Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014Show full title

Article 1 Scope

This Regulation lays down provisions supplementing certain non-essential elements of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in relation to:

(a)

conditions for the partial or total refusal or withdrawal of the aid or support;

(b)

identifying the administrative penalty and determining the specific rate to be imposed;

(c)

identifying the cases in which the administrative penalty is not applied;

(d)

rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits where the final date for submission of applications or amendments is a public holiday, a Saturday or a Sunday;

(e)

specific definitions needed to ensure a harmonised implementation of the integrated system;

(f)

basic features and technical rules for the identification system for agricultural parcels and identification of beneficiaries;

(g)

basic features, technical rules and quality requirements of the system for the identification and registration of payment entitlements;

(h)

the basis for the calculation of aid, including rules on how to deal with certain cases in which eligible areas contain landscape features or trees;

(i)

additional rules for intermediates such as services, bodies and organisations, which are involved in the procedure for granting the aid or support;

(j)

the maintenance of permanent pasture in relation to cross-compliance;

(k)

a harmonised basis for the calculation of administrative penalties related to cross-compliance;

(l)

conditions for the application and calculation of the administrative penalties related to cross-compliance;

(m)

an addition to the rules provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in order to ensure a smooth transition from repealed rules to the new rules.