These Regulations amend the Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3263) (“the Control Regulations”) in reliance on the derogation provided for in Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/701 derogating from Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards the final date of submission of the single application, aid applications or payment claims, the final date for notification of amendments to the single application or payment claim and the final date for applications for allocation of payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme for the year 2018 (OJNo. L 118, 14.5.2018, p. 5).

Regulation 2 substitutes regulation 5(1) of the Control Regulations to change the final date, in 2018, for submitting a rural development payment claim relating to commitments which take effect from 1^st January 2016, 1^st January 2017 or 1^st January 2018.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.