Where the area covered by aid applications exceeds the maximum area fixed, the aid shall be granted to applicant producers in proportion to the areas stated in their applications.

In order to check that the maximum area referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001 has been complied with where cultivation aid is granted twice in a given year for the same area, that area shall be multiplied by two.

Areas sown to both a perennial and a seasonal crop at the same time may qualify for aid as referred to in Article 1 provided the seasonal crop can be cultivated in conditions comparable to those of areas dedicated to perennial crops.

For the purposes of calculating the area eligible for the aid, only the area used for the seasonal crop shall be taken into account.