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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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  • rt. 52(9) substituted by S.R. 2021/42 reg. 19(2)(c)
  • Regulation amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 asp17, ss. , 5 by 2024 asp 11 s. 23 25
  • Regulation amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 asp17, ss. 2, 5 by 2024 asp 11 s. 22 25
  • Regulation amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 asp17, ss. 4, 5 by 2024 asp 11 s. 24 25
  • Regulation power to modify conferred by 2023 asc 4 s. 16
  • Regulation power to modify conferred (temp.) by 2020 asp 17 s. 2
  • Regulation power to modify conferred (temp.) by 2020 asp 17 s. 3
  • Regulation power to modify conferred (temp.) by 2020 asp 17 s. 4
  • Regulation revoked by S.I. 2023/1430 Sch. 3 para. 1 Table 1
  • Art. 50(1) words substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(a) (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. 50(3) substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(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. 50(4) words omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(17)(a)
  • art. 50(4) words omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 2(17)(b)
  • Art. 50(4) words omitted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(c) (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. 50(4) words substituted by S.I. 2021/407 reg. 3(5)
  • art. 50(5) words inserted by S.R. 2022/1 reg. 4(2)
  • Art. 50(5) words substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(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))
  • Art. 50(6) words inserted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(e)(ii) (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. 50(6) words inserted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(e)(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. 50(6) words omitted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(e)(iii) (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. 50(6) words substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(e)(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))
  • Art. 50(6) words substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(e)(v) (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. 50(7) omitted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(f) (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. 50(8) word omitted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(g)(i)(cc) (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. 50(8) word omitted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(g)(ii)(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. 50(8) words inserted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(g)(i)(dd) (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. 50(8) words inserted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(g)(ii)(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))
  • Art. 50(8) words inserted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(g)(ii)(cc) (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. 50(8) words inserted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(g)(ii)(ee) (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. 50(8) words omitted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(g)(i)(ee) (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. 50(8) words omitted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(g)(ii)(dd) (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. 50(8) words omitted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(g)(ii)(ff) (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. 50(8) words substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(g)(i)(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. 50(8) words substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(g)(i)(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))
  • Art. 50(9) word substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(h)(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))
  • Art. 50(9) words inserted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(h)(ii) (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. 50(9) words substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(h)(iii) (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. 50(9) words substituted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(h)(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. 50(10) omitted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(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))
  • Art. 50(10A) inserted by S.I. 2019/207 reg. 5(27)(j) (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. 50(11) words substituted by S.I. 2019/748 reg. 45 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Pt. 3 omitted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 10(11))

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Article 50N.I.General rules

1.[F1The relevant authority] shall grant an annual payment to young farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 ("payment for young farmers").

2.For the purposes of this Chapter, 'young farmers', means natural persons:

(a)who are setting up for the first time an agricultural holding as head of the holding, or who have already set up such a holding during the five years preceding the first submission of an application under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme referred to in Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; and

(b)who are no more than 40 years of age in the year of submission of the application referred to in point (a).

[F23.Young farmers applying for the payment under this Article must also meet any objective and non-discriminatory requirements specified by the relevant authority prior to exit day regarding appropriate skills and/or training requirements.]

4.Without prejudice to the application of financial discipline, of reduction of payments in accordance with Article 11 and of linear reductions in accordance with Article 7 of this Regulation, and to the application of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the payment for young farmers shall be granted annually upon activation of payment entitlements by the farmer F3....

[F45.The payment for young farmers shall be granted per farmer for a period of five years, starting from the first submission of the application for the payment for young farmers provided that that submission takes place within the five years following the setting up referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2. That period of five years shall also apply for farmers who have received payment for young farmers in respect of claims before claim year 2018.

By way of derogation from the second sentence of the first subparagraph, [F5the relevant authority] may decide that, for those young farmers who set up in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 2 in the period 2010-2013, the five-year period is to be reduced by the number of years which have elapsed between the setting up referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2 and the first submission of the application for the payment for young farmers.]

6.Each year, [F6in accordance with the legislation applying in the constituent nation, the relevant authority] shall calculate the amount of the payment for young farmers by multiplying the number of entitlements the farmer has activated in accordance with Article 32(1) by a figure corresponding to:

[F4(a)between 25 % and 50 % of the average value of the owned or leased-in payment entitlements held by the farmer; or

(b)between 25 % and 50 % of an amount calculated by dividing a fixed percentage [F7of the relevant authority’s share] of the national ceiling for the calendar year 2019 F8... by the number of all eligible hectares declared [F9in the constituent nation] in 2015 in accordance with Article 33(1). [F10The fixed percentage shall be equal to the percentage of the relevant authority’s share of the national ceiling which remained for the basic payment scheme in the constituent nation for 2015.]]

F117.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F48.By way of derogation from [F12paragraph 6] of this Article, [F13where the legislation applying in the constituent nation so provides, the relevant authority shall] calculate each year the amount of the payment for young farmers by multiplying a figure corresponding to a value between 25 % and 50 % of the F14... average payment per hectare [F15in the constituent nation] by the number of entitlements that the farmer has activated in accordance with Article 32(1) F16....]

The F17... average payment per hectare [F18in the constituent nation] shall be calculated by dividing [F19the relevant authority’s share of] the national ceiling for the calendar year 2019 F20... by the number of eligible hectares declared [F21in the constituent nation] in 2015 in accordance with Article 33(1) F22....

9.[F23The] maximum limit applicable to the number of payment entitlements activated by the farmer or to the number of eligible hectares declared by the farmer [F24is the single maximum limit set by the relevant authority prior to exit day]. That limit shall not be below 25 or above 90. [F25The relevant authority] shall respect that limit when applying paragraphs [F266 and 8].

F2710.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F2810A.Paragraphs 3, 6 and 9 only apply where the decisions to which they refer were taken and notified to the Commission by 31 January 2015.]

11.In order to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries and to avoid discrimination among them, the [F29appropriate authority may make regulations] concerning the conditions under which a legal person may be considered to be eligible to receive the payment for young farmers.

Extent Information

E1This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; separate versions have been created for Scotland and Wales and England

Textual Amendments

Article 50WGeneral rules

1.[F30The relevant authority] shall grant an annual payment to young farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 ("payment for young farmers").

2.For the purposes of this Chapter, 'young farmers', means natural persons:

(a)who are setting up for the first time an agricultural holding as head of the holding, or who have already set up such a holding during the five years preceding the first submission of an application under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme referred to in Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; and

(b)who are no more than 40 years of age in the year of submission of the application referred to in point (a).

F313.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.Without prejudice to the application F32... of reduction of payments in accordance with Article 11 and of linear reductions in accordance with Article 7 of this Regulation, and to the application of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the payment for young farmers shall be granted annually upon activation of payment entitlements by the farmer F33....

[F345.The payment for young farmers shall be granted per farmer for a period of five years, starting from the first submission of the application for the payment for young farmers provided that that submission takes place within the five years following the setting up referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2. That period of five years shall also apply for farmers who have received payment for young farmers in respect of claims before claim year 2018.

F35...]

6.Each year, [F36in accordance with the legislation applying in the constituent nation, the relevant authority] shall calculate the amount of the payment for young farmers by multiplying the number of entitlements the farmer has activated in accordance with Article 32(1) by a figure corresponding to:

[F34(a)between 25 % and 50 % of the average value of the owned or leased-in payment entitlements held by the farmer; or

(b)between 25 % and 50 % of an amount calculated by dividing a fixed percentage [F37of the relevant authority’s share] of the national ceiling for the calendar year 2019 F38... by the number of all eligible hectares declared [F39in the constituent nation] in 2015 in accordance with Article 33(1). [F40The fixed percentage shall be equal to the percentage of the relevant authority’s share of the national ceiling which remained for the basic payment scheme in the constituent nation for 2015.]]

F417.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F428.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.[F43The] maximum limit applicable to the number of payment entitlements activated by the farmer or to the number of eligible hectares declared by the farmer [F44is the single maximum limit set by the relevant authority prior to exit day]. That limit shall not be below 25 or above 90. [F45The relevant authority] shall respect that limit when applying paragraphs [F466 and 8].

F4710.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4810A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11.In order to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries and to avoid discrimination among them, the [F49appropriate authority may make regulations] concerning the conditions under which a legal person may be considered to be eligible to receive the payment for young farmers.

Extent Information

E2This version of this provision applies to Wales only; separate versions have been created for Northern Ireland and England and Scotland

Textual Amendments

Article 50EGeneral rules

1.[F50The relevant authority] shall grant an annual payment to young farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 ("payment for young farmers").

2.For the purposes of this Chapter, 'young farmers', means natural persons:

(a)who are setting up for the first time an agricultural holding as head of the holding, or who have already set up such a holding during the five years preceding the first submission of an application under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme referred to in Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; and

(b)who are no more than 40 years of age in the year of submission of the application referred to in point (a).

[F513.Young farmers applying for the payment under this Article must also meet any objective and non-discriminatory requirements specified by the relevant authority prior to exit day regarding appropriate skills and/or training requirements.]

4.Without prejudice to the application F52... of reduction of payments in accordance with Article 11 F53..., and to the application of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the payment for young farmers shall be granted annually upon activation of payment entitlements by the farmer F54....

[F555.The payment for young farmers shall be granted per farmer for a period of five years, starting from the first submission of the application for the payment for young farmers provided that that submission takes place within the five years following the setting up referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2. That period of five years shall also apply for farmers who have received payment for young farmers in respect of claims before claim year 2018.

By way of derogation from the second sentence of the first subparagraph, [F56the relevant authority] may decide that, for those young farmers who set up in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 2 in the period 2010-2013, the five-year period is to be reduced by the number of years which have elapsed between the setting up referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2 and the first submission of the application for the payment for young farmers.]

6.Each year, [F57in accordance with the legislation applying in the constituent nation, the relevant authority] shall calculate the amount of the payment for young farmers by multiplying the number of entitlements the farmer has activated in accordance with Article 32(1) by a figure corresponding to:

[F55(a)[F5817.5%] of the average value of the owned or leased-in payment entitlements held by the farmer; or

(b)between 25 % and 50 % of an amount calculated by dividing a fixed percentage [F59of the relevant authority’s share] of the national ceiling for the calendar year 2019 F60... by the number of all eligible hectares declared [F61in the constituent nation] in 2015 in accordance with Article 33(1). [F62The fixed percentage shall be equal to the percentage of the relevant authority’s share of the national ceiling which remained for the basic payment scheme in the constituent nation for 2015.]]

F637.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F558.By way of derogation from [F64paragraph 6] of this Article, [F65where the legislation applying in the constituent nation so provides, the relevant authority shall] calculate each year the amount of the payment for young farmers by multiplying a figure corresponding to a value between 25 % and 50 % of the F66... average payment per hectare [F67in the constituent nation] by the number of entitlements that the farmer has activated in accordance with Article 32(1) F68....]

The F69... average payment per hectare [F70in the constituent nation] shall be calculated by dividing [F71the relevant authority’s share of] the national ceiling for the calendar year 2019 F72... by the number of eligible hectares declared [F73in the constituent nation] in 2015 in accordance with Article 33(1) F74....

9.[F75The] maximum limit applicable to the number of payment entitlements activated by the farmer or to the number of eligible hectares declared by the farmer [F76is the single maximum limit set by the relevant authority prior to exit day]. That limit shall not be below 25 or above 90. [F77The relevant authority] shall respect that limit when applying paragraphs [F786 and 8].

F7910.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8010A.Paragraphs 3, 6 and 9 only apply where the decisions to which they refer were taken and notified to the Commission by 31 January 2015.]

11.In order to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries and to avoid discrimination among them, the [F81appropriate authority may make regulations] concerning the conditions under which a legal person may be considered to be eligible to receive the payment for young farmers.

Extent Information

E3This version of this provision applies to England only; separate versions have been created for Northern Ireland and Wales and Scotland

Textual Amendments

F58Words in Art. 50(6)(a) substituted (E.) (1.1.2021 in relation to an application for direct payments made in 2021 or in any subsequent year) by The Direct Payments to Farmers and Cross-Compliance (Simplifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1387), regs. 1(1), 5(7) (with reg. 1(2))

Article 50SGeneral rules

1.[F82The relevant authority] shall grant an annual payment to young farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 ("payment for young farmers").

2.For the purposes of this Chapter, 'young farmers', means natural persons:

(a)who are setting up for the first time an agricultural holding as head of the holding, or who have already set up such a holding during the five years preceding the first submission of an application under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme referred to in Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; and

(b)who are no more than 40 years of age in the year of submission of the application referred to in point (a).

[F833.Young farmers applying for the payment under this Article must also meet any objective and non-discriminatory requirements specified by the relevant authority prior to exit day regarding appropriate skills and/or training requirements.]

4.Without prejudice to the application F84... of reduction of payments in accordance with Article 11 F85... of this Regulation, and to the application of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the payment for young farmers shall be granted annually upon activation of payment entitlements by the farmer F86....

[F875.The payment for young farmers shall be granted per farmer for a period of five years, starting from the first submission of the application for the payment for young farmers provided that that submission takes place within the five years following the setting up referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2. That period of five years shall also apply for farmers who have received payment for young farmers in respect of claims before claim year 2018.

By way of derogation from the second sentence of the first subparagraph, [F88the relevant authority] may decide that, for those young farmers who set up in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 2 in the period 2010-2013, the five-year period is to be reduced by the number of years which have elapsed between the setting up referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2 and the first submission of the application for the payment for young farmers.]

6.Each year, [F89in accordance with the legislation applying in the constituent nation, the relevant authority] shall calculate the amount of the payment for young farmers by multiplying the number of entitlements the farmer has activated in accordance with Article 32(1) by a figure corresponding to:

[F87(a)between 25 % and 50 % of the average value of the owned or leased-in payment entitlements held by the farmer; or

(b)between 25 % and 50 % of an amount calculated by dividing a fixed percentage [F90of the relevant authority’s share] of the national ceiling for the calendar year 2019 F91... by the number of all eligible hectares declared [F92in the constituent nation] in 2015 in accordance with Article 33(1). [F93The fixed percentage shall be equal to the percentage of the relevant authority’s share of the national ceiling which remained for the basic payment scheme in the constituent nation for 2015.]]

F947.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F878.By way of derogation from [F95paragraph 6] of this Article, [F96where the legislation applying in the constituent nation so provides, the relevant authority shall] calculate each year the amount of the payment for young farmers by multiplying a figure corresponding to a value between 25 % and 50 % of the F97... average payment per hectare [F98in the constituent nation] by the number of entitlements that the farmer has activated in accordance with Article 32(1) F99....]

The F100... average payment per hectare [F101in the constituent nation] shall be calculated by dividing [F102the relevant authority’s share of] the national ceiling for the calendar year 2019 F103... by the number of eligible hectares declared [F104in the constituent nation] in 2015 in accordance with Article 33(1) F105....

9.[F106The] maximum limit applicable to the number of payment entitlements activated by the farmer or to the number of eligible hectares declared by the farmer [F107is the single maximum limit set by the relevant authority prior to exit day]. That limit shall not be below 25 or above 90. [F108The relevant authority] shall respect that limit when applying paragraphs [F1096 and 8].

F11010.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F11110A.Paragraphs 3, 6 and 9 only apply where the decisions to which they refer were taken and notified to the Commission by 31 January 2015.]

11.In order to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries and to avoid discrimination among them, the [F112appropriate authority may make regulations] concerning the conditions under which a legal person may be considered to be eligible to receive the payment for young farmers.

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