Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/884Show full title

Article 2 Temporary derogations from Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149

1. By way of derogation from Article 22 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, during the year 2020, green harvesting may be applied on the same parcel for two or more consecutive years.

2. By way of derogation from Article 26 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, in cases linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, and where beneficiaries so request not later than 15 October 2020, Member States may extend the support period for setting up mutual funds by 12 months for operations for which the support period ended in 2019.

3. By way of derogation from Article 53(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, Member States may, in duly justified cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic, allow changes that occur not later than 15 October 2020, to be implemented without prior approval provided that they do not affect the eligibility of any part of the operation and its overall objectives and provided that the total amount of approved support for the operation is not exceeded. Such changes shall be notified to the competent authority by the beneficiaries within the deadlines set by the Member States.

4. By way of derogation from Article 53(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, Member States may, in duly justified cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic, allow beneficiaries to submit changes that occur not later than 15 October 2020 and that modify the objective of the overall operation already approved under the measures referred to in Articles 45, 46, 50 and 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, provided that any ongoing individual actions which are part of an overall operation are completed. Such changes shall be notified to the competent authority by the beneficiaries within the deadline set by the Member States, and shall require the prior approval of the competent authority.

5. By way of derogation from Article 54(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, where a change to an already approved operation has been notified to the competent authority in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article, support shall be paid for the individual actions already implemented under this operation if these actions have been implemented in full and have been subject to administrative and, where applicable, on-the-spot checks in accordance with Section 1 of Chapter IV of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1150(1).

6. By way of derogation from the third, fourth, fifth and sixth subparagraphs of Article 54(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, for payment claims submitted not later than 15 October 2020, where operations supported under Articles 46 and 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 are not implemented on the total surface for which support was requested for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Member States shall calculate the support to be paid on the basis of the area determined by the on-the-spot checks following implementation.

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1150 of 15 April 2016 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the national support programmes in the wine sector (OJ L 190, 15.7.2016, p. 23).