Regulation (EU) No 1305/20137
1
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) is amended as follows.
2
In Article 28 (agri-environment-climate), in paragraph 5 for the words from “undertaken for” to the end substitute “ordinarily undertaken for at least three years. However, a commitment for a shorter period may be permitted where this is necessary and justified, and commitments may be extended after the termination of the period”
;
3
In Article 29 (organic farming), in paragraph 3, in the first sub-paragraph—
a
for “be made for a period of five to seven years” substitute “ordinarily be made for at least three years. However, a commitment for a shorter period may be permitted where this is necessary and justified”
;
b
omit “in their rural development programmes” in both places in which it occurs;
c
for “annual” substitute “their”
.