1.Payment entitlements may only be declared for payment, once per year, by the farmer who holds them at the latest date for lodging an application under the single payment scheme
2.Member States shall fix the beginning of the 10 month period referred to in Article 44(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 for each individual farmer at a single date within a period to be fixed between 1st September of the calendar year preceding the year of lodging an application under the single payment scheme and 30 April of the following calendar year or leave it at the farmer’s choice within the fixed period.