{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1307/article-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1307/article-21.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/1307",
  "legislation_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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1307",
  "path": "article/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Payment entitlements",
  "text": "Support under the basic payment schemefarm sustainability payment scheme shall be available to farmers who:\n(a) obtain payment entitlements under this Regulation through first allocation pursuant to Article 24 as it had effect immediately before exit day, through allocation from the national reserve or regional reserves pursuant to Article 30 or through transfer pursuant to Article 34, or\n(b) comply with Article 9 and hold unexpired owned or leased-in payment entitlements established under the single payment scheme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and with Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulation revoked (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 1 Table 1 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 21 substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 21 substituted (N.I.) (1.1.2026 in relation to the 2026 scheme year and subsequent years) by The Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/33), Sch. 2 para. 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 21(b) 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(10); and words in Art. 21(b) omitted (N.I.) (23.2.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/40), regs. 1(1), 2(8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1307/article/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:07.272502+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}