TITLE IIIBASIC PAYMENT SCHEME, SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME AND RELATED PAYMENTS
CHAPTER 2Redistributive payment
Article 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 farmerF2....
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The redistributive payment shall be calculated each year by F3the relevant authority by multiplying a figure to be set by the F4relevant 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 F3the relevant authority which shall not be higher than 30 hectares F8, or 54 hectares if the average size exceeds 30 hectares in the F9constituent 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 F11relevant authority on the basis F12of its share of the national ceiling F13... for calendar year 2019 and the number of eligible hectares declared in accordance with Article 33(1) F14... in 2015.
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F16The 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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Article 41General rules
1.
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”) ....
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.
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Without prejudice to the application ... of reduction of payments in accordance with Article 11 ... 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 ....
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The redistributive payment shall be calculated each year by the relevant authority by multiplying a figure to be set by the relevant authority, which shall not be higher than 65 % of the ... average payment per hectare made 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) .... The 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 relevant authority on the basis of its share of the national ceiling ... for calendar year 2019 and the number of eligible hectares declared in accordance with Article 33(1) ... in 2015.
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The 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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