# The Farming with Nature Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Horizontal Regulation

Extent: N.I.

(1) Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy (the Horizontal Regulation) is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 96–
(a) in paragraph 3, for “Schedule 1, Part 1” substitute “this Title”;
(b) in paragraph 4, for “Schedule 1, Part 1” substitute “this Title”.
(3) In Article 99–
(a) in the second sub-paragraph of paragraph 1, for from “paragraphs 2” to the end of the sub-paragraph substitute “paragraph 2”;
(b) for paragraph 2 substitute–
“2. The minimum penalty to be applied in respect of any non-compliance determined shall be the sending of a warning letter by or on behalf of the competent authority and an obligation to complete mandatory training.
The maximum penalty to be applied shall not exceed 100% of all payments made or due to be made in the scheme year in which that non-compliance was determined and exclusion from payment from all schemes for the two scheme years immediately following.
The highest penalty in respect of each standard shall be applied as a reduction in accordance with paragraph 1.
Completion of mandatory training will be required for any first occurrence of a breach of any underpinning requirement.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/105/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/farming-with-nature-scheme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/regulation-3
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