Article 18U.K.General provisions for farmers in a special situation
1.For the purposes of Article 42 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, ‘farmers in a special situation’ shall mean the farmers referred to in Articles 19 to [F123a] of this Regulation.
2.In cases where a farmer in a special situation meets the condition for applying two or more of Articles 19 to [F123a] of this Regulation or Articles 37 (2), 40, 42(3) or 42(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, he shall receive a number of payment entitlements not higher than the number of hectares he declares in the first year of application of the single payment scheme and whose value shall be the highest value he may obtain by applying separately each of the Articles for which he meets the conditions.
3.Article 6 shall not apply to farmers in a special situation, except the third subparagraph of Article 6(3).
4.In cases where the lease referred to in Articles 20 and 22 or the programs referred to in Article 23 expire after the last date for lodging an application under the single payment scheme in its first year of application, the farmer concerned may apply for the establishment of his payment entitlements, after the expiry of the lease or program, by a date to be fixed by the Member States but not later than the latest date for application under the single payment scheme in the following year.
5.Where, in accordance with their national law or well-established usual practice, the definition of long term lease also includes lease for five years, Member States may decide to apply Articles 20, 21 and 22 to those lease.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/2004 of 29 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 795/2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers.