Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
6.—(1) Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 80 (scrutiny by the relevant authority)—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)for “shall”, in each place it occurs, substitute “may”;
(ii)omit the second and third sentences;
(b)in paragraph 2, for “shall” substitute “may”.
(3) In Article 81 (objectives of the scrutiny)—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)after “The accuracy of” insert “any”;
(ii)for “shall” substitute “may”;
(b)in paragraph 2—
(i)before “scrutiny” insert “any”;
(ii)for “shall” substitute “may”;
(c)omit paragraph 3.
(4) In Article 82 (access to commercial documents)—
(a)in paragraph 1, for “shall”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “may”;
(b)in paragraph 3, in the first subparagraph—
(i)for “shall” substitute “may”;
(ii)for “such records as are required” substitute “such records as may be required”.
(5) In Article 84 (programming)—
(a)in paragraph 1, for “shall” substitute “may”;
(b)in paragraph 2, for “shall”, in both places it occurs, substitute “may”;
(c)in paragraph 3, for “shall” substitute “may”.
(6) In Article 85(1) (special departments), for “shall”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “may”.
(7) In Article 86(1) (reports), for “shall” substitute “may”.