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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
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1.[F2The eligibility criteria for coupled support measures means the criteria defined by the relevant authority] with the framework set out in Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and the conditions laid down in this Regulation.
2.Areas and yields and number of animals referred to in Article 52(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall be [F3jointly agreed by the relevant authorities for each constituent nation] at regional or sector level. They shall reflect the maximum yields, area cultivated or number of animals reached in the targeted region or sector in at least one year in the period of five years preceding the year of the decision referred to in Article 53(1) of that Regulation.
[F4The annual payment shall be expressed as the per unit amount of support. It may be either one of the following amounts, or, when the area or the number of animals eligible for the support does not exceed the area or the number of animals fixed as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, an amount between them:
the ratio between the amount fixed for the financing of the measure as notified according to point (3)(i) of Annex I to this Regulation [F5as it had effect immediately before exit day] and the area or the number of animals eligible for the support in the year in question;
the ratio between the amount fixed for the financing of the measure as notified according to point (3)(i) of Annex I to this Regulation [F6as it had effect immediately before exit day] and the area or the number of animals fixed as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.]
[F7Without prejudice to Article 52(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, for the per unit amount of support referred to in the second subparagraph of this paragraph, [F8the relevant authority may decide, prior to exit day,] to apply modulated per unit amounts in respect of certain categories of farmers or at farm level in order to take into account economies of scale resulting from the size of the production structures in the targeted specific type of farming or specific agricultural sector, or, if the measure targets a region or an entire sector, in the region or sector concerned. F9...]
F103.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.Where the coupled support measure concerns bovine animals and/or sheep and goats, F11... the requirements to identify and register animals provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) or Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004(2) respectively [F12shall apply].
F13...
[F14By 15 September 2015, Member States shall notify the Commission of the dates referred to in the second subparagraph.]
5.[F15The relevant authority] may not grant area-related coupled support for areas that are not eligible areas within the meaning of Article 32(2), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013. F16...]
Extent Information
E1This version of this provision applies to England, Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland
Textual Amendments
F1Arts. 51-54 omitted (E). (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1513), regs. 1(2), 3(7)
F2Words in Art. 53(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(a)
F3Words in Art. 53(2) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(b)(i)
F4Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1155 of 15 February 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 as regards the control measures relating to the cultivation of hemp, certain provisions on the greening payment, the payment for young farmers in control of a legal person, the calculation of the per unit amount in the framework of voluntary coupled support, the fractions of payment entitlements and certain notification requirements relating to the single area payment scheme and the voluntary coupled support, and amending Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
F5Words in Art. 53(2)(a) inserted (8.6.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/576), regs. 1, 4(4); and words in Art. 53(2)(a) inserted (W.) (31.12.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 8(10)
F6Words in Art. 53(2)(b) inserted (8.6.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/576), regs. 1, 4(4); and words in Art. 53(2)(b) inserted (W.) (31.12.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 8(10)
F7Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/707 of 28 February 2018 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 as regards the eligibility criteria for support for hemp under the basic payment scheme and certain requirements in respect of voluntary coupled support.
F8Words in Art. 53(2) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(b)(ii)(aa)
F9Words in Art. 53(2) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(b)(ii)(bb)
F10Art. 53(3) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(c)
F11Words in Art. 53(4) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(d)(i)(aa)
F12Words in Art. 53(4) inserted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(d)(i)(bb)
F13Words in Art. 53(4) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(d)(ii)
F14Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1383 of 28 May 2015 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 as regards the eligibility conditions in relation to the identification and registration requirements for animals for coupled support under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
F15Words in Art. 53(5) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(e)(i)
F16Words in Art. 53(5) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(e)(ii)
1.[F18The eligibility criteria for coupled support measures means the criteria defined by the relevant authority] with the framework set out in Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and the conditions laid down in this Regulation.
[F192.Areas and yields and number of animals referred to in Article 52(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall be fixed by the relevant authority at a regional or sector level.]
F203.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.Where the coupled support measure concerns bovine animals and/or sheep and goats, F21... the requirements to identify and register animals provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) or Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004(2) respectively [F22shall apply].
F23...
[F24By 15 September 2015, Member States shall notify the Commission of the dates referred to in the second subparagraph.]
5.[F25The relevant authority] may not grant area-related coupled support for areas that are not eligible areas within the meaning of Article 32(2), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013. F26...]
Extent Information
E2This version of this provision applies to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England, Wales and Scotland
Textual Amendments
F17Arts. 51-54 omitted (E). (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1513), regs. 1(2), 3(7)
F18Words in Art. 53(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(a)
F19Art. 53(2) substituted (N.I.) (25.2.2021) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Simplifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/42), regs. 1(1), 20(3)
F20Art. 53(3) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(c)
F21Words in Art. 53(4) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(d)(i)(aa)
F22Words in Art. 53(4) inserted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(d)(i)(bb)
F23Words in Art. 53(4) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(d)(ii)
F24Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1383 of 28 May 2015 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 as regards the eligibility conditions in relation to the identification and registration requirements for animals for coupled support under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
F25Words in Art. 53(5) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(e)(i)
F26Words in Art. 53(5) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(e)(ii)
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1).
Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8).
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