In order to avoid a situation in a given Member State in which an increase in the eligible area dilutes disproportionately the amount of direct payments per hectare and thus affects the internal convergence process, Member States should be allowed, when carrying out the first allocation of payment entitlements, to apply certain limitations for the purpose of establishing the number of payment entitlements.
Maidir le Ballstát ar leith, i dtreo is go seachnófar ann caolú díréireach mhéid na n-íocaíochtaí díreacha in aghaidh an heicteáir, lena ndéanfaí difear don phróiseas cóineasaithe inmheánach, mar thoradh ar mhéadú ar an limistéar incháilithe, ba cheart go ligfí do na Ballstáit, agus an chéad bhabhta teidlíochtaí íocaíochta á leithdháileadh acu, srianta áirithe a chur i bhfeidhm chun líon na dteidlíochtaí íocaíochta a bhunú.