3Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (OJ 2003 L 270, p. 1), (‘Regulation No 1782/2003’), contained a Title III, entitled ‘Single Payment Scheme’, which contained a Chapter 3 on ‘Payment Entitlements’. Section 1 of that chapter, relating to ‘payment entitlements based on areas’, included Article 43 of that regulation, on the ‘determination of the payment entitlements’. That article provided: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 abovementioned 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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