Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014Show full title

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) N o 639/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and amending Annex X to that Regulation

[F1[F2Article 4U.K.Framework for criteria on maintaining the agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation

1.For the purposes of the point (ii) of Article 4(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the criteria that farmers are to meet in order to fulfil the obligation to maintain the agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation without preparatory action going beyond usual agricultural methods and machineries shall be established by [F3the relevant authority] in either or both of the following ways:

(a)

[F4the relevant authority requires] at least one annual activity to be carried out by a farmer. Where justified for environmental reasons, [F5the relevant authority] may decide to recognise also activities that are carried out only every second year;

(b)

[F6the relevant authority sets] out the characteristics to be met by an agricultural area in order to be deemed maintained in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation.

2.When establishing criteria referred to in paragraph 1, [F7the relevant authority] may distinguish between different types of agricultural areas.]]

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