European Commission 11 March 2014, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and amending Annex X to that Regulation

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CHAPTER 1. SCOPE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. Scope and general principles
Article 1. Scope
Article 2. General principles
Article 3. Reductions due to financial discipline
SECTION 2. Provisions related to definitions in Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 4. Framework for criteria on maintaining the agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation
Article 5. Framework for minimum activities on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation
Article 6. Predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage in case of permanent grassland
Article 7. Established local practices in case of permanent grassland
Article 8. Reduction coefficient according to Article 32(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 9. Production of hemp
SECTION 3. Active farmer
Article 10. Cases where agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation
Article 11. Receipts obtained from non-agricultural activities
Article 12. Amount of direct payments referred to in Article 9(2) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and in Article 13(2) of this Regulation
Article 13. Criteria for proving that agricultural activities are not insignificant and that the principal business or company objects consist of exercising an agricultural activity
CHAPTER 2. BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME AND SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME
SECTION 1. Rules for the implementation of the basic payment scheme provided for in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 of Chapter 1 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Subsection 1. First allocation of payment entitlements
Article 14. Cases of inheritance, changes in legal status or denomination and mergers and scissions
Article 15. Establishment of eligible hectares for the purposes of Articles 24(2) and 39(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 16. Limitation under Article 24(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 17. Determination of the value of payment entitlements under Articles 26 and 40 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 18. Definitive establishment of the value and number of payment entitlements
Article 19. Establishment of the value of payment entitlements in hardship cases
Article 20. Private contract clause in the case of sale
Article 21. Private contract clause in the case of lease
Article 22. Beneficiaries pursuant to Article 24(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Subsection 2. Activation and transfer of entitlements
Article 23. Calculation of the value of payment entitlements
Article 24. Requirements for activation of payment entitlements
Article 25. Transfer of entitlements
Subsection 3. National or regional reserves
Article 26. Reversion to the national or regional reserve due to retention on transfer of payment entitlements
Article 27. Application of the windfall profit clause
Article 28. Establishment of payment entitlements from the national or regional reserve under Article 30(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 29. Establishment of payment entitlements from the national or regional reserve under Article 30(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 30. Further rules on the establishment of payment entitlements from the national or regional reserve
Article 31. Hardship cases
Subsection 4. Member States applying Article 21(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 32. Implementation in Member States applying Article 21(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 33. Application of Article 21(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 34. Determination of the value of payment entitlements under Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 for Member States applying Article 21(3) of that Regulation
SECTION 2. Single area payment scheme
Article 35. Eligible hectares in Member States applying the single area payment scheme
Article 36. Application of Article 36(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 37. Production of hemp under the single area payment scheme
CHAPTER 3. GREENING
SECTION 1. Equivalence
Article 38. Requirements applicable to the national or regional certification schemes
Article 39. Calculation of the amount referred to in Article 28(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
SECTION 2. Crop diversification
Article 40. Calculation of shares of different crops for crop diversification
SECTION 3. Permanent grassland
Article 41. Framework for the designation of further environmentally sensitive permanent grassland areas outside of Natura 2000 areas
Article 42. Reconversion in case of non-respect of the obligation on environmentally sensitive permanent grassland areas
Article 43. Calculation of the ratio of permanent grassland
Article 44. Maintenance of the ratio of permanent grassland
SECTION 4. Ecological focus area
Article 45. Further criteria for the types of ecological focus area
Article 46. Rules for the regional implementation of ecological focus areas
Article 47. Rules for the collective implementation and the criteria to be met by holdings to be considered to be in close proximity
Article 48. Determination of the ratio of forest to agricultural land
CHAPTER 4. PAYMENT FOR YOUNG FARMERS
Article 49. Access of legal persons to the payment for young farmers
Article 50. Access of a group of natural persons to the payment for young farmers
CHAPTER 5. COUPLED SUPPORT
SECTION 1. Voluntary coupled support
Article 51. Definitions
Article 52. General principles
Article 53. Conditions for granting the support
Article 54. Consistency and cumulation of support
Article 55. Criteria for approval by the Commission
SECTION 2. Crop specific payment for cotton
Article 56. Authorisation of agricultural land for cotton production
Article 57. Authorisation of varieties for sowing
Article 58. Eligibility requirements
Article 59. Agronomic practices
Article 60. Approval of inter-branch organisations
Article 61. Producers’ obligations
CHAPTER 6. NOTIFICATIONS
Article 62. Notifications relating to definitions and related provisions
Article 63. Notifications relating to the reduction coefficient according to Article 32(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 64. Notifications relating to the basic payment
Article 65. Notifications relating to greening
Article 66. Notifications relating to the payment for young farmers
Article 67. Notifications relating to the voluntary coupled support
Article 68. Notifications concerning the minimum requirements for receiving direct payments
Article 69. Notifications concerning the redistributive payment
Article 70. Notifications concerning the payment for areas with natural constraints
Article 71. Notifications concerning the small farmers scheme
Article 72. Application of Article 8(1), 41(4) or 52(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 to members of legal persons or groups
Article 73. Linear reductions of the payments
Article 74. Request for information on measures taken by the Member States
Article 75. Reports
Article 76. Notification of decision resulting from a review
CHAPTER 7. AMENDMENT, REPEAL AND ENTRY INTO FORCE
Article 77. Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 78. Repeal
Article 79. Entry into force and application
ANNEX I. Content of the information to be submitted to the Commission pursuant to Article 67(1)

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 639/2014

of 11 March 2014

supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and amending Annex X to that

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