{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1307/article-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1307/article-31.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/31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Replenishment of the national reserve or regional reserves",
  "text": "1. The national reserve or regional reserves shall be replenished by amounts resulting from:\n(a) payment entitlements not giving right to payments during two consecutive years due to the application of:\n(i)Article 9,\n(ii)Article 10(1), or\n(iii)Article 11(4) of this Regulation;\n(b) 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;\n(c) payment entitlements voluntarily returned by farmers;\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) unduly allocated payment entitlements in accordance with Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013;\n(f) a linear reduction of the value of payment entitlements under the basic 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;\n(g) where the 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, a 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;\n(h) the application of Article 34(4) of this Regulation.\n2. The appropriate authority may make regulations laying down necessary measures regarding the reversion of non-activated payment entitlements to the national reserve or regional reserves. ...",
  "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. 31 omitted (W.) (1.1.2026) by virtue of The Basic Payment Scheme (Tapering, Payment Entitlements and Closure) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1282), regs. 1(2), 7(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 31(1)(a) omitted (E.) (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Cross-Compliance (Simplifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1387), regs. 1(1), 5(5); and Art. 31(1)(a) omitted (S.) (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Rural Support (Simplification and Improvement) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/308), regs. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 31(1)(a)(i) 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(13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 31(1)(b) omitted (E.) (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Cross-Compliance (Simplifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1387), regs. 1(1), 5(5); and Art. 31(1)(b) omitted (S.) (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Rural Support (Simplification and Improvement) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/308), regs. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 31(1)(d) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(7)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 31(1)(f)(g) 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": "F8",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2017/2393 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2017 amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), (EU) No 1306/2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1307/2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and (EU) No 652/2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Art. 31(1)(g) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(7)(a)(ii)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Art. 31(1)(g) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(7)(a)(ii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Art. 31(1)(h) omitted (W.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 7(13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Art. 31(2) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(7)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in Art. 31(2) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(7)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Art. 31(1)(b) comes into operation in its application to the Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme (N.I.) on 1.1.2026 by The Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme (Eligibility etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/179), regs. 1(3), 10(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1307/article/31",
    "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."
}