Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system, rural development measures and cross compliance

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Regulation applied with mods. by S.R. 2021/181 reg. 2
art. 34 substituted by S.R. 2021/42 reg. 17(6)
Art. 34(2) words omitted by S.I. 2021/400 reg. 4(11)(a)
Art. 34(2) words substituted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(30)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(30)-(32) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(24))
art. 34(2)(a) words substituted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 6(6)(a)
Art. 34(3) omitted by S.I. 2022/765 reg. 11(5)
Art. 34(3) omitted by S.I. 2021/400 reg. 4(11)(b)
Art. 34(3) words substituted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(30)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(30)-(32) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(24))
Art. 34(4) omitted by S.I. 2021/400 reg. 4(11)(b)
Art. 34(4) omitted for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/1225 reg. 8(1)reg. 8(4)(a)
Art. 34(4a) omitted by S.I. 2021/400 reg. 4(11)(b)
Art. 34(4a) words omitted for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/1225 reg. 8(1)reg. 8(4)(b)
Art. 34(5) word substituted by S.I. 2021/400 reg. 4(11)(c)(i)

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Title 5 revoked by S.I. 2023/816 Sch. Pt. 1 para. 1 Table 1
Art. 1(m) words substituted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(2)(a)(iv) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(2)(a)(iv) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(3)(c))
Art. 1(r)(s) revoked by S.I. 2023/816 Sch. Pt. 1 para. 1 Table 2
Art. 6(2)(c) words substituted by S.I. 2021/400 reg. 4(3)
Art. 6(2)(f)(iii)(iv) omitted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(6)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(6) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(8))
art. 6(3)(b) omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 6(2)(a)
Art. 6(3)(c) omitted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(6)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(6) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(8))
Art. 6(5) inserted by S.I. 2021/407 reg. 5(2)(c)
Art. 14(1)(f) omitted by S.I. 2022/765 reg. 11(2)
art. 14(1)(h) omitted by S.R. 2021/40 reg. 6(3)
Art. 14(1a) inserted for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/1225 reg. 8(1)reg. 8(2)(b)
Art. 17(7)(c) words substituted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(16)(c)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(16)(b)-(d) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(13))
Art. 21(1)(d) words substituted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(19)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(19)(a)(b) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(18)(i))
Art. 24(1)(c) revoked by S.I. 2023/816 Sch. Pt. 1 para. 1 Table 2
Art. 29(1)(a) word omitted by S.I. 2023/1430 Sch. 4 para. 7(6)(b)
Art. 29(1)(a) words omitted by S.I. 2023/1430 Sch. 4 para. 7(6)(a)
Art. 29(1)(a) words omitted by S.I. 2023/1430 Sch. 4 para. 7(6)(c)
Art. 29(1)(f) omitted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(26)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(26)-(28) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(22))
Art. 29(1)(g) omitted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(26)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(26)-(28) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(22))
Art. 30(f) omitted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(27)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(26)-(28) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(22))
Art. 30(h) omitted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(27)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(26)-(28) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(22))
Art. 31(b)(ii) words omitted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(28)(a)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(26)-(28) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(22))
Art. 31(1)(c) words omitted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(28)(a)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(26)-(28) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(22))
Art. 31(1)(d) words omitted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(28)(a)(iii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(26)-(28) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(22))
Art. 32a inserted by S.I. 2021/400 reg. 4(10)
Art. 34(5)(c) words substituted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(30)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(30)-(32) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(24))
Art. 34(5)(d) word inserted by S.I. 2021/400 reg. 4(11)(c)(ii)
Art. 37(3)(c) words substituted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(32)(a)(iii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(30)-(32) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(24))
Art. 40a(2)(b) words substituted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(36) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(34)-(36) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(26))
Art. 41(1)(h) words revoked by S.I. 2023/816 Sch. Pt. 1 para. 1 Table 2
Art. 48(2)(e) sum substituted by S.I. 2021/400 reg. 4(22)(a)(ii)(aa)
Art. 48(2)(e) words omitted by S.I. 2021/400 reg. 4(22)(a)(ii)(bb)
Art. 48(5)(a) omitted by S.I. 2021/400 reg. 4(22)(b)(ii)
Art. 64(a) word omitted by S.I. 2019/765 reg. 5(51) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(51) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1445, reg. 8(31))

[F1Article 34E+N.I.Selection of the control sample

[F21.Applications or applicants found not to be admissible or not eligible for payment at the time of submission or after administrative or on-the-spot checks shall not form part of the control population.

2.[F3For the purposes of Articles 30 and 31, the sample selection shall ensure that:

(a)

between 1 % and 1,25 % of the control population referred to in points (a) to (f) and (h) of Article 30 and in [F4points (a) to (e)] of Article 31(1) shall be selected randomly;

(b)

between 0,6 % and 0,75 % of the control population referred to in point (b) of Article 31(1) shall be selected randomly;

(c)

between 4 % and 5 % of the control population referred to in point (h) of Article 31(1) shall be selected randomly;

(d)

the remaining number of beneficiaries in the control sample referred to in points (a) to (e) and (h) of Article 31(1) shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis.

For the purposes of Article 31, [F5the relevant authority] shall ensure representativeness of the control sample as regards the different practices.

The additional beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks for the purposes of the first subparagraph of Article 31(3) shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis.

[F6Where the competent authority decides to apply the option provided for in Article 40a(4) or in Article 70a(3), findings revealed by checks by monitoring in the previous claim year shall be taken into account in the risk analysis referred to in point (d) of the second subparagraph.]]

[F73.[F8For the purposes of [F9Article] 32 F10..., between 20 % and 25 % of the minimum number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks and, where Article 32(2a) applies, 100 % of the collectives and between 20 % and 25 % of the commitments to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected randomly. The remaining number of beneficiaries and commitments to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis. Where the competent authority decides to apply the option provided for in Article 40a(4) or in Article 70a(3), findings revealed by checks by monitoring in the previous claim year shall be taken into account in the risk analysis.]

For the purposes of [F9Article] 32 F10..., the random part of the sample may also include either the beneficiaries already randomly selected in accordance with points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2 or the additional beneficiaries selected randomly in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 26(4) or both. The number of such beneficiaries in the control sample shall not go beyond their proportion in the control population.

For the purposes of Article 32, [F11the relevant authority] may, as a result of the risk analysis, select specific rural development measures which apply to the beneficiaries.]]

[F73.For the purposes of Article 33, between 20% and 25% of the minimum number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected randomly. The remaining number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis.

For the purposes of Article 33, the random part of the sample may also include either the beneficiaries already randomly selected in accordance with points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2 or the additional beneficiaries selected randomly in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 26(4) or both. The number of such beneficiaries in the control sample shall not go beyond their proportion in the control population.]

4.If the number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks exceeds the minimum number of beneficiaries referred to in [F12Articles 30, 31 and 33] [F13Article 32], the percentage of randomly selected beneficiaries in the additional sample shall not exceed 25 %.

[F144a.For the purposes of [F15Articles 30, 31 and 33] [F16Article 32] and point (c) of Article 40a(1), the same beneficiary may be used to respect several of the minimum control rates concerned provided that the effectiveness of selection of the risk based samples required therein is not affected.

The on-the-spot check regarding the selected beneficiaries may be limited to the [F17aid scheme or] rural development measure they have been selected for if the minimum control rates of the other [F18aid schemes or] support measures they applied for are already respected.]

5.The effectiveness of the risk analysis shall be assessed and updated on an annual basis as follows:

(a)

by establishing the relevance of each risk factor;

(b)

[F2by comparing the results as regards the difference between the area declared and the area determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample; or by comparing the results as regards the difference between the animals declared and the animals determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample;]

(c)

by taking into account the specific situation and, where appropriate, evolution of the risk factors’ relevance in the [F19constituent nation] [F20relevant territory];

(d)

by taking into account the nature of the non-compliance that prompt an increase of the control rate in accordance with Article 35.

6.The competent authority shall keep records of the reasons for the selection of each beneficiary for an on-the-spot check. The inspector carrying out the on-the-spot check shall be informed accordingly prior to the commencement of the on-the-spot check.

7.Where appropriate, a partial selection of the control sample may be made on the basis of available information before the final date referred to in Article 13. That provisional sample shall be completed when all relevant [F21aid applications or] payment claims are available.]

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E1This version of this provision extends to England and Northern Ireland only; separate versions have been created for Scotland and Wales

Textual Amendments

F1Art. 34 omitted (E.) (1.1.2021 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Cross-Compliance (Simplifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1387), regs. 1(1), 9(12)

F2Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/746 of 18 May 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards modification of single applications and payment claims and checks.

F3Art. 34(2) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4Words in Art. 34(2)(a) 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), 14(30)(a)(i)

F5Words in Art. 34(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), 14(30)(a)(ii)

F6Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1804 of 28 October 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards amendments of aid applications or payment claims, checks in the integrated administration and control system and the control system in relation to cross compliance.

F7Art. 34(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), 14(30)(b)

F8Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1804 of 28 October 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards amendments of aid applications or payment claims, checks in the integrated administration and control system and the control system in relation to cross compliance.

F9Word in Art. 34(3) substituted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(b)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10Words in Art. 34(3) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(b)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F11Words in Art. 34(3) substituted (31.12.2020) 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, 5(30)(b)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F12Words in Art. 34(4) substituted for the words “Articles 30 to 33” (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), 14(30)(c)

F13Words in Art. 34(4) substituted for the words “Articles 30 to 33” (31.12.2020) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(c) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F14Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/746 of 18 May 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards modification of single applications and payment claims and checks.

F15Words in Art. 34(4a) substituted for the words “Articles 30 to 33” (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), 14(30)(c)

F16Words in Art. 34(4a) substituted for the words “Articles 30 to 33” (31.12.2020) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(d)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F17Words in Art. 34(4a) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(d)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F18Words in Art. 34(4a) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(d)(iii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F19Words in Art. 34(5)(c) substituted for the words “Member State” (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), 14(30)(d)

F20Words in Art. 34(5)(c) substituted for the words “Member State” (31.12.2020) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(e) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F21Words in Art. 34(7) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(f) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 34WSelection of the control sample

[F221.Applications or applicants found not to be admissible or not eligible for payment at the time of submission or after administrative or on-the-spot checks shall not form part of the control population.

[F232.For the purposes of Article 30, the sample selection shall ensure that:

(a)a proportion of the control population is selected randomly;

(b)the remaining number of beneficiaries in the control sample is selected on the basis of a risk analysis.]

[F243.[F25For the purposes of [F26Article] 32 F27..., between 20 % and 25 % of the minimum number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks and, where Article 32(2a) applies, 100 % of the collectives and between 20 % and 25 % of the commitments to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected randomly. The remaining number of beneficiaries and commitments to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis. Where the competent authority decides to apply the option provided for in Article 40a(4) or in Article 70a(3), findings revealed by checks by monitoring in the previous claim year shall be taken into account in the risk analysis.]

For the purposes of [F26Article] 32 F27..., the random part of the sample may also include either the beneficiaries already randomly selected in accordance with points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2 or the additional beneficiaries selected randomly in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 26(4) or both. The number of such beneficiaries in the control sample shall not go beyond their proportion in the control population.

For the purposes of Article 32, [F28the relevant authority] may, as a result of the risk analysis, select specific rural development measures which apply to the beneficiaries.]]

4.[F29If the number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks exceeds the minimum number of beneficiaries referred to in [F30Article 32], the percentage of randomly selected beneficiaries in the additional sample shall not exceed 25 %.]

[F314a.[F32For the purposes of [F33Article 32] and point (c) of Article 40a(1), the same beneficiary may be used to respect several of the minimum control rates concerned provided that the effectiveness of selection of the risk based samples required therein is not affected.

The on-the-spot check regarding the selected beneficiaries may be limited to the F34... rural development measure they have been selected for if the minimum control rates of the other F35... support measures they applied for are already respected.]]

5.The effectiveness of the risk analysis [F36shall] [F36may] be assessed and updated on an annual basis as follows:

(a)

by establishing the relevance of each risk factor;

(b)

[F22by comparing the results as regards the difference between the area declared and the area determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample; or by comparing the results as regards the difference between the animals declared and the animals determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample;]

(c)

by taking into account the specific situation and, where appropriate, evolution of the risk factors’ relevance in the [F37constituent nation][F38relevant territory];

(d)

by taking into account the nature of the non-compliance that [F39may] prompt an increase of the control rate in accordance with Article 35.

7.Where appropriate, a partial selection of the control sample may be made on the basis of available information before the final date referred to in Article 13. That provisional sample shall be completed when all relevant [F40aid applications or] payment claims are available.

Extent Information

E2This version of this provision applies to Wales only; separate versions have been created for England and Northern Ireland and Scotland

Textual Amendments

F22Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/746 of 18 May 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards modification of single applications and payment claims and checks.

F23Art. 34(2) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and Art. 34(2) substituted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(18)(a)

F24Art. 34(3) omitted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(18)(b)

F25Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1804 of 28 October 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards amendments of aid applications or payment claims, checks in the integrated administration and control system and the control system in relation to cross compliance.

F26Word in Art. 34(3) substituted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(b)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F27Words in Art. 34(3) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(b)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F28Words in Art. 34(3) substituted (31.12.2020) 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, 5(30)(b)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F29Art. 34(4) omitted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(18)(b)

F30Words in Art. 34(4) substituted for the words “Articles 30 to 33” (31.12.2020) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(c) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F31Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/746 of 18 May 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards modification of single applications and payment claims and checks.

F32Art. 34(4a) omitted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(18)(b)

F33Words in Art. 34(4a) substituted for the words “Articles 30 to 33” (31.12.2020) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(d)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F34Words in Art. 34(4a) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(d)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F35Words in Art. 34(4a) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(d)(iii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F36Word in Art. 34(5) substituted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(18)(c)(i)

F37Words in Art. 34(5)(c) substituted for the words “Member State” (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), 14(30)(d)

F38Words in Art. 34(5)(c) substituted for the words “Member State” (31.12.2020) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(e) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F39Word in Art. 34(5)(d) inserted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(18)(c)(ii)

F40Words in Art. 34(7) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(f) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 34SSelection of the control sample

[F411.Applications or applicants found not to be admissible or not eligible for payment at the time of submission or after administrative or on-the-spot checks shall not form part of the control population.

[F422.For the purposes of Articles 30 and 31, the sample selection shall ensure that:

(a)

[F43between 20% and 25% of the minimum number of beneficiaries subject to on-the-spot checks in accordance with] points (a) to (f) and (h) of Article 30 and in [F44points (a) to (e)] of Article 31(1) shall be selected randomly;

(b)

[F45between 20% and 25% of the minimum number of beneficiaries subject to on-the-spot checks in accordance with] point (b) of Article 31(1) shall be selected randomly;

(c)

between 4 % and 5 % of the control population referred to in point (h) of Article 31(1) shall be selected randomly;

(d)

the remaining number of beneficiaries in the control sample referred to in points (a) to (e) and (h) of Article 31(1) shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis.

For the purposes of Article 31, [F46the relevant authority] shall ensure representativeness of the control sample as regards the different practices.

The additional beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks for the purposes of the first subparagraph of Article 31(3) shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis.

[F47Where the competent authority decides to apply the option provided for in Article 40a(4) or in Article 70a(3), findings revealed by checks by monitoring in the previous claim year shall be taken into account in the risk analysis referred to in point (d) of the second subparagraph.]]

[F483.[F49For the purposes of [F50Article] 32 F51..., between 20 % and 25 % of the minimum number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks and, where Article 32(2a) applies, 100 % of the collectives and between 20 % and 25 % of the commitments to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected randomly. The remaining number of beneficiaries and commitments to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis. Where the competent authority decides to apply the option provided for in Article 40a(4) or in Article 70a(3), findings revealed by checks by monitoring in the previous claim year shall be taken into account in the risk analysis.]

For the purposes of [F50Article] 32 F51..., the random part of the sample may also include either the beneficiaries already randomly selected in accordance with points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2 or the additional beneficiaries selected randomly in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 26(4) or both. The number of such beneficiaries in the control sample shall not go beyond their proportion in the control population.

For the purposes of Article 32, [F52the relevant authority] may, as a result of the risk analysis, select specific rural development measures which apply to the beneficiaries.]]

[F483.For the purposes of Article 33, between 20% and 25% of the minimum number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected randomly. The remaining number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis.

4.If the number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks exceeds the minimum number of beneficiaries referred to in [F53Articles 30, 31 and 33] [F54Article 32], the percentage of randomly selected beneficiaries in the additional sample shall not exceed 25 %.

[F554a.For the purposes of [F56Articles 30, 31 and 33] [F57Article 32] and point (c) of Article 40a(1), the same beneficiary may be used to respect several of the minimum control rates concerned provided that the effectiveness of selection of the risk based samples required therein is not affected.

The on-the-spot check regarding the selected beneficiaries may be limited to the [F58aid scheme or] rural development measure they have been selected for if the minimum control rates of the other [F59aid schemes or] support measures they applied for are already respected.]

5.The effectiveness of the risk analysis shall be assessed and updated on an annual basis as follows:

(a)

by establishing the relevance of each risk factor;

(b)

[F41by comparing the results as regards the difference between the area declared and the area determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample; or by comparing the results as regards the difference between the animals declared and the animals determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample;]

(c)

by taking into account the specific situation and, where appropriate, evolution of the risk factors’ relevance in the [F60constituent nation][F61relevant territory];

(d)

F62...

7.Where appropriate, a partial selection of the control sample may be made on the basis of available information before the final date referred to in Article 13. That provisional sample shall be completed when all relevant [F63aid applications or] payment claims are available.

Extent Information

E3This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; separate versions have been created for England and Northern Ireland and Wales

Textual Amendments

F41Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/746 of 18 May 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards modification of single applications and payment claims and checks.

F42Art. 34(2) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to 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, 5(30)(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F43Words in Art. 34(2)(a) substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Simplifications and Improvements) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/349), regs. 1, 7(7)(a)(i)

F44Words in Art. 34(2)(a) 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), 14(30)(a)(i)

F45Words in Art. 34(2)(b) substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Simplifications and Improvements) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/349), regs. 1, 7(7)(a)(ii)

F46Words in Art. 34(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), 14(30)(a)(ii)

F47Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1804 of 28 October 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards amendments of aid applications or payment claims, checks in the integrated administration and control system and the control system in relation to cross compliance.

F48Art. 34(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), 14(30)(b)

F49Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1804 of 28 October 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards amendments of aid applications or payment claims, checks in the integrated administration and control system and the control system in relation to cross compliance.