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Article 31a Control rate for the greening payment in claim year 2020E1F1

England and Wales

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1.

By way of derogation from Article 31, the control sample for on-the-spot checks for the greening payment in respect of claim year 2020 is 3% of all beneficiaries required to observe the agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment.

2.

The control rate in paragraph 1 must include at least 3% of all beneficiaries having areas covered with permanent grasslands that are environmentally sensitive in areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC or Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and further sensitive areas referred to in Article 45(1) of EUR 2013/1307.

3.

In applying the control rate set out in paragraph 1, priority must be given to areas other than those of permanent grassland and/or permanent crops.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Art. 31a inserted (E.) (30.6.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Inspections) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/575), regs. 1(1), 2(5)

Extent

E1

This version of this provision applies to England only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only and a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only