Member States with more than 50 % of their total land surface area covered by forest may decide that paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to holdings situated in areas designated by those Member States as areas facing natural constraints in accordance with point (a) or (b) of Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, provided that more than 50 % of the land surface area of the unit referred to in the second subparagraph of this paragraph is covered by forest and the ratio of forest land to agricultural land is higher than 3:1.
Na Ballstáit sin ina mbeidh níos mó ná 50 % d'achar dromchla iomlán an talaimh cumhdaithe le foraois, féadfaidh siad a chinneadh nach mbeidh feidhm ag mír 1 den Airteagal seo maidir le gabháltais atá suite i limistéir a ainmneoidh na Ballstáit mar limistéar atá faoi shriant nádúrtha i gcomhréir le pointe (a) nó pointe (b) d'Airteagal 32(1) de Rialachán (AE) Uimh. 1305/2013, ar an gcoinníoll go mbeidh níos mó ná 50 % de limistéar dhromchla an talaimh den aonad dá dtagraítear sa dara fomhír den mhír seo cumhdaithe le foraois agus gur airde cóimheas an talaimh faoi fhoraois don talamh talmhaíochta ná 3:1.