Regulation 3 Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

Omit Article 11.

(3)

After Article 10, insert—

“Article 11A
Progressive reductions of direct payments

The Secretary of State must reduce the amount of the direct payments to be granted for the claim year 2021 to a farmer under Title III by the percentage specified in column 2 of the following table applied to the portion of the direct payment specified in column 1 of that table—

Column 1 Column 2

Portion of the direct payment Claim year 2021: reduction percentage to be applied to the corresponding portion of the direct payment
£30,000.00 or less 5%
amounts above £30,000.00 and no more than £50,000.00 10%
amounts above £50,000.00 and no more than £150,000.00 20%
amounts above £150,000.00 25%

”

Column 1	Column 2
Portion of the direct payment	Claim year 2021: reduction percentage to be applied to the corresponding portion of the direct payment
£30,000.00 or less	5%
amounts above £30,000.00 and no more than £50,000.00	10%
amounts above £50,000.00 and no more than £150,000.00	20%
amounts above £150,000.00	25%

(4)

In Article 32(1), for “Article 11” substitute “Article 11A”.

(5)

In Article 50(4), for “Article 11” substitute “Article 11A”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: EUR 2013/1307. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2020/91 and 1513. EUR 2013/1307 was amended by section 5 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020. This Regulation was incorporated into domestic law by section 1 of that Act.