Except where a Member State has opted to set the amount of the annual payment pursuant to point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 63(2), the elements on the basis of which the amounts referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article are established shall remain the same for the entire duration of the participation of the farmer in the small farmers scheme.
Seachas i gcás inar roghnaigh an Ballstát méid na híocaíochta bliantúla a shocrú de bhun phointe (a) den chéad fhomhír d'Airteagal 63(2), fanfaidh na heilimintí ar a mbunófar na méideanna dá dtagraítear i mir 1 den Airteagal seo mar an gcéanna do thréimhse iomlán rannpháirtíochta an fheirmeora iscéim na bhfeirmeoirí beaga.