PART 2Direct Payments: Horizontal Legislation
Amendment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 640/20143.
(1)
(2)
“(22)
‘use’ in relation to area means the use of area in terms of the type of permanent grassland as defined in Article 4(1)(h) of Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013, or areas of grassland, other than permanent grassland, or ground cover or the absence of a crop;”.
(3)
In Article 5(2)—
(a)
omit point (c);
(b)
in point (d), omit the words from “areas designated” to the end.
(4)
In Article 6—
(a)
“1.
The relevant authority shall annually assess the quality of the identification system for agricultural parcels. Where the results of the quality assessment reveal deficiencies in the system, the relevant authority shall take appropriate remedial action.”;
(b)
“2.
The relevant authority shall perform the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 on the basis of a sample of reference parcels.”;
(c)
in paragraph 3, omit “by 31 January 2021”.
(5)
In Article 7(1), omit “at United Kingdom level”.
(6)
Omit the final subparagraph of Article 9(3).
(7)
Omit Article 10.
(8)
In Article 13—
(a)
omit the second subparagraph of paragraph 1;
(b)
“All documents in support of an aid application, must be submitted by 31 December of that calendar year.”;
(c)
in the second subparagraph of paragraph 3, for “third” substitute “second”.
(9)
Omit the second subparagraph of Article 16(1).
(10)
In Article 18(2), omit “and (8)”.
(11)
In Article 19a—
(a)
“2.
The administrative penalty referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reduced by 50% if the difference between the area declared and the area determined does not exceed 10% of the area determined.”;
(b)
omit paragraphs 3 and 4.
(12)
Omit Articles 22 to 29.
(13)
Omit the final sentence of Article 38(1).