The Common Agricultural Policy (Simplifications and Improvements) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Amendment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 640/2014

9.—(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 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(1), is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2(1)(22) (Definitions)—

(a) omit “type of crop as referred to in Article 44(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013,”,

(b) for “that Regulation” substitute “Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013”.

(3) In Article 6 (quality assessment of the identification system for agricultural parcels)—

(a) in paragraph 1, subparagraph 3, point (b) for “declared” substitute “claimed”,

(b) in paragraph 3 for “2021” substitute “following the calendar year in question”.

(4) Omit Article 24 (reduction of the greening payment in case of non-compliance with crop diversification).

(5) In Article 27 (maximum reduction of the greening payment)—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “Articles 24 and” substitute “Article”,

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Articles 24 to” substitute “Articles 25 and”.

(6) In Article 28 (administrative penalties as regards the greening payment)—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “24”, in each place it occurs, substitute “25”,

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) omit “44,”,

(ii) for “24” substitute “25”.

(1)

EUR 2014/640. This Regulation was incorporated into domestic law on exit day, insofar as it relates to direct payment schemes, by section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (c.2). The remainder of this Regulation, insofar as it relates to rural development and common market organisation, is incorporated into domestic law on IP completion day by section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16). The Regulation was amended, in relation to direct payments, by S.I. 2020/90. The Regulation, in relation to rural development and common market organisation, is amended prospectively with effect from IP completion day by S.I. 2019/765 (as amended by the Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc) (EU Exit) Regulations). Paragraph 1 of schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c.1) means that S.I. 2019/765 comes into force on IP completion day rather than on exit day as drafted