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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) N o 640/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system and conditions for refusal or withdrawal of payments and administrative penalties applicable to direct payments, rural development support and cross compliance

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Article 5U.K.Identification of agricultural parcels

1.The identification system for agricultural parcels referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall operate at reference parcel level. A reference parcel shall contain a unit of land representing agricultural area as defined in Article 4(1)(e) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013. Where appropriate, a reference parcel shall also include [F1areas as referred to in Article 32(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and] agricultural land as referred to in Article 28(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.

[F2The relevant authority] shall delimit the reference parcel in such a way as to ensure that the reference parcel is measurable, enables the unique and unambiguous localisation of each agricultural parcel annually declared and as a principle, is stable in time.

2.[F3The relevant authority] shall also ensure that agricultural parcels that are declared are reliably identified. They shall in particular require the aid applications and payment claims to be furnished with particular information or accompanied by documents specified by the competent authority that enable each agricultural parcel to be located and measured. For each reference parcel, [F4the relevant authority] shall:

(a)

[F5determine a maximum eligible area for the purpose of the support schemes listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013;]

(b)

determine a maximum eligible area for the purpose of the area-related measures referred to in Articles 28 to 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013;

(c)

[F6locate and determine the size of those ecological focus areas listed in Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 for which the [F7relevant authority] has decided that they shall be considered as ecological focus area. For that purpose, [F8the relevant authority] shall apply the conversion and/or weighting factors set out in Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, where appropriate;]

(d)

[F9[F10determine whether provisions for mountain areas, areas facing significant natural constraints and other areas affected by specific constraints as referred to in Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, Natura [F112000 areas and] areas covered by Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1)F12... apply ]

(d)

[F10determine whether areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation as referred to in Article 4(1)(c)(iii) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, [F13areas designated by the relevant authority for the regional and/or collective implementation of ecological focus areas in accordance with Article 46(5) and (6) in that regulation and areas covered with permanent grasslands which are environmentally sensitive as referred to in Article 45(1) of that regulation apply].]]

(d)

[F14determine whether areas covered with permanent grassland which are environmentally sensitive as referred to in Article 32A of Regulation No 1307/2013 apply.]

3.[F15The relevant authority] shall ensure that the maximum eligible area per reference parcel as referred to in paragraph 2(a) is correctly quantified within a margin of maximum 2 %, thereby taking into account the outline and condition of the reference parcel.

4.For the measures referred to in Article 21(1)(a) and Articles 30 and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, [F16the relevant authority] may establish appropriate alternative systems to uniquely identify the land subject to support where that land is covered by forest.

5.The GIS shall operate on the basis of a national coordinate reference system as defined in Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) which permits standardised measurement and unique identification of agricultural parcels throughout the [F17relevant authority] concerned. Where different coordinate systems are used, they shall be mutually exclusive and each of them shall ensure the consistency between items of information which refer to the same location.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Art. 5(1) omitted (31.12.2020 for the purposes of common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 6(5)(a)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 9(6)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 15(4)(a); and words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020 for the purposes of common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 6(5)(a)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 9(6)(a) (with reg. 2))

F3Words in Art. 5(2) substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 15(4)(b)(i); and words in Art. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020 for the purposes of common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 6(5)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4Words in Art. 5(2) substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 15(4)(b)(ii); and words in Art. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020 for the purposes of common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 6(5)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7Words in Art. 5(2)(c) substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 15(4)(b)(iii)(aa)

F8Words in Art. 5(2)(c) substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 15(4)(b)(iii)(bb)

F10Art. 5(2)(d) substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 15(4)(b)(iv)

F11Words in Art. 5(2)(d) substituted (31.12.2020 for the purposes of common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 6(5)(b)(iv)(aa) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 9(6)(b)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F12Words in Art. 5(2)(d) omitted (31.12.2020 for the purposes of common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 6(5)(b)(iv)(bb) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 9(6)(b)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F15Words in Art. 5(3) substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 15(4)(c); and words in Art. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020 for the purposes of common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 6(5)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F16Words in Art. 5(4) substituted (31.12.2020 for the purposes of common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 6(5)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F17Words in Art. 5(5) substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 15(4)(d); and words in Art. 5(5) substituted (31.12.2020 for the purposes of common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 6(5)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

(1)

Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1).

(2)

Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1).

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