These Regulations amend Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 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 (EUR 2014/809) to reduce inspection requirements for direct payment schemes in England for claim year 2020 in consideration of the situation caused by the coronavirus.

The Regulations allow for substitution of physical checks by use of new technologies and other evidence. The Regulations also reduce the control rate for inspections for the basic payment scheme from 5% to 1%, for young farmer payments from 5% to 3% and for areas declared for hemp production from 30% to 10%. Inspections for greening are reduced from 5% to 3% and cross-compliance checks from 1% to 0.5%.