{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rural-support-improvement-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-no-2-regulations-2025/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2025/9780111063880",
  "legislation_title": "The Rural Support (Improvement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rural-support-improvement-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-no-2-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Modification of Regulation (EU) No1307/2013",
  "text": "(1) 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 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In Article 46—\n(a) for the second unnumbered subparagraph of paragraph 1 substitute—“”“From 1 January 2027 the percentage referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph is increased from 5% to 7%.”,\n(b) after subparagraph (m) of paragraph 2 insert—\n“(n) low input grassland;\n(o) herb and legume-rich pasture;\n(p) unharvested crop;\n(q) low density woodland planting.”,\n(c) omit paragraph 4,\n(d) after paragraph 9 insert—\n“10 (a) A farmer to whom paragraph 1 of this Article applies must prepare and maintain a map (in this paragraph, “the EFA map”) showing the location and size of areas declared as ecological focus areas for the purposes of paragraph 1.\n(b) The EFA map must have been prepared not more than one year before the start of the claim year to which it relates.\n(c) The EFA map may be combined with a habitats map provided as part of the habitats report under article 43a(2)(c).\n(d) The farmer must provide a copy of the EFA map to the Scottish Ministers on request.”.\n(3) After the final entry to the first table (conversion and weighting factors referred to in Article 46(3)) in Annex X, insert—\n“\nLow density woodland planting\nn.a.\n2\n2 m2\nUnharvested crop (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n1,5\n1,5 m2\nLow input grassland (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n0,2\n0,2 m2\nHerb and legume-rich pastures (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n1,5\n1,5 m2\n”.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}