3.—(1) Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1 of Article 8, in point (h)(ii), omit “, for the type of operation referred to in Article 38(3) and Article 39(1) when a Member State applies a percentage less than 30%,”.
(3) In Article 28, in paragraph 5, omit the words from “For new commitments to be undertaken from 2021” to the end.
(4) In Article 29, in paragraph 3, omit the words from “For new commitments to be undertaken from 2021” to the end.
(5) In Article 31, in paragraph 5, for the second subparagraph substitute—
“By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, where degressive payments start only in the year 2019, those payments shall start at no more than 80% of the average payment fixed in the 2014-2020 programming period. The payment level shall be established in such a way that the end-level in 2020 is half the starting level.”.
(6) In Article 33, in paragraph 2, omit the words from “For new commitments to be undertaken as from 2021” to the end.
(7) In Article 38, in paragraph 3, omit the final sentence of the second subparagraph.
(8) In Article 39, in paragraph 1, omit the final sentence.
(9) In Article 42, in paragraph 1, after “Article 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013” omit “and in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2020/2220”.
(10) In Article 51, in paragraph 2, omit the fourth subparagraph.
(11) In Article 58, in paragraph 7, after “paragraphs 5 and 6 of this Article” omit “and the transfers resulting from the application of Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2020/2220”.
(12) In Article 59—
(a)for paragraph 5 substitute—
“5. At least 5% of the total core contribution to the rural development programme shall be reserved for LEADER.”;
(b)in paragraph 6a, omit “for the years 2014-2020 as provided for in Part One of Annex I”.
(13) In Article 75, in paragraph 1, for “2026” substitute “2024”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 3 in force at 22.7.2022, see reg. 1(2)
EUR 2013/1305. Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2019/748 and 764 and S.I. 2021/400 and S.S.I. 2020/456 and 477 and S.S.I. 2021/33.