8.—(1) 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(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 15, in paragraph 2, omit the third subparagraph.
(3) In Article 17—
(a)in paragraph 4, in the second subparagraph, omit the final sentence;
(b)in paragraph 5—
(i)in the first subparagraph—
(aa)in the first sentence, omit “and, where applicable, the type, size and location of the ecological focus areas”;
(bb)omit the second sentence;
(ii)in the second subparagraph, in the second sentence, omit “or, where applicable, the size and location of the ecological focus areas”;
(c)omit paragraph 6.
(4) Omit Article 18.
(5) In Article 26, in paragraph 4, omit the second sub-paragraph.
(6) In Article 27, omit from “The relevant authority shall also ensure” to the end of that Article.
(7) Omit Article 31.
(8) Omit Article 31a.
(9) In Article 37, omit paragraph 3.
(10) In Article 38, omit paragraph 6.
(11) In Article 39, omit paragraph 3.
(12) Omit Article 44.
EUR 2014/809 as amended in relation to direct payment schemes by S.I. 2020/90 and 576. EUR 2014/809 is also amended by S.I. 2019/765. However, by virtue of the amendments in The Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, these amendments do not have effect in relation to direct payment schemes.