Member States may decide to apply, for the purposes of establishing the number of payment entitlements to be allocated to a farmer, a reduction coefficient to those eligible hectares referred to in paragraph 2 which consist of permanent grassland located in areas with difficult climate conditions, especially due to their altitude and other natural constraints such as poor soil quality, steepness and water supply.
Chun líon na dteidlíochtaí íocaíochta atá le leithdháileadh ar fheirmeoir a chinneadh, féadfaidh Ballstát a chinneadh comhéifeacht laghdaithe a chur i bhfeidhm i leith na heicteár incháilithe sin dá dtagraítear i mír 2 ar heicteáir faoi féarthailte buana iad agus iad suite i limistéir a bhfuil dálaí deacra aeráide acu, go háirithe de bharr a airde agus i limistéir ina bhfuil constaicí nádúrtha eile amhail droch-cháilíocht na hithreach, an fhána agus an soláthar uisce;