Aggregates
For aggregates hectares are accounted in full, there should be no double counting: i.e. where the same hectare benefits from support under multiple decoupled direct payments interventions, that hectare should be counted only once for the aggregate.
Area paid = This is equivalent to the area determined as eligible for payment after controls and before penalties.
Area before taking into account the entitlements = It is used instead of the paid area as direct payments contribute to the support of the income of the whole farm whether the farmer has entitlements for its whole area or part of it. It also simplifies the calculation without double counting by allowing for geospatial location of all hectares under BISS.