Except in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances, the number of payment entitlements allocated per farmer in the first year of implementation of the basic payment scheme shall be equal to the number of eligible hectares which the farmer declares in his aid application in accordance with point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 for the first year of implementation of the basic payment scheme and which are at his disposal on a date fixed by the Member State. That date shall be no later than the date fixed in that Member State for amending such aid application.
Ach amháin i gcás force majeure nó imthosca eisceachtúla, beidh líon na dteidlíochtaí íocaíochta a leithdháilfear ar gach feirmeoir sa chéad bhliain ina gcuirfear scéim na híocaíochta bunúsaí chun feidhme cothrom le líon na heicteár incháilithe, a dhearbhóidh an feirmeoir ina iarratas ar chabhair i gcomhréir le pointe (a) den chéad fhomhír d'Airteagal 72(1) de Rialachán (AE) Uimh. 1306/2013 don chéad bhliain de chur chun feidhme scéim na híocaíochta bunúsaí agus a bheidh ar fáil dó ar dháta a shocraigh an Ballstát ar dháta sin nach déanaí ná an dáta a socraíodh sa Bhallstát sin chun na hiarratais sin ar chabhair a leasú.