Member States may decide to grant the payment for areas with natural constraints to all areas falling within the scope of paragraph 1, or to restrict the payment to some of those areas on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria.
Féadfaidh na Ballstáit a chinneadh an íocaíocht a dheonú do limistéir atá faoi shrianta nádúrtha ar na limistéir ar fad a thagann faoi raon feidhme mhír 1 nó an íocaíocht a theorannú do roinnt de na limistéir sin, sin, ar bhonn critéar oibiachtúil, neamh-idirdhealaitheach.