TITLE IIIU.K.SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME

CHAPTER 2U.K.ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AMOUNT

Article 37U.K.Calculation of the reference amount

1.The reference amount shall be the three-year average of the total amounts of payments, which a farmer was granted under the support schemes referred to in Annex VI, calculated and adjusted according to Annex VII, in each calendar year of the reference period referred to in Article 38.

[F1However, for olive oil the reference amount shall be the four-year average of the total amounts of payments which a farmer was granted under the olive oil support scheme referred to in Annex VI, calculated and adjusted according to Annex VII, during the marketing years 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03.]

[F2For sugar beet, cane and chicory used for the production of sugar or inulin syrup the reference amount shall be calculated and adjusted in accordance with point K of Annex VII.]

[F3For bananas the reference amount shall be calculated and adjusted in accordance with point L of Annex VII.]

[F4For fruit and vegetables, ware potatoes and nurseries the reference amount shall be calculated and adjusted in accordance with point M of Annex VII.]

2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, when a farmer commences an agricultural activity in the reference period, the average shall be based on the payments he was granted in the calendar year or years during which he exercised the agricultural activity.

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