Article 14

1. Farmers in less-favoured areas may be supported by compensatory allowances. 2. Compensatory allowances shall be granted per hectare of areas used for agriculture to farmers who: farm a minimum area of land to be defined, undertake to pursue their farming activity in a less-favoured area for at least five years from the first payment of a compensatory allowance, and apply usual good farming practices compatible with the need to safeguard the environment and maintain the countryside, in particular by sustainable farming. 3. Where residues of substances prohibited under Directive 96/22/EC(17) or residues of substances authorised under that Directive but used illegally, are detected pursuant to the relevant provisions of Council Directive 96/23/EC(18) in an animal belonging to the bovine herd of a producer, or where an unauthorised substance or product, or a substance or product authorised under Directive 96/22/EC but held illegally is found on the producer's holding in any form, the producer shall be excluded from receiving compensatory allowances for the calendar year of that discovery. In the event of a repeated infringement, the length of the exclusion period may, depending on the seriousness of the offence, be extended to five years from the year in which the repeated infringement was discovered. In the event of obstruction on the part of the owner or holder of the animals when inspections are being carried out and the necessary samples are being taken in application of national residue-monitoring plans, or when the investigations and checks provided for under Directive 96/23/EC are being carried out, the penalties provided for in the first subparagraph shall apply.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.