1.Where it is established that the ratio referred to in Article 3(1) of this Regulation is decreasing the Member State concerned shall, at national or regional level, provide for the obligation of farmers applying for aid under any of the direct payment schemes listed in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 not to convert land under permanent pasture without prior authorisation.
Kadar se ugotovi, da se razmerje iz člena 3(1) te uredbe zmanjšuje, zadevna država članica na nacionalni ali regionalni ravni predvidi obveznost kmetov, ki zaprosijo za pomoč v skladu s katero koli shemo neposrednih plačil, navedenih v Prilogi I Uredbe (ES) št. 1782/2003, da trajnih pašnikov ne spremenijo brez predhodne odobritve.