The Rural Development (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2022

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014

8.—(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(1), is amended, insofar as it relates to rural development support measures, as follows.

(2) In Article 14 (contents of the single application or payment claim)—

(a) in paragraph 1, omit “or payment claim”.

(b) after paragraph 1, insert the following paragraph:

“1a. The payment claim must contain such information as the relevant authority reasonably requires, including confirmation of continued eligibility for the support, and that actions have been undertaken in accordance with that support.”.

(3) In Article 17 (specific requirements pertaining to aid applications for area-related aid schemes and payment claims for area-related support measures)—

(a) in the heading, omit “and payment claims for area-related support measures”;

(b) in paragraph 3, omit “and/or payment claim”.

(4) In Article 34 (selection of the control sample)

(a) omit paragraph 4;

(b) in paragraph 4a omit “Article 32 and”.

(5) Omit Article 36 (reduction of the control rate).

(6) In Article 69 (selection of the control sample) omit paragraph 3.

(1)

EUR 2014/809, amended by S.I. 2019/765, 2022/765; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.