# Commission Regulation (EC) No 795/2004 of 21 april 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (repealed) EU Regulation No 795/2004 ยท adopted 21 April 2004 Commission Regulation (EC) No 795/2004 of 21 april 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (repealed) ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 795/2004 of 21 april 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 1: SCOPE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Calculation of the unit value of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3a Determined hectares and animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3b Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 2: NATIONAL RESERVE ### Section 1: Establishment of the national reserve ## 4 Reductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Dairy premiums and additional payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Establishment of payment entitlements from the national reserve ## 6 Establishment of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Application of Article 42(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in case of fewer hectares than payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Replenishment of the national reserve ## 8 Unused payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Retention on sales of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Windfall profit clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Regional administration ## 11 Regional reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 3: ALLOCATION OF PAYMENT ENTITLEMENTS ### Section 1: Initial allocation of payment entitlements ## 12 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Allocation of payment entitlements outside the national reserve ## 13 Inheritance and anticipated inheritance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Changes in legal status or denomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Mergers and scissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Hardship cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Private contract clause in case of sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Allocation of payment entitlements within the national reserve ## 18 General provisions for farmers in a special situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Dairy farmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Transfer of leased land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Lease and purchase of leased land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Reconversion of production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23a Administrative acts and court's rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 4: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ### Section 1: Declaration and transfer of payment entitlements ## 24 Declaration and use of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Transfers of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Regional limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Private contract clause in case of lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Other specific provisions ## 28 Forage area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28a Three months period provided for in Article 51(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Production of hemp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Entitlements subject to special conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Dairy premium and additional payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31a Beef and veal and sheep and goat payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31b Determination and use of payment entitlements in the olive oil sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 5: SET-ASIDE ## 32 Conditions for set aside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Exchange of eligible land for set-aside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Organic production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 6: REGIONAL AND OPTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION ### Section 1: Regional implementation ## 35 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Calculation of the regional ceiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Establishment of the national reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Initial allocation of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Initial allocation of set-aside entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Application of Article 42(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in case of fewer hectares than payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Establishment and transfer of payment entitlements with authorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Dairy premium and additional payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Set-aside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Retention on sale of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Windfall profit clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Private contract clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Optional implementation ## 47 Overrun of the ceilings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Implementation of Article 69 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 6a: NEW MEMBER STATES ## 48a Implementation in the new Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48b Notification of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 6b: INTEGRATION OF TOBACCO, OLIVE OIL, COTTON, HOPS PAYMENTS, SUGAR BEET, CANE, CHICORY AND BANANA SUPPORT INTO THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME ## 48c General rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48d Specific rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48e Regional implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 6c: INTEGRATION OF THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR IN THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME ## 48f General rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48g Specific rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48h Regional implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 7: COMMUNICATIONS ## 49 Regionalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49a Integration of tobacco, cotton, olive oil, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49b Integration of fruits and vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50a Dried fodder, starch potatoes and fruit and vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 8: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 51 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II Number of hectares referred to in Article 60(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/795 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-795 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.