Transferring EU farm payment entitlements in Greece: the 10 November deadline

Greek farmers and their families have until 10 November 2026 to transfer the EU basic payment entitlements attached to farmland they sell, lease, gift or inherit.¹ΕΛ ΑΑΔΕ (Ανεξάρτητη Αρχή Δημοσίων Εσόδων, Anexartiti Archi Dimosion Esodon), Greece's Independent Authority for Public Revenue, announced the new date on 13 October 2026.¹ A transfer that misses the deadline is not lost for ever, but it has to wait until the following claim year.⁴

This guide is for anyone who has inherited, bought, rented or been given farmland in Greece, including families who live abroad.

What is the new deadline for transferring farm entitlements?

The deadline for filing transfers of basic income support entitlements for 2026 is 10 November 2026.¹ It applies to transfers between living people, such as a sale, a lease or a gift.¹ It also applies to inheritance transfers, on forms Φ5 and Φ11, where the farmer died on or before 15 September 2026.¹ΕΛ

The ΑΑΔΕ Governor, Giorgos Pitsilis, took the decision, and ΑΑΔΕ announced it on 13 October 2026.¹ The agriculture ministry, ΥΠΑΑΤ (Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων, Ypourgeio Agrotikis Anaptyxis kai Trofimon), announced it jointly with ΑΑΔΕ.⁸ ΑΑΔΕ's release does not give the decision's number or its Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ) reference.¹ An implementing circular, Ε.2056/2026, is dated 12 October 2026 and amends the main circular, Ε.2046/2026.⁹³

This is the third deadline for the same window.²⁵¹ Decision Α.1165/2026, published in the ΦΕΚ on 11 August 2026, set 15 September 2026 at 23:59.² Decision Α.1186/2026 of 16 September 2026 moved it to 30 September 2026, with the same 15 September cut-off for deaths.⁵⁶ The 30 September 2026 deadline had already passed when the 10 November extension was announced on 13 October 2026.⁵¹ By our reading, the extension therefore reopens a window that had closed. We have not confirmed that the platform is accepting filings again.

What are basic income support entitlements?

Basic income support for sustainability («βασική εισοδηματική στήριξη για τη βιωσιμότητα») is the basic payment to farmers under the EU's common agricultural policy, and ΑΑΔΕ's circular on transfers cites Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.³ Entitlements are the rights on which that payment is made, and they can be passed on permanently or leased, with or without the land.³ They can also pass to heirs.³

Transferred entitlements can be activated only in the same payment region for which they were allocated (ΑΑΔΕ's circular names three, ΠΕ1, ΠΕ2 and ΠΕ3).²³ Entitlements a farmer has not activated for two consecutive years are among those that go back to the reserve, unless they were not activated because of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.³

Since 1 January 2026, ΟΠΕΚΕΠΕ (Οργανισμός Πληρωμών και Ελέγχου Κοινοτικών Ενισχύσεων Προσανατολισμού και Εγγυήσεων, Organismos Pliromon kai Elegchou Koinotikon Enischyseon Prosanatolismou kai Engyiseon, OPEKEPE), the former farm-payments agency, has been part of ΑΑΔΕ under law 5264/2025.¹³⁷ Its work now sits in a new General Directorate of Audits, Aid and Payments.¹⁴ By our reading, this is the first transfer season since the merger.¹³²

Who can transfer entitlements, and who can receive them?

The person handing over the entitlements must be a beneficiary of basic income support and must legally hold the entitlements in the year of the transfer.³ The person receiving them must be an "active farmer" for that claim year and permanently and legally established in Greece.³ Inheritance is the exception: heirs do not have to meet the active-farmer test.³¹⁰

Recipients from outside the EU need a long-term resident's permit that gives full access to the labour market or access to business activity.³ One condition of active-farmer status, according to ΑΑΔΕ's FAQ, is that the recipient's income tax return for the previous year has been filed and assessed.⁴ The sources we read do not set out the full active-farmer test.

Entitlements allocated from the regional reserves cannot be transferred for five years after allocation, except by inheritance or force majeure.²³

When is 25% of the entitlements withheld?

A permanent transfer of entitlements without land loses 25% of the number of entitlements to the regional reserves; their unit value does not change.

A permanent transfer without land (form Φ2) loses 25% of the number of entitlements to the regional reserves.³ The unit value of each entitlement stays the same.³ The withholding does not apply to an inheritance (Φ5).³⁴ Where heirs pass the entitlements straight on without land (Φ11), it is waived only if the heir is a first-degree relative (by blood or marriage) or the spouse of the farmer receiving them, according to ΑΑΔΕ's circular.³ On a permanent transfer without land (Φ2), it does not apply between first-degree relatives by blood or marriage, or between spouses, if a family-status certificate is provided.³⁴¹² It does not apply to a lease without land (form Φ9).³ Nor does it apply to the end of a lease with a simultaneous permanent transfer without land (Φ12), where the parties are first-degree relatives by blood or marriage, or spouses.³

How do you file a transfer?

Transfers are filed only online, at dikaiomata.aade.gr.² The holder of the entitlements files with their personal TAXISnet credentials.¹⁰ The filing is complete only when the recipient accepts it, except in inheritance cases.¹⁰¹¹

There are nine transfer forms.³ The main ones are Φ1 (permanent transfer with land), Φ2 (permanent transfer without land), Φ5 (inheritance), Φ6 (lease with a land lease), Φ9 (lease without land) and Φ11 (inheritance with a simultaneous transfer to someone else).³ The others cover a change of personal details (Φ7), the end of a lease (Φ8) and the end of a lease with a simultaneous transfer (Φ12).³

An inheritance application (Φ5) is filed by the heir.³ It applies where the farmer died after the deadline for the single aid application (ΕΑΕ, the annual claim for farm payments) of either of the two previous years, and up to this year's cut-off (15 September 2026 for the current window).³¹

None of the decision, the circular or the FAQ mentions a fee for filing a transfer.²³⁴

Which documents do you need?

The documents depend on the type of transfer.³

• Inheritance under a will: the form; the death certificate; a copy of the will with the record of its publication; a certificate, from the last three months, that no other will was published; a certificate from the court of first instance, issued in the last three months, that no action to annul or set aside the will has been filed; and, if the will leaves the entitlements to more than one heir, a solemn declaration (υπεύθυνη δήλωση, a formal statement made under legal liability) on how they are split.³
• Inheritance without a will: the form and the death certificate, as above; a certificate that no will was published; a certificate of next of kin (πιστοποιητικό εγγυτέρων συγγενών); a solemn declaration on the split; and proof of identity if personal details differ. A mixed case combines both lists.³
• Permanent transfer with land (a sale, a parental gift or a gift): the notarial deed, dated between 1 June of the previous year and 31 May of the claim year, plus a certificate of registration at the land registry or the Cadastre (Κτηματολόγιο, Ktimatologio).³¹¹
• Lease with land (Φ6): a lease of eligible, digitised land starting between 1 June of the previous year and 31 May of the claim year. The recipient must hold the land on 31 May of the claim year.³

What if you live abroad?

Anyone who files or signs documents through a representative must attach a notarial power of attorney.³ΕΛ A simple authorisation is not enough.³ By our reading, families abroad who rely on a relative or adviser in Greece need that power of attorney in place in time to file by 10 November 2026.¹³

What happens if you miss 10 November 2026?

A transfer entered on the platform but not finalised by the holder, or finalised but not accepted by the recipient, by the deadline counts as not filed for the current year.³¹¹ ΑΑΔΕ will not accept transfers that were not finalised in time as force majeure cases.⁴ They must be filed again online in the following claim year.⁴

Where can you get help?

ΑΑΔΕ's help service, my1521, answers by phone on 1521, free of charge, on working days from 07:00 to 20:00.¹ Online, the route on my1521 is Επιδόματα & Ενισχύσεις Νοικοκυριών, Επιχειρήσεων και Αγροτών → Αγροτικές Ενισχύσεις → Ενιαία Αίτηση Ενίσχυσης (ΕΑΕ) → Μεταβιβάσεις δικαιωμάτων βασικής εισοδηματικής στήριξης.¹