Article 31Dairy premium and additional payments
1.Where a Member State makes use of the option provided for in the first paragraph of Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in 2005 or, in case of application of Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, in the first year of application of the single payment scheme:
(a)in the case where a dairy farmer received other direct payments in the reference period:
(a)if he had hectares in the reference period, the payment entitlements shall be calculated, in accordance with Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, on the basis of all the hectares which in the reference period gave right to those direct payments including the forage area;
if he had no hectares in the reference period, he shall receive payment entitlements subject to special conditions calculated in accordance with Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003;
(b)in the case where a dairy farmer did not receive other direct payments in the reference period:
(b)if he has hectares, the payment entitlements shall be calculated by dividing the amount to be granted under Articles 95 and 96 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 by the hectares he owns in 2005 or, in case of application of Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, in the first year of application of the single payment scheme;
If he has no hectares, he shall receive payment entitlements subject to special conditions calculated in accordance with Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.
2.Where a Member State makes use of the option provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in 2006, Article 50 of that Regulation shall apply.