Exemptions in cases of force majeure and exceptional circumstances
Article 3
1. For the purposes of the financing, management and monitoring of the CAP, force majeure and exceptional circumstances may, in particular, be recognised in the following cases: (a) a severe natural disaster or severe meteorological event gravely affecting the holding; (b) the accidental destruction of livestock buildings on the holding; (c) an epizootic, a plant disease outbreak or the presence of a plant pest affecting part or all of the beneficiary’s livestock or crops; (d) expropriation of all or a large part of the holding if that expropriation could not have been anticipated on the day of lodging the application; (e) the death of the beneficiary; (f) long-term professional incapacity of the beneficiary. 2. Where a severe natural disaster or severe meteorological event as referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), gravely affects a well-determined area, the Member State concerned may consider that whole area to be gravely affected by that disaster or event.