1.Where a Member State makes use of the option provided for in Articles 58(1) and 59(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, in case of farmers whose holdings are partly situated in the region concerned, and without prejudice to Article 58 (3) of that Regulation, the regional ceiling shall be calculated on the basis of the reference amount corresponding to the production units which gave right to direct payments in the reference period situated in the region concerned, or in accordance with objective criteria established by the Member State.
2.In the case referred to in paragraph 1, the individual reference amount referred to in Article 59 (3) second subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be that which corresponds to the production units which gave right to direct payments in the reference period situated in the region concerned or established according to objective criteria established by the Member State.
3.Article 26 (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis.