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  1. Introductory Text

  2. TITLE I SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

    1. Article 1.Scope

    2. Article 2.Definitions

    3. Article 3.Financing of direct payments

  3. TITLE II GENERAL PROVISIONS ON DIRECT PAYMENTS

    1. CHAPTER 1 Cross compliance

      1. Article 4.Main requirements

      2. Article 5.Statutory management requirements

      3. Article 6.Good agricultural and environmental condition

    2. CHAPTER 2 Modulation and financial discipline

      1. Article 7.Modulation

      2. Article 8.Net ceilings

      3. Article 9.Amounts resulting from modulation

      4. Article 10.Special rules for modulation in the new Member States

      5. Article 10a.Adjustment of direct payments in 2013

      6. Article 10b.Voluntary adjustment of direct payments in 2013

      7. Article 10c.Amounts resulting from voluntary adjustment and from application of Article 136

      8. Article 10d.EAGF net ceiling

      9. Article 11.Financial discipline

      10. Article 11a.Delegation of powers

    3. CHAPTER 3 Farm advisory system

      1. Article 12.Farm advisory system

      2. Article 13.Obligations of designated authorities and private bodies

    4. CHAPTER 4 Integrated administration and control system

      1. Article 14.Scope

      2. Article 15.Elements of the integrated system

      3. Article 16.Computerised database

      4. Article 17.Identification system for agricultural parcels

      5. Article 18.System for the identification and registration of payment entitlements

      6. Article 19.Aid applications

      7. Article 20.Verification of eligibility conditions

      8. Article 21.Reductions and exclusions in the event of non-compliance with eligibility rules

      9. Article 22.Controls on cross compliance

      10. Article 23.Reduction of or exclusion from payments in the event of non-compliance with cross compliance rules

      11. Article 24.Detailed rules on reductions and exclusions in the event of non-compliance with cross compliance rules

      12. Article 25.Amounts resulting from cross compliance

      13. Article 26.Compatibility of support schemes with the integrated system

      14. Article 27.Information and control

    5. CHAPTER 5 Other general provisions

      1. Article 28.Minimum requirements for receiving direct payments

      2. Article 29.Payment

      3. Article 30.Circumvention clause

      4. Article 31.Force majeure and exceptional circumstances

      5. Article 32.Review

  4. TITLE III SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME

    1. CHAPTER 1 General implementation

      1. Article 33.Payment entitlements

      2. Article 34.Activation of payment entitlements per eligible hectare

      3. Article 35.Declaration of eligible hectares

      4. Article 36.Modification of payment entitlements

      5. Article 37.Multiple claims

      6. Article 38.Use of land in the event of the deferred integration of the fruit and vegetables sector

      7. Article 39.Use of land for the production of hemp

      8. Article 40.National ceilings

      9. Article 41.National reserve

      10. Article 42.Unused payment entitlements

      11. Article 43.Transfer of payment entitlements

      12. Article 44.Conditions for special entitlements

      13. Article 45.Revision of payment entitlements

    2. CHAPTER 2 Regional and partial implementation

      1. Section 1 Regional implementation

        1. Article 46.Regional allocation of the national ceilings referred to in Article 40

        2. Article 47.Regionalisation of the single payment scheme

        3. Article 48.Revision of payment entitlements

        4. Article 49.Grassland

        5. Article 50.Conditions for the payment entitlements established under this Section

      2. Section 2 Partial implementation

        1. Article 51.General provisions

        2. Article 52.Sheepmeat and goatmeat payments

        3. Article 53.Beef and veal payments

        4. Article 54.Transitional fruit and vegetables payments

    3. CHAPTER 3 Implementation in the new Member States having applied the single area payment scheme and in Croatia

      1. Article 55.Introduction of the single payment scheme in the Member States having applied the single area payment scheme and in Croatia

      2. Article 56.Application for support

      3. Article 57.National reserve

      4. Article 57a.Special national de-mining reserve in Croatia

      5. Article 58.Regional allocation of the national ceilings referred to in Article 40

      6. Article 59.Allocation of payment entitlements

      7. Article 60.Farmers with no eligible hectares

      8. Article 61.Grassland

      9. Article 62.Conditions for payment entitlements

    4. CHAPTER 4 Integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme

      1. Article 63.Integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme

      2. Article 64.Integration of coupled support excluded from the single payment scheme

      3. Article 65.Integration of coupled support partially excluded from the single payment scheme

      4. Article 66.Optional integration of coupled support partially excluded from the single payment scheme

      5. Article 67.Advanced integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme

    5. CHAPTER 5 Specific support

      1. Article 68.General rules

      2. Article 69.Financial provisions for specific support

      3. Article 70.Crop, animal, and plant insurance

      4. Article 71.Mutual funds for animal and plant diseases and environmental incidents

      5. Article 72.Transitional provisions

    6. CHAPTER 5a Redistributive payment in 2014

      1. Article 72a.General rules

      2. Article 72b.Financial provisions

  5. TITLE IV OTHER AID SCHEMES

    1. CHAPTER 1 Community aid schemes

      1. Section 1 Crop specific payment for rice

        1. Article 73.Scope

        2. Article 74.Conditions and amount of the aid

        3. Article 75.Areas

        4. Article 76.Overrun of the areas

      2. Section 2 Aid for starch potato growers

        1. Article 77.Scope and amount of the aid

        2. Article 78.Conditions

      3. Section 3 Protein crop premium

        1. Article 79.Scope

        2. Article 80.Amount and eligibility

        3. Article 81.Area

      4. Section 4 Area payment for nuts

        1. Article 82.Community area payment for nuts

        2. Article 83.Areas

        3. Article 84.Overrun of the sub-base areas

        4. Article 85.Conditions for eligibility

        5. Article 86.National aid

      5. Section 5 Seed aid

        1. Article 87.Aid

      6. Section 6 Crop specific payment for cotton

        1. Article 88.Scope

        2. Article 89.Eligibility

        3. Article 90.Base areas, fixed yields and reference amounts

        4. Article 91.Approved inter-branch organisations

        5. Article 92.Payment of the aid

      7. Section 7 Aid for sugar beet and cane producers

        1. Article 93.Scope

        2. Article 94.Conditions

        3. Article 95.Amount of the aid

      8. Section 8 Transitional fruit and vegetables payments

        1. Article 96.Transitional area aids

        2. Article 97.Amount of the aid and eligibility

      9. Section 9 Transitional soft fruit payment

        1. Article 98.Soft fruit payment

      10. Section 10 Premiums in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector

        1. Article 99.Scope

        2. Article 100.Definitions

        3. Article 101.Ewe and goat premiums

        4. Article 102.Supplementary premium

        5. Article 103.Common rules on premiums

        6. Article 104.Individual limits

        7. Article 105.Transfer of premium rights

        8. Article 106.National reserve

        9. Article 107.Ceilings

      11. Section 11 Beef and veal payments

        1. Article 108.Scope

        2. Article 109.Definitions

        3. Article 110.Special premium

        4. Article 111.Suckler cow premium

        5. Article 112.Individual ceiling for suckler cow

        6. Article 113.Transfer of suckler cow premium rights

        7. Article 114.National reserve of suckler cow premium rights

        8. Article 115.Heifers

        9. Article 116.Slaughter premium

        10. Article 117.Common rules on premiums

        11. Article 118.Ceilings

        12. Article 119.Substances prohibited under Directive 96/22/EC

    2. CHAPTER 2 National aids

      1. Article 120.National aid for nuts

  6. TITLE V IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECT PAYMENTS IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES

    1. CHAPTER 1 General provisions

      1. Article 121.Introduction of direct payments

    2. CHAPTER 1a Single payment scheme

      1. Article 121a.Single payment scheme in Croatia

    3. CHAPTER 2 Single area payment scheme

      1. Article 122.Single area payment scheme

      2. Article 123.Annual financial envelope

      3. Article 124.Area under the single area payment scheme

      4. Article 125.Communication

    4. CHAPTER 2a Redistributive payment in 2014

      1. Article 125a.General rules

      2. Article 125b.Financial provisions

    5. CHAPTER 3 Separate payments and specific support

      1. Article 126.Separate sugar payment

      2. Article 127.Separate fruit and vegetables payment

      3. Article 128.Separate transitional fruit and vegetables payment

      4. Article 129.Separate soft fruit payment

      5. Article 130.Common provisions for the separate payments

      6. Article 131.Specific support

    6. CHAPTER 4 Complementary national direct payments and direct payments

      1. Article 132.Complementary national direct payments and direct payments

      2. Article 133.State aid in Cyprus

      3. Article 133a.Transitional national aid in 2013

      4. Article 133b.Transitional national aid in 2014

  7. TITLE VI FINANCIAL TRANSFERS

    1. Article 134.Financial transfer for restructuring in the cotton regions

    2. Article 135.Financial transfer for restructuring in the tobacco regions

    3. Article 136.Transfer to EAFRD

    4. Article 136a.Flexibility between pillars

    5. Article 136b.Transfer to EAFRD

  8. TITLE VII IMPLEMENTING, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. CHAPTER 1 Implementing provisions

      1. Article 137.Confirmation of payment entitlements

      2. Article 138.Application to the outermost regions

      3. Article 139.State aid

      4. Article 140.Transmission of information to the Commission

      5. Article 140a.Delegation of powers

      6. Article 141.Management Committee for Direct Payments

      7. Article 141a.Exercise of the delegation

      8. Article 141b.Committee procedure

      9. Article 142.Implementing rules

    2. CHAPTER 2 Transitional and final provisions

      1. Article 143.Amendments of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005

      2. Article 144.Amendments of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006

      3. Article 145.Amendments of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007

      4. Article 146.Repeals

      5. Article 146a.Sheep and goat payments in 2009

      6. Article 147.Transitional rules

      7. Article 148.Transitional arrangements for the new Member States

      8. Article 149.Entry into force and application

  9. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

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    2. ANNEX II

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    3. ANNEX III

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    4. ANNEX IV

      National net ceilings referred to in Article 8

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    5. ANNEX V

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    6. ANNEX VI

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    7. ANNEX VII

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    8. ANNEX VIII

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    9. ANNEX VIIIa

      Amounts resulting from the application of Article 136b in 2014

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    10. ANNEX VIIIb

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    11. ANNEX VIIIc

      National ceilings referred to in Articles 72a(6) and 125a(5)

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    12. ANNEX VIIId

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    13. ANNEX IX

      Payment entitlements referred to in Article 33(1)(b)(iii)

      1. A. Fruit and vegetables, ware potatoes and nurseries

        1. 1. For the purposes of this Annex, ‘fruit and vegetables’ shall...

        2. 2. Member States shall determine the amount to be included in...

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      2. B. Wine (grubbing up)

      3. C. Wine (transfer from support programmes)

    14. ANNEX X

      Components of the national ceilings referred to in Article 54

      1. 1. The component of the national ceilings referred to in Article...

      2. 2. The component of the national ceilings referred to in Article...

    15. ANNEX XI

      Integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme as referred to in Article 63

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    16. ANNEX XII

      Integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme as referred to in Article 64

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    17. ANNEX XIII

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    18. ANNEX XIV

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    19. ANNEX XV

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    20. ANNEX XVI

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    21. ANNEX XVII

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    22. ANNEX XVIIa

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    23. ANNEX XVIII

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