Article 31 Replenishment of the national reserve or regional reservesF1F2

payment entitlements not giving right to payments during two consecutive years due to the application of:

1. (i)

   F4Article 9,

2. (ii)

   Article 10(1), or

3. (iii)

   Article 11(4) of this Regulation;

a number of payment entitlements equivalent to the total number of payment entitlements which have not been activated by farmers in accordance with Article 32 of this Regulation for a period of two consecutive years, except where their activation has been prevented by force majeure or exceptional circumstances; when establishing the owned or leased-in payment entitlements held by a farmer that shall revert to the national reserve or regional reserves, priority shall be given to those entitlements which have the lowest value;

payment entitlements voluntarily returned by farmers;

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unduly allocated payment entitlements in accordance with Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013;

a linear reduction of the value of payment entitlements under the F7basic payment schemefarm sustainability payment scheme at national or regional level where the national reserve or regional reserves are not sufficient to cover the cases referred to in Article 30(9) of this Regulation;

where F9the relevant authority considers it necessary, a linear reduction of the value of payment entitlements under the basic payment schemefarm sustainability payment scheme at national or regional level to cover cases referred to in Article 30(6) of this Regulation. In addition, F10a relevant authority already making use of that linear reduction may in the same year also apply a linear reduction of the value of payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme farm sustainability payment scheme at national or regional level to cover cases referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 30(7) of this Regulation;

the application of Article 34(4) of this Regulation.