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Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
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- Regulation revoked by S.I. 2023/1430 Sch. 3 para. 1 Table 1
- art. 32(1) words omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(14)(a)(i)
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- Art. 32(1) words substituted by S.I. 2021/407 reg. 3(4)
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- Art. 32(3)(b) words substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(15)(c)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.I. 2019/207 revoked (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1445), regs. 1(2)(b), 24(a))
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- Art. 32(4) words inserted by S.I. 2022/706 reg. 3(b)
- art. 32(5) omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(14)(b)
- Art. 32(5) words substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(15)(d) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.I. 2019/207 revoked (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1445), regs. 1(2)(b), 24(a))
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- art. 1(b)(iv) omitted by S.R. 2021/42 reg. 4(2)
- Art. 1(b)(ix) omitted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 3(1)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.I. 2019/207 revoked (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1445), regs. 1(2)(b), 24(a))
- art. 4(1)(a) words substituted by S.R. 2021/42 reg. 13(2)(a)
- art. 4(1)(b) words substituted by S.R. 2021/42 reg. 13(2)(b)
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- art. 4(1)(t) inserted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(2)(a)(ii)
- art. 4(2)(b) omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(2)(b)
- art. 5A inserted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(3)
- art. 5A(4) words substituted by S.R. 2021/42 reg. 21(2)
- art. 7A omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(4)
- Art. 11A inserted by S.I. 2021/407 reg. 3(3)
- Art. 11A substituted by S.I. 2022/407 reg. 2
- Art. 11A substituted by S.I. 2023/456 reg. 3
- Art. 14(3) inserted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/207, reg. 4(8) by S.I. 2019/812 reg. 2(2)(b)
- art. 21(b) words omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(8)
- Art. 24(1)(a)(i) word substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(4)(b)(iii)(bb) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.I. 2019/207 revoked (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1445), regs. 1(2)(b), 24(a))
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- Art. 24(1)(a)(i) words substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(4)(b)(iii)(aa) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.I. 2019/207 revoked (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1445), regs. 1(2)(b), 24(a))
- Art. 24(1)(a)(ii) omitted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(4)(b)(iv) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.I. 2019/207 revoked (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1445), regs. 1(2)(b), 24(a))
- art. 30(7)(f) words omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(12)(d)
- art. 30(10a) inserted by S.R. 2021/42 reg. 10(2)
- art. 30(10b) inserted by S.R. 2022/1 reg. 3(2)
- art. 30(12) inserted by S.R. 2022/1 reg. 2(2)
- Art. 31(1)(a) omitted by S.S.I. 2023/308 reg. 2
- art. 31(1)(a)(i) omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(13)
- Art. 31(1)(b) omitted by S.S.I. 2023/308 reg. 2
- Art. 32(2)(b)(iia) inserted by S.I. 2023/718 reg. 2(2)(b)
- Art. 32(2)(b)(ii) word omitted by S.I. 2022/706 reg. 3(a)(i)
- Art. 32(2)(b)(ii) words omitted by S.I. 2023/718 reg. 2(2)(a)
- Art. 32(2)(b)(iv)(v) inserted by S.I. 2022/706 reg. 3(a)(ii)
- art. 32A inserted by S.R. 2021/42 reg. 4(4)
- art. 35(1)(h) omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(16)
- Art. 46(2)(h) substituted by S.S.I. 2022/279 reg. 2(2)(a)
- art. 50(2a) inserted by S.R. 2021/42 reg. 10(3)
- art. 52(11) omitted by S.R. 2021/42 reg. 19(2)(e)
Article 32U.K.Activation of payment entitlements
1.Support under the basic payment scheme shall be granted to farmers, by means of declaration in accordance with Article 33(1), upon activation of a payment entitlement per eligible hectare in the [F1constituent nation] where it has been allocated. Activated payment entitlements shall give a right to the annual payment of the amounts fixed therein, without prejudice to the application [F2of financial discipline,] of reduction of payments in accordance with Article 11 and of linear reductions in accordance with [F3[F4Article 7 and]] Article 51(2) F5... of this Regulation, and to the application of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
2.For the purposes of this Title, 'eligible hectare' means:
(a)any agricultural area of the holding F6... that is used for an agricultural activity or, where the area is also used for non-agricultural activities, is predominantly used for agricultural activities; or
(b)[F7any area which gave a right to payments in 2008 under the single payment scheme laid down in Title III] of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and which:
(i)
no longer complies with the definition of 'eligible hectare' under point (a) as a result of the implementation of Directive 92/43/EEC, Directive 2000/60/EC and Directive 2009/147/EC;
(ii)
for the duration of the relevant commitment by the individual farmer, is afforested pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 or to Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or to Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or under a national scheme the conditions of which comply with Article 43(1), (2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; or
(iii)
for the duration of the relevant commitment of the individual farmer, is set aside pursuant to Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, to Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or to Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
3.For the purposes of point (a) of paragraph 2:
(a)where an agricultural area of a holding is also used for non-agricultural activities, that area shall be considered to be used predominantly for agricultural activities provided that those agricultural activities can be exercised without being significantly hampered by the intensity, nature, duration and timing of the non-agricultural activities;
(b)[F8the relevant authority] may draw up a list of areas which are predominantly used for non-agricultural activities.
[F9The relevant authority must apply the criteria it has established for the implementation of this paragraph in the constituent nation.]
4.Areas shall be considered to be eligible hectares only if they comply with the definition of eligible hectare throughout the calendar year, except in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.
[F105.For the purposes of determining 'eligible hectare', [F11the relevant authority] having taken the decision referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 4(2) may apply a reduction coefficient to convert the hectares concerned into 'eligible hectares'.]
6.Areas used for the production of hemp shall only be eligible hectares if the varieties used have a tetrahydrocannabinol content not exceeding 0,2 %.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 32(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(a)(i)
F2Words in Art. 32(1) omitted (W.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 7(14)(a)(i); words in Art. 32(1) omitted (E.) (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1513), regs. 1(2), 2(15)(a)(i); and words in Art. 32(1) omitted (S.) (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/460), regs. 1(2), 2(12)(a)
F3Words in Art. 32(1) substituted (8.6.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/576), regs. 1, 3(2)
F4Words in Art. 32(1) omitted (W.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 7(14)(a)(ii); words in Art. 32(1) omitted (E.) (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1513), regs. 1(2), 2(15)(a)(ii); and words in Art. 32(1) omitted (S.) (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/460), regs. 1(2), 2(12)(b)
F5Words in Art. 32(1) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(a)(ii)
F6Words in Art. 32(2)(a) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(b)(i)
F7Words in Art. 32(2)(b) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(b)(ii)
F8Words in Art. 32(3)(b) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(c)(i)
F9Words in Art. 32(3) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(c)(ii)
F10Art. 32(5) omitted (W.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 7(14)(b); and Art. 32(5) omitted (E.) (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1513), regs. 1(2), 2(15)(b)
F11Words in Art. 32(5) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(d)
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