Comments/caveats
To ease the geospatial location and thus a calculation without double counting, the area taken into account is the total area under commitment, i.e. if a Member State applies a maximum share of hectares paid, the whole area under commitment is accounted.
All eligible area subject to conditionality shall be reported under this indicator. In case the Member State will apply a pro rata system on permanent grassland, only eligible areas (e.g. after the application of pro rata) should be reported.
There is a risk of double counting between sectoral types of interventions and other interventions, as sectoral types of interventions are not in IACS (except for wine). However, the risk of double counting is estimated to be low, because often the 2 types of support are granted on different farms. Therefore, the hectares concerned under sectoral types of interventions should simply be added to the hectares under other area-based payments.
The same may be true of management commitments undertaken by beneficiaries who are not farmers.
This indicator is not used for performance clearance.