TITLE IIIU.K.BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME, SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME AND RELATED PAYMENTS

CHAPTER 2U.K.Redistributive payment

[F1Article 41E+S+N.I.General rules

[F21.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.

2.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.]

3.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 F3....

4.The redistributive payment shall be calculated each year by [F4the relevant authority] by multiplying a figure to be set by the [F5relevant authority], which shall not be higher than 65 % of the F6... average payment per hectare [F7made 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) F8.... The number of such payment entitlements or hectares shall not exceed a maximum to be set by [F4the relevant authority] which shall not be higher than 30 hectares [F9, or 54 hectares if the] average size exceeds 30 hectares in the [F10constituent nation] concerned.

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6.The national average payment per hectare referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article shall be established by the [F12relevant authority] on the basis [F13of its share] of the national ceiling F14... for calendar year 2019 and the number of eligible hectares declared in accordance with Article 33(1) F15... in 2015.

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7.[F17The 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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Extent Information

E1This version of this provision extends to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for Wales only

Textual Amendments

Article 41WGeneral rules

[F191.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”) F20....

2.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.]

3.Without prejudice to the application F21... of reduction of payments in accordance with Article 11 F22... 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 F23....

4.The redistributive payment shall be calculated each year by [F24the relevant authority] by multiplying a figure to be set by the [F25relevant authority], which shall not be higher than 65 % of the F26... average payment per hectare [F27made 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) F28.... [F29The 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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6.The national average payment per hectare referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article shall be established by the [F31relevant authority] on the basis [F32of its share] of the national ceiling F33... for calendar year 2019 and the number of eligible hectares declared in accordance with Article 33(1) F34... in 2015.

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7.[F36The 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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Extent Information

E2This version of this provision extends to Wales only; a separate version has been created for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland only

Textual Amendments