# 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 23: Basis of calculation of the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment in respect of the eligible hectares declared under the basic payment scheme ...

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

(1.) Where the relevant authority applies the basic payment scheme, the following shall apply:
(a)if the number of payment entitlements declared exceeds the number of payment entitlements at the beneficiary’s disposal, the number of payment entitlements declared shall be reduced to the number of payment entitlements at the beneficiary’s disposal;
(b)if there is a difference between the number of payment entitlements declared and the area declared, the area declared shall be adjusted to the lowest figure.
(2.) Without prejudice to the administrative penalties applicable in accordance with Article 28, if the area declared in a single application for the basic payment ... exceeds the area determined, the area determined shall be used for the calculation of the greening payment.
However, if the area determined for the basic payment scheme ... is found to be greater than the area declared in the aid application, the area declared shall be used for the calculation of the greening payment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/640/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-640/article-23
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