TITLE IIISINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME
CHAPTER 3PAYMENT ENTITLEMENTS
Section 2Payment entitlements subject to special conditions
Article 47Payments giving right to payment entitlements subject to special conditions
1
By way of derogation from Articles 43 and 44, the following amounts resulting from payments granted in the reference period shall be included in the reference amount under the conditions provided for in Article 48 and point C of Annex VII:
a
the deseasonalisation premium provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999;
b
the slaughter premium provided for in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999;
c
the special premium for male bovine animals and the suckler cow premium, where the farmer was exempted from the stocking rate requirement pursuant to Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999, provided that the farmer did not apply for the extensification payment provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation;
d
additional payments provided for in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 where paid in addition to aid provided for under (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph;
e
the aids provided for under the sheep and goats aid scheme:
in the calendar years 2000 and 2001, in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1323/9027,
in the calendar year 2002, in Articles 4, 5 and 11(1) and in the first, second and fourth indent of Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001.
2
Starting from 2007 and by way of derogation from Articles 33, 43 and 44, the amounts resulting from dairy premium and additional payments, provided for in Articles 95 and 96 and to be granted in 2007 shall be included in the single payment scheme under the conditions provided for in Articles 48 to 50.
Article 48Determination of the payment entitlements subject to special conditions
When farmer was granted payments referred to in Article 47, but had no hectares as referred to in Article 43 in the reference period, or the entitlement per hectare results in an amount higher than EUR 5 000, the farmer shall have right, respectively, to a payment entitlement:
- (a)
equal to the reference amount corresponding to the direct payments he was granted in the three-year average period;
- (b)
for each EUR 5000 or fraction of the reference amount corresponding to the direct payments he was granted in the three-year average period.
Article 49Conditions
1
Save as otherwise provided for in this section, the other provisions of this Title shall apply to the payment entitlements subject to special conditions.
2
By way of derogation from Articles 36(1) and 44(1), a farmer who has such payment entitlements for which he did not have hectares in the reference period, shall be authorised by the Member State to derogate from the obligation to provide a number of eligible hectares equivalent to the number of entitlements on the condition he maintains at least 50 % of the agricultural activity exercised in the reference period expressed in livestock units (LU).
In case of a transfer of the payment entitlements, the transferee may benefit from this derogation only if all the payment entitlements subject to the derogation are transferred.
3
The payment entitlements determined according to Article 48 shall not be modified.
Article 50Dairy premium and additional payments
1
Without prejudice to Article 48 and by way of derogation from Articles 37 and 43, a farmer shall receive a supplementary amount per entitlement resulting by dividing the amounts to be granted under Articles 95 and 96 by the number of entitlements he owns in 2007 except set-aside entitlements.
The unit value of each payment entitlement he owns in 2007 shall be increased by this supplementary amount.
2
In cases where he does not own any entitlement, Articles 48 and 49 shall apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, for the purpose of applying Article 48, the term ‘hectares’ shall mean the eligible hectares the farmer owns in 2007.