3Regulation No 1782/2003 contained Title III, entitled ‘Single payment scheme’, which included Chapter 3, relating to ‘payment entitlements’. Section 1 of that chapter, concerning ‘payment entitlements based on areas’, contained Article 43 of the regulation, entitled ‘Determination of the payment entitlements’, which stated:1. Without prejudice to Article 48, a farmer shall receive a payment entitlement per hectare which is calculated by dividing the reference amount by the three-year average number of all hectares which in the reference period gave right to direct payments listed in Annex VI.The total number of payment entitlements shall be equal to the above mentioned average number of hectares.…2.The number of hectares referred to in paragraph 1 shall further include:…(b) all forage area in the reference period.3.For the purpose of paragraph 2(b) of this Article, “forage area” shall mean the area of the holding that was available throughout the calendar year, in accordance with Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 [of 11 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 (OJ 2001 L 327, p. 11)], for rearing animals including areas in shared use and areas which were subject to mixed cultivation. The forage area shall not include:– buildings, woods, ponds, paths,– …’
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