# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Title III of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (repealed) EU Regulation No 1120/2009 · adopted 29 October 2009 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Title III of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (repealed) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1120/pdf/eur_20091120_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (27 June 2014) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1120/pdf/eur_20091120_2014-06-27_en.pdf; Revised version (1 July 2013) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1120/pdf/eur_20091120_2013-07-01_en.pdf; Revised version (16 August 2012) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1120/pdf/eur_20091120_2012-08-16_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2012) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1120/pdf/eur_20091120_2012-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (10 April 2011) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1120/pdf/eur_20091120_2011-04-10_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2010) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1120/pdf/eur_20091120_2010-01-01_en.pdf ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Title III of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: IMPLEMENTATION ### Chapter 1: General provisions ### Section 1: Activation of entitlements and eligibility of land ## 3 Inheritance and anticipated inheritance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Changes in legal status or denomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Mergers and scissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Minimum requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Calculation of the unit value of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Declaration and use of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Predominantly agricultural use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Specific eligibility criteria ## 10 Production of hemp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Deferred integration of fruit and vegetables into the single payment scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Transfer of entitlements ## 12 Transfer of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Regional limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Special entitlements ## 14 Calculation of livestock units for special entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: National reserve ### Section 1: Reversion to the national reserve ## 15 Unused payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Retention on sale of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Allocation of payment entitlements from the national reserve ## 17 Establishment of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Application of Article 41(3) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in the case of fewer hectares than payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 General provisions for farmers in a special situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Transfer of leased land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Lease and purchase of leased land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Administrative acts and court’s rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Regional administration ## 24 Regional reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: ALLOCATION OF PAYMENT ENTITLEMENTS ### Chapter 1: General provisions ## 25 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Private contract clause in case of sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Private contract clause in case of lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Implementation of the single payment scheme in the new Member States having applied the single area payment scheme and in Croatia ## 28 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Initial allocation of payment entitlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Integration of coupled support ### Section 1: Integration of the fruit and vegetable sector in the single payment scheme ## 30 General rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Specific rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Regional implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Wine ### Subsection 1: Transfer from wine support programmes into the single payment scheme ## 33 General rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Specific rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Regional implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Subsection 2: Grubbing up ## 36 Regional average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: SPECIFIC SUPPORT ### Chapter 1: General rules ## 37 Eligibility for specific support measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Consistency and cumulation of support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Conditions for support measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Specific rules ## 40 Specific types of farming which are important for the protection or enhancement of the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Improving the quality of agricultural products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Improving the marketing of agricultural products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Practising enhanced animal welfare standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Specific agricultural activities entailing additional agri-environment benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Specific disadvantages affecting farmers in the dairy, beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat and rice sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Areas subject to restructuring and/or development programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Crop, animal and plant insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Mutual funds for animal and plant diseases and environmental incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Financial provisions for specific support measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: NOTIFICATIONS AND FINAL PROVISIONS ### Chapter 1: Notifications ## 50 Notification of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Statistics and reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Final provisions ## 52 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Entry into force and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I List of arable crops referred to in Article 2(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II Dates referred to in Article 11(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III Amounts referred to in Article 49(1) as calculated under Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV: Content of the information to be submitted to the Commission pursuant to Article 50(3) ## A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V Content of the information to be included in the annual report on mutual funds as referred to in Article 51(3)(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1120 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1120 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.