TITLE IIISINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME

F1CHAPTER 6IMPLEMENTATION IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES

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Article 71eRegional allocation of the ceiling referred to in Article 71c

1

The new Member States shall apply the single payment scheme at regional level.

2

The new Member States shall define the regions according to objective criteria.

New Member States with less than three million eligible hectares may be considered as one single region.

F2However, new Member States having applied the single area payment scheme may be considered as one single region.

3

Each new Member State shall subdivide its national ceiling referred to in Article 71c after any reduction according to Article 71d between the regions according to objective criteria.