Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009

Article 35U.K.Delegated powers

1.In order to ensure legal certainty and to clarify the specific situations that may arise in the application of the basic payment scheme, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 70 concerning:

(a)rules on eligibility and access in respect of the basic payment scheme of farmers in the case of inheritance and anticipated inheritance, inheritance under a lease, change of legal status or denomination, transfer of payment entitlements, merger or scission of the holding, and the application of the contract clause referred to in Article 24(8);

(b)rules on the calculation of the value and number or on the increase or reduction in the value of payment entitlements in relation to the allocation of payment entitlements under any provision of this Title, including rules:

(i)

on the possibility of a provisional value and number or of a provisional increase of payment entitlements allocated on the basis of the application from the farmer,

(ii)

on the conditions for establishing the provisional and definitive value and number of the payment entitlements,

(iii)

on the cases where a sale or lease contract may affect the allocation of payment entitlements;

(c)rules on the establishment and calculation of the value and number of payment entitlements received from the national reserve or regional reserves;

(d)rules on the modification of the unit value of payment entitlements in the case of fractions of payment entitlements and in the case of transfer of payment entitlements referred to in Article 34(4);

(e)criteria for applying options under points (a), (b) and (c) of the third subparagraph of Article 24(1);

(f)criteria for applying limitations on the number of payment entitlements to be allocated in accordance with Article 24(4) to (7);

(g)criteria for the allocation of payment entitlements pursuant to Article 30(6) and (7);

(h)criteria for setting the reduction coefficient referred to in Article 32(5).

2.In order to ensure the proper management of payment entitlements, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 70 laying down rules on the content of the declaration and the requirements for the activation of payment entitlements.

3.In order to preserve public health, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 70 laying down rules making the granting of payments conditional upon the use of certified seeds of certain hemp varieties and the procedure for the determination of hemp varieties and the verification of their tetrahydrocannabinol content referred to in Article 32(6).