The amounts that were available for coupled support under the schemes referred to in point 3 of Annex XI shall be distributed by the Member States amongst the farmers in the sectors concerned in proportion to the support that those farmers received under the relevant support schemes during the relevant reference periods referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.
Member States may, however, choose a more recent representative period in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria and, where a Member State introduced the single payment scheme in accordance with Section 1 of Chapter 5 or Chapter 6 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 or where it makes use of the option provided in Article 47 of this Regulation, in accordance with Article 63(2)(b) of this Regulation.
Member States shall increase the value of the payment entitlements of the farmers concerned or allocate payment entitlements in accordance with Article 64(2) of this Regulation.
Where a farmer that received payments under Articles 67 and 68 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 would be entitled to receive payment entitlements in accordance with this Article for which he does not have eligible hectares in the year of integration of the coupled support scheme into the single payment scheme or where his payment entitlement per hectare results in an amount higher than EUR 5 000, he shall be allocated special entitlements as referred to in Article 44, not exceeding EUR 5 000 per entitlement.