The Common Agricultural Policy (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015

PART 2The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (England) Regulations 2014

Amendment of the Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (England) Regulations 2014

2.  The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (England) Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows.

Amendment of regulation 10 (active farmer)

3.  For regulation 10 (active farmer) substitute—

“10.—(1) For the purposes of Article 9(2)(b) of the Direct Payments Regulation(2) and sub-paragraph 3 of Article 13(1) of the Direct Payments Delegated Regulation(3), a person’s agricultural activities are not insignificant if that person has 36 or more eligible hectares at that person’s disposal on the date specified in regulation 6.

(2) For the purposes of Article 9(2)(c) of the Direct Payments Regulation and sub-paragraph 3 of Article 13(3) of the Direct Payments Delegated Regulation, an agricultural activity is a principal business or company object of a person if that person’s receipts obtained from agricultural activities were at least 40% of that person’s total receipts in the most recent fiscal year of agricultural activity for which these receipts are available.

(3) For the purposes of Article 9(4) of the Direct Payments Regulation, the maximum amount is EUR 5,000.”.

Amendment of the Schedule (Ecological focus areas)

4.—(1) In Part 1 of the Schedule (crop species that may be used in a mixture of crop species), insert at the end “Oilseed radish (Raphanus sativus)”.

(2) For Part 2 of the Schedule (nitrogen-fixing crops) substitute—

“PART 2Nitrogen-fixing crops for the purposes of Article 45(10) of the Direct Payments Delegated Regulation

  • Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

  • Beans (Vicia spp)

  • Birds-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

  • Chickpeas (Cicer spp)

  • Clover (Trifolium spp)

  • Cowpeas and related beans (Vigna spp)

  • Fenugreek (Trigonella spp)

  • Green beans (Phaseolus spp)

  • Lentils (Lens culinaris)

  • Lupins (Lupinus spp)

  • Peas (Pisum spp)

  • Sainfoin (Onobrychis spp)

  • Soya beans (Glycine spp)

  • Sweet clover (Melilotus spp)”.

(2)

OJ No L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608, as last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 2015 (OJ No L 135, 2.6.2015, p 8).

(3)

OJ L 181 20.6.2014, p. 1, as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1383 (OJ L 181 20.6.2014, p. 1).