# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system and conditions for refusal or withdrawal of payments and administrative penalties applicable to direct payments, rural development support and cross compliance, Article 10: Pro-rata system for permanent grassland containing landscape features and trees

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1.) As regards permanent grassland with scattered ineligible features, such as landscape features and trees, the relevant authority may decide to apply a pro-rata system to determine the eligible area within the reference parcel.
The pro-rata system referred to in the first subparagraph shall consist of different categories of homogeneous land cover types for which a fixed reduction coefficient based on the percentage of ineligible area is applied. The category representing the lowest percentage of ineligible area shall not exceed 10 % of ineligible area and no reduction coefficient shall apply to that category.
(2.) Any landscape features subject to the requirements and standards listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 which form part of the total area of an agricultural parcel shall be considered part of the eligible area.
(3.) This Article shall not apply to permanent grassland containing fruit trees which yield repeated harvests.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/640/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-640/article-10
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