Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 641/2014Show full title

[F1 CHAPTER 2 N.I. [F2 Basic Payment Scheme] [F2 Farm Sustainability Payment Scheme]

SECTION 1 U.K. First allocation of payment entitlements

Article 3 U.K. Application for allocation of payment entitlements in case of sale or lease using a contract clause pursuant to Article 24(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

In case of sale or lease using a contract clause in accordance with Article 24(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the application for the allocation of the payment entitlements shall be made by the buyer or the lessee respectively. That application shall include the following information:

(a)

details of the sale or lease contract respectively, including the relevant contract clause and/or, where required by the Member State, a copy of that contract;

(b)

the identification details of the farmer having transferred the right to receive entitlements to the buyer or the lessee, including, if available, the unique identification of the beneficiary referred to in Article 8 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014(1).

In addition, Member States shall require from the buyer or lessee all information necessary to verify the application of Article 60 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2).

F3 Article 4 U.K. Application for allocation of payment entitlements in case of sale using a contract clause pursuant to Article 20 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014

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Textual Amendments

F3 Arts. 4-7 omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 21

F3 Article 5 U.K. Application for allocation of payment entitlements in case of lease using a contract clause pursuant to Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014

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Textual Amendments

F3 Arts. 4-7 omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 21

F3 Article 6 U.K. Value of payment entitlements in case of inheritance

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Textual Amendments

F3 Arts. 4-7 omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 21

SECTION 2 U.K. Activation and transfer of payment entitlements

F3 Article 7 U.K. Activation of payment entitlements in case of sale or lease using a contract clause under Article 24(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 or Articles 20 and 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014

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Textual Amendments

F3 Arts. 4-7 omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 21

Article 8 U.K. Notifications of transfer

1. In case of transfer in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the transferor shall notify the competent authority of the transfer within a period F4 ... established by the [F5 relevant authority [F6 prior to exit day]].

2. The transfer shall take place as set out in the notification unless the competent authority objects to the transfer. The competent authority may only object to a transfer where the transfer is not in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 and this Regulation. The competent authority shall notify the transferor as soon as possible of its objection.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Art. 8(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), 21(1)(a)

F5 Words in Art. 8(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 21(1)(b)

F6 Words in Art. 8(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), 9(3); and (N.I.) (24.2.2025) by virtue of The Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/33), regs. 1, 15

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Art. 8(1) modified (W.) (30.4.2020) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Payments to Farmers) (Coronavirus) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(2), 3

SECTION 3 U.K. National or regional reserves

[F7 Article 9 U.K. Reversion to the national or regional reserve

1. For the purposes of Article 31(1)(a) or (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, except in cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances, unused payment entitlements shall be deemed to have reverted to the national or regional reserve on the day following the final date as fixed by the [F8 relevant authority] on the basis of Article 78(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 for amending the single application under the [F9 basic payment scheme][F9 farm sustainability payment scheme] in the calendar year in which the period referred to in Article 31(1)(a) or (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 expires.

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Textual Amendments

F7 Art. 9 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), 8(3); and Art. 9 omitted (S.) (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Rural Support (Simplification and Improvement) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/308), regs. 1, 4

F8 Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 21(2)(a)

F9 Words in Art. 9(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. 5(4)

F10 Art. 9(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), 21(2)(b)

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 Ch. 2 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. 5(4)

(1)

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 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy (See page 48 of this Official Journal).

(2)

Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549).