Article 1
Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014 is amended as follows:
Article 2 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 2Young farmer
1.The conditions for access to support for a young farmer, within the meaning of Article 2(1)(n) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, setting up in an agricultural holding as head of that holding jointly with other farmers shall be equivalent to the conditions required for a young farmer setting up as sole head of a holding. In all cases, young farmers shall hold control over the holding as defined by the provisions in force in the Member State.
2.Where the application for support concerns a holding owned by a legal person, a young farmer within the meaning of Article 2(1)(n) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 shall exercise control over the legal person as defined by the provisions in force in the Member State. Where several natural persons, including person(s) who are not young farmer(s), participate in the capital or management of the legal person, the young farmer shall be capable of exercising such control either solely or jointly together with other farmers.
Where a legal person is solely or jointly controlled by another legal person, requirements laid down in the first subparagraph shall apply to any natural person having control over that other legal person.
3.A grace period not exceeding 36 months from the date of the individual decision granting support, may be allowed to the beneficiary, in order to meet the conditions relating to the acquisition of the occupational skills specified in the rural development programme.’
Article 12 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 12Commercial loans to mutual funds
Where the source of the funds for the financial compensation to be paid by the mutual funds referred to in Articles 38, 39 and 39a of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 is a commercial loan, the duration of the loan shall be of between one and five years.’
In Article 13, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
‘For the purposes of Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, where the support is provided in the form of grants, the following rules shall apply:’