Eligibility for such payments shall arise only following a formal recognition by government authorities that a natural or like disaster (including disease outbreaks, pest infestations, nuclear accidents, and war on the territory of the Member concerned) has occurred or is occurring; and shall be determined by a production loss which exceeds 30 % of the average of production in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and the lowest entry.
Ní thiocfaidh incháilitheacht le haghaidh íocaíochtaí den sórt sin i gceist ach amháin tar éis aitheantas foirmiúil ó údaráis rialtais gur tharla tubaiste nádúrtha nó a leithéid (lena n-áirítear ráigeanna galair, inmhíolú lotnaidí, timpistí núicléacha, agus cogadh ar chríoch an Bhallstáit lena mbaineann), nó go bhfuil sé ag tarlú; agus déanfar é a chinneadh le caillteanas táirgeachta is mó ná 30 % den mheán táirgeachta sa tréimhse trí bliana roimhe sin nó meán trí bliana arna bhunú ar an tréimhse cúig bliana roimhe sin, gan an iontráil is airde ná an iontráil is ísle.