Article 22. Beneficiaries pursuant to Article 24(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

      2. Subsection 2 Activation and transfer of entitlements

         1. Article 23. Calculation of the value of payment entitlements

         2. Article 24. Requirements for activation of payment entitlements

         3. Article 25. Transfer of entitlements

      3. Subsection 3 National or regional reserves

         1. Article 26. Reversion to the national or regional reserve due to retention on transfer of payment entitlements

         2. Article 27. Application of the windfall profit clause

         3. Article 28. Establishment of payment entitlements from the national or regional reserve under Article 30(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

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

         5. Article 30. Further rules on the establishment of payment entitlements from the national or regional reserve

         6. Article 31. Hardship cases

      4. Subsection 4 Member States applying Article 21(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

         1. Article 32. Implementation in Member States applying Article 21(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

         2. Article 33. Application of Article 21(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

         3. Article 34. Determination of the value of payment entitlements under Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 for Member States applying Article 21(3) of that Regulation

   2. SECTION 2 Single area payment scheme

      1. Article 35. Eligible hectares in Member States applying the single area payment scheme

      2. Article 36. Application of Article 36(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

      3. Article 37. Production of hemp under the single area payment scheme

4. CHAPTER 3 GREENING

   1. SECTION 1 Equivalence

      1. Article 38. Requirements applicable to the national or regional certification schemes

      2. Article 39. Calculation of the amount referred to in Article 28(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013

   2. SECTION 2 Crop diversification

      1. Article 40. Calculation of shares of different crops for crop diversification

   3. SECTION 3 Permanent grassland

      1. Article 41. Framework for the designation of further environmentally sensitive permanent grassland areas outside of Natura 2000 areas

      2. Article 42. Reconversion in case of non-respect of the obligation on environmentally sensitive permanent grassland areas

      3. Article 43. Calculation of the ratio of permanent grassland

      4. Article 44. Maintenance of the ratio of permanent grassland

   4. SECTION 4 Ecological focus area

      1. Article 45. Further criteria for the types of ecological focus area

      2. Article 46. Rules for the regional implementation of ecological focus areas

      3. Article 47. Rules for the collective implementation and the criteria to be met by holdings to be considered to be in close proximity

      4. Article 48. Determination of the ratio of forest to agricultural land

5. CHAPTER 4 PAYMENT FOR YOUNG FARMERS

   1. Article 49. Access of legal persons to the payment for young farmers

   2. Article 50. Access of a group of natural persons to the payment for young farmers

6. CHAPTER 5 COUPLED SUPPORT

   1. SECTION 1 Voluntary coupled support

      1. Article 51. Definitions

      2. Article 52. General principles

      3. Article 53. Conditions for granting the support

      4. Article 54. Consistency and cumulation of support

      5. Article 55. Criteria for approval by the Commission

   2. SECTION 2 Crop specific payment for cotton

      1. Article 56. Authorisation of agricultural land for cotton production

      2. Article 57. Authorisation of varieties for sowing

      3. Article 58. Eligibility requirements

      4. Article 59. Agronomic practices

      5. Article 60. Approval of inter-branch organisations

      6. Article 61. Producers’ obligations

7. CHAPTER 6 NOTIFICATIONS

   1. Article 62. Notifications relating to definitions and related provisions

   2. Article 63. Notifications relating to the reduction coefficient according to Article 32(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

   3. Article 64. Notifications relating to the basic payment

   4. Article 65. Notifications relating to greening

   5. Article 66. Notifications relating to the payment for young farmers

   6. Article 67. Notifications relating to the voluntary coupled support

   7. Article 68. Notifications concerning the minimum requirements for receiving direct payments

   8. Article 69. Notifications concerning the redistributive payment

   9. Article 70. Notifications concerning the payment for areas with natural constraints

   10. Article 71. Notifications concerning the small farmers scheme

   11. Article 72. Application of Article 8(1), 41(4) or 52(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 to members of legal persons or groups

   12. Article 73. Linear reductions of the payments

   13. Article 74. Request for information on measures taken by the Member States

   14. Article 75. Reports

   15. Article 76. Notification of decision resulting from a review

8. CHAPTER 7 AMENDMENT, REPEAL AND ENTRY INTO FORCE

   1. Article 77. Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

   2. Article 78. Repeal

   3. Article 79. Entry into force and application

9. Signature

10. 1. ANNEX I

       Content of the information to be submitted to the Commission pursuant to Article 67(1)

       1. The information shall include:

       2. the total amount fixed for the coupled support and the...

    2. ANNEX II

       1. ‘ANNEX X Conversion and weighting factors referred to in Article...