Paragraph 4 Amendment of Commission Delegated Regulation 640/2014

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No640/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system and conditions for refusal or withdrawal of payments and administrative penalties applicable to direct payments, rural development support and cross compliance^f1 is amended as follows.

At the end of Article 1 (scope) insert—

“This Regulation does not apply to direct payments in England under Regulation (EU) No1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of any year falling after the end of 2023.”.

In Article 2 (definitions), after paragraph 2, insert—

“3.

In this Regulation, references to “Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013” are to be construed as references to that Regulation as it applied in relation to England immediately before the end of 2023.”.

In Article 4 (force majeure and exceptional circumstances), in paragraph 1, omit the first subparagraph.

In Article 5 (identification of agricultural parcels), in paragraph 1, in the first subparagraph, for “Article 4(1)(e) of Regulation (EU)1307/2013” substitute “Article 2(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No1306/2013”.

“Amendment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No807/2014 ”