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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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- art. 32A inserted by S.R. 2021/42 reg. 4(4)
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- 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 34U.K.Transfer of payment entitlements
1.Payment entitlements may be transferred only to a farmer [F1entitled to be granted direct payments in accordance with Article 9] established in the same [F2constituent nation], except in the case of transfer by actual or anticipated inheritance.
Payment entitlements, including in the case of actual or anticipated inheritance, may be activated only in the [F2constituent nation] where they were allocated.
2.Where [F3the relevant authority exercises] the option in Article 23(1), payment entitlements may be transferred or activated only within the same region, except in the case of actual or anticipated inheritance.
Payment entitlements, including in the case of actual or anticipated inheritance, may be activated only in the region where they were allocated.
3.[F4A relevant authority] not exercising the option in Article 23(1) may decide that payment entitlements may be transferred or activated only within the same region, except in the case of actual or anticipated inheritance.
Such regions shall be defined at the appropriate territorial level in accordance with objective criteria and in a way that ensures the equal treatment of farmers and avoids distortions of the market and of competition.
[F54.Where payment entitlements are transferred without land, [F6the relevant authority] may, acting in compliance with [F7retained EU law relating to the common agricultural policy and the objectives of the common agricultural policy set out in Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union], decide that a part of the payment entitlements transferred are to revert to the national reserve or regional reserves or that their unit value is to be reduced in favour of the national reserve or regional reserves. Such reduction may be applied to one or more types of transfer.]
5.The [F8appropriate authority may make regulations] laying down detailed rules governing the notification by farmers of transfer of payment entitlements to the [F9relevant authority] and the deadlines within which such notification is to take place. F10...
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 34(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(16)
F2Words in Art. 34(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(a)
F3Words in Art. 34(2) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(b)
F4Words in Art. 34(3) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(c)
F5Art. 34(4) 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(15)
F6Words in Art. 34(4) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(d)(i)
F7Words in Art. 34(4) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(d)(ii)
F8Words in Art. 34(5) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(e)(i)
F9Words in Art. 34(5) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(e)(ii)
F10Words in Art. 34(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), 5(10)(e)(iii)
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