Article 15

Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations · European Union

1. Compensatory allowances shall be fixed at a level which: is sufficient in making an effective contribution to compensation for existing handicaps, and avoids overcompensation. 2. Compensatory allowances shall be duly differentiated, taking into account: the situation and development objectives peculiar to a region, the severity of any permanent natural handicap affecting farming activities, the particular environmental problems to be solved where appropriate, the type of production and, where appropriate, the economic structure of the holding. 3. Compensatory allowances shall be fixed between the minimum and maximum amounts set out in the Annex. Compensatory allowances higher than this maximum amount may be granted provided that the average amount of all compensatory allowances granted at the programming level concerned does not exceed this maximum amount. However, in cases duly justified by objective circumstances, Member States may, for the purpose of calculating the average amount, present a combination of several regional programmes.

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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.