PART 2Direct Payments: Horizontal Legislation
Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 908/20146
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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 908/2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, rules on checks, securities and transparency7 is amended, insofar as it relates to direct payments, as follows.
2
In Article 4(1)—
a
omit point (i);
b
in point (ii), omit “on a single website”.
3
Omit Article 11.
4
In Article 27(1), for “EUR 5” substitute “£5.00”.
5
In Article 28—
a
omit “established in accordance with national law”;
b
omit the words from “under direct” to “Development”.
6
For Article 41(1) substitute—
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The relevant authorities may decide to reduce the minimum level of on-the-spot checks in accordance with Article 59(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. For the reduced control rate to apply, the paying agency must confirm that—
a
the internal control system is functioning correctly; and
b
the error rate for the population concerned was below the materiality threshold of 2.0%.
7
In Article 58, for “third” substitute “second”.
8
Omit Article 62.