TITLE IIIBASIC PAYMENT SCHEME, SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME AND RELATED PAYMENTS

CHAPTER 2Redistributive payment

E2F37Article 41General rules

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The relevant authority may grant an annual payment to farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 of Chapter 1 (“the redistributive payment”), provided that such a decision was taken and notified to the Commission by 1 August 2019.

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If the relevant authority applies the basic payment scheme at regional level in accordance with Article 23, it may apply the redistributive payment at regional level.

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Without prejudice to the application of financial discipline, of reduction of payments in accordance with Article 11, of linear reductions as referred in Article 7 of this Regulation, and to the application of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the redistributive payment shall be granted annually upon activation of payment entitlements by the farmer F2....

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The redistributive payment shall be calculated each year by F17the relevant authority by multiplying a figure to be set by the F3relevant authority, which shall not be higher than 65 % of the F5... average payment per hectare F6made by the relevant authority (at regional level where applicable), by the number of payment entitlements activated by the farmer in accordance with Article 33(1) F7.... The number of such payment entitlements or hectares shall not exceed a maximum to be set by F17the relevant authority which shall not be higher than 30 hectares F8, or 54 hectares if the average size exceeds 30 hectares in the F4constituent nation concerned.

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The national average payment per hectare referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article shall be established by the F10relevant authority on the basis F11of its share of the national ceiling F12... for calendar year 2019 and the number of eligible hectares declared in accordance with Article 33(1) F13... in 2015.

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F15The relevant authority shall ensure that no advantage provided for under this Chapter is granted to farmers in respect of whom it is established that, after 18 October 2011, they divided their holding with the sole purpose of benefiting from the redistributive payment. This shall also apply to farmers whose holdings result from that division.

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E1Article 41General rules

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The relevant authority may grant an annual payment to farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 of Chapter 1 (“the redistributive payment”) F33....

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If the relevant authority applies the basic payment scheme at regional level in accordance with Article 23, it may apply the redistributive payment at regional level.

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Without prejudice to the application F34... of reduction of payments in accordance with Article 11 F35... of this Regulation, and to the application of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the redistributive payment shall be granted annually upon activation of payment entitlements by the farmer F25....

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The redistributive payment shall be calculated each year by F19the relevant authority by multiplying a figure to be set by the F20relevant authority, which shall not be higher than 65 % of the F26... average payment per hectare F21made by the relevant authority (at regional level where applicable), by the number of payment entitlements activated by the farmer in accordance with Article 33(1) F27.... F36The number of such payment entitlements or hectares shall not exceed a maximum level to be set by the relevant authority which shall not be higher than 54 hectares.

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The national average payment per hectare referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article shall be established by the F22relevant authority on the basis F23of its share of the national ceiling F29... for calendar year 2019 and the number of eligible hectares declared in accordance with Article 33(1) F30... in 2015.

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F24The relevant authority shall ensure that no advantage provided for under this Chapter is granted to farmers in respect of whom it is established that, after 18 October 2011, they divided their holding with the sole purpose of benefiting from the redistributive payment. This shall also apply to farmers whose holdings result from that division.

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