10 month periodE+W
6. For the purposes of Article 24(2) of Commission Regulation 795/2004, a farmer must choose a date for the beginning of the 10 month period referred to in Article 44(3) of the Council Regulation within a period beginning on 1 October of the calendar year of the year preceding the year of submitting an application under the single payment scheme and ending on 30 April of the year of application.