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Article 32 Activation of payment entitlementsF1

United Kingdom

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1.

Support under the F2basic payment schemefarm sustainability payment scheme shall be granted to farmers, by means of declaration in accordance with Article 33(1), upon activation of a payment entitlement per eligible hectare in the F3constituent nation where it has been allocated. Activated payment entitlements shall give a right to the annual payment of the amounts fixed therein, without prejudice to the application F4... of reduction of payments in accordance with Article 11 and of linear reductions in accordance with F5... Article 51(2) F6... of this Regulation, and to the application of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.

F71A.

The relevant authority may make additional payments based on the amount paid under—

(i)

the Basic Payment Scheme;

(ii)

the Farm Sustainability Transition F8Payment Scheme; or

(iii)

the Farm Sustainability F9Payment Scheme.

2.

For the purposes of this Title, 'eligible hectare' means:

(a)

any agricultural area of the holding F10... that is used for an agricultural activity or, where the area is also used for non-agricultural activities, is predominantly used for agricultural activities; or

(F11aa)

any area of the holding comprising–

(i)

blanket bog or lowland raised bog;

(ii)

a discrete area of woodland less than 5 hectares;

(iii)

such vegetative features as the relevant authority may determine; or

(iv)

up to and including seventy per cent stones, scree rock or scattered rock;

(F12b)

F13any area which gave a right to payments in 2008 under the single payment scheme laid down in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and which:

  1. (i)

    no longer complies with the definition of 'eligible hectare' under point (a) as a result of the implementation of Directive 92/43/EEC, Directive 2000/60/EC and Directive 2009/147/EC;

  2. (ii)

    for the duration of the relevant commitment by the individual farmer, is afforested pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 or to Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or to Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or under a national scheme the conditions of which comply with Article 43(1), (2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; or

  3. (iii)

    for the duration of the relevant commitment of the individual farmer, is set aside pursuant to Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, to Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or to Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013;

3.

For the purposes of point (a) of paragraph 2:

(a)

where an agricultural area of a holding is also used for non-agricultural activities, that area shall be considered to be used predominantly for agricultural activities provided that those agricultural activities can be exercised without being significantly hampered by the intensity, nature, duration and timing of the non-agricultural activities;

(b)

F14the relevant authority may draw up a list of areas which are predominantly used for non-agricultural activities.

F15The relevant authority must apply the criteria it has established for the implementation of this paragraph in the constituent nation.

4.

Areas shall be considered to be eligible hectares only if they comply with the definition of eligible hectare throughout the calendar year, except in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.

F165.

For the purposes of determining 'eligible hectare', F17the relevant authority having taken the decision referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 4(2) may apply a reduction coefficient to convert the hectares concerned into 'eligible hectares'.

6.

Areas used for the production of hemp shall only be eligible hectares if the varieties used have a tetrahydrocannabinol content not exceeding 0,2 %.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

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)

F2

Words in Art. 32(1) 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)

F3

Words in Art. 32(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(a)(i)

F4

Words in Art. 32(1) 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(14)(a)(i); words in Art. 32(1) 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(15)(a)(i); words in Art. 32(1) omitted (S.) (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/460), regs. 1(2), 2(12)(a); and words in Art. 32(1) 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(14)(a)(i)

F5

Words in Art. 32(1) 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(14)(a)(ii); words in Art. 32(1) 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(15)(a)(ii); words in Art. 32(1) omitted (S.) (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/460), regs. 1(2), 2(12)(b); and words in Art. 32(1) 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(14)(a)(ii)

F6

Words in Art. 32(1) 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(8)(a)(ii)

F7

Art. 32(1A) inserted (N.I.) (24.2.2025) by The Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/33), regs. 1, 13(4)

F8

Word in Art. 32(1A)(ii) inserted (N.I.) (1.1.2026) by The Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme (Eligibility etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/179), regs. 1(3), 10(4)(a)

F9

Word in Art. 32(1A)(iii) inserted (N.I.) (1.1.2026) by The Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme (Eligibility etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/179), regs. 1(3), 10(4)(b)

F10

Words in Art. 32(2)(a) 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(8)(b)(i)

F11

Art. 32(2)(aa) inserted (N.I.) (1.1.2026) by The Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme (Eligibility etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/179), regs. 1(3), 10(5)

F12

Art. 32(2)(b) omitted (N.I.) (1.1.2026) by virtue of The Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme (Eligibility etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/179), regs. 1(3), 10(6)

F13

Words in Art. 32(2)(b) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(b)(ii)

F14

Words in Art. 32(3)(b) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(c)(i)

F15

Words in Art. 32(3) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(c)(ii)

F16

Art. 32(5) 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(14)(b); Art. 32(5) 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(15)(b); and Art. 32(5) 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(14)(b)

F17

Words in Art. 32(5) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 5(8)(d)

Notes on Title III

Textual amendments

F2

Words in Title 3 heading 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)

Notes on Chapter 1

Textual amendments

F2

Words in Title 3 Ch. 1 heading 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)

Notes on Section 3

Textual amendments

F2

Words in Title 3 Section 3 heading 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)