# The Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions and Simplifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021, Regulation 5: Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014


(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system, rural development measures and cross compliance, insofar as it relates to direct payments, is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 6—
(a) omit paragraph 3;
(b) in paragraph 4, for “paragraph 3” substitute “paragraph 2”;
(c) after paragraph 4, insert—
“5. The sum of the direct payments resulting from the application of paragraph 4 is to serve as a basis for applying the reduction of payments provided for in Article 11A of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.”.
(3) In Article 23(5), for the first subparagraph, substitute—
“On duly justified grounds, the Secretary of State may decide not to recover undue payment entitlements.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348220438/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-direct-payments-to-farmers-reductions-and-simplifications-england-amendment-regulations-2021/regulation-5
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