Regulation 5 Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 908/2014I1

England and Wales

(1)

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 transparency^f1 is amended, insofar as it relates to domestic support for rural development, as follows.

(2)

In Article 4(1)—

(a)

omit point (i);

(b)

in point (ii), omit “on a single website”.

(3)

In Article 27(1), for “EUR 5” substitute “£5.00”.

(4)

For Article 41(1) substitute—

“1.

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%.”

(5)

In Article 42—

(a)

in paragraph 1, for “EUR 150 000” substitute “£150 000”;

(b)

in paragraph 3, for “EUR 350 000” substitute “£350 000”.

(6)

In Article 56(1), for “EUR 1 000” substitute “£1 000”.

(7)

Omit Article 62.

(8)

In Annex XI—

(a)

for “EUR 150, 000” substitute “£150,000”;

(b)

for “EUR 350 000” substitute “£350 000” in each place it occurs;

(c)

for “EUR 40 000” substitute “£40 000” in each place it occurs;

(d)

in the table at sheet B—

(i)

for “(EUR)” substitute “£” in each place it occurs;

(ii)

for “40 000 EUR” substitute “£40 000”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in force at 26.3.2021, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: EUR 2014/908, amended by S.I. 2020/90.