(2)in paragraph 3, the following third subparagraph is added:‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may decide to impose the obligations at the holding level to reconvert land to permanent grassland or to establish an area of permanent grassland only in the following cases:
(a)where, and to the extent that, the area to be reconverted into areas of permanent grassland or on which permanent grassland is to be established in a given year exceeds the area of permanent grassland registered as agricultural area in the identification system for agricultural parcels referred to in Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 and not declared for the purpose of receiving support in accordance with a type of intervention provided for in Chapter II of Title III of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 in that year by beneficiaries;
(b)where, and to the extent that, the decrease of the ratio of permanent grassland in a given year by more than 5 %, at the level at which GAEC standard 1 is implemented, is not caused by an increase in the total agricultural area declared in that same year.’;