# 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, Article 23: Regional allocation of the basic payment scheme ceiling

Extent: E+N.I.

1. The relevant authority may apply the farm sustainability payment scheme at regional level, provided that it took a decision to do so by 1 August 2014. In such cases, the relevant authority shall define the regions in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as their agronomic and socio-economic characteristics, their regional agricultural potential, or their institutional or administrative structure.
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2. The relevant authority shall divide the farm sustainability payment scheme ceiling referred to in Article 22(2) between the regions in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria.
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3. The relevant authority may decide that the regional ceilings shall be subject to annual progressive modifications in accordance with pre-established annual steps and objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as agricultural potential or environmental criteria.
4. To the extent necessary to respect the applicable regional ceilings determined in accordance with paragraph 2 or 3, the relevant authority shall make a linear reduction or increase in the value of the payment entitlements in each of the relevant regions.
5. The relevant authority may decide to cease the application of the farm sustainability payment scheme at regional level from a date to be set by the relevant authority.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1307/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1307/article-23
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