agricultural activitymeans an agricultural activity within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 1307/2013;
agricultural areameans an agricultural area within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 1307/2013;
agricultural parcelmeans a continuous area of land, declared by one farmer, which does not cover more than one single crop group;
area-related direct paymentmeans the basic payment scheme;
commercial documentmeans all books, registers, vouchers and supporting documents, accounts, production and quality records, and correspondence relating to the undertaking's business activity, as well as commercial data, in whatever form they may take, including electronically stored data, in so far as these documents or data relate directly or indirectly to the transactions referred to in paragraph 1;
direct paymentsmeans direct payments within the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 1307/2013;
holdingmeans holding within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 1307/2013, save as provided for in Article 91(3);
irregularitymeans an irregularity within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95.
permanent pasturemeans permanent pasture as defined in point (c) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 in its original version.
requirementmeans each individual statutory management requirement under Union law referred to in Annex II within a given act, differing in substance from any other requirements of the same act.
sectoral agricultural legislationmeans any applicable acts adopted within the framework of the CAP on the basis of Article 43 TFEU as well as, where applicable, any delegated or implementing acts adopted on the basis of such acts, and Part Two of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 insofar as it applies to the EAFRD;
third partymeans any natural or legal person directly or indirectly connected with transactions carried out within the financing system by the EAGF.
transfermeans any type of transaction whereby the agricultural land ceases to be at the disposal of the transferor.