Commission Regulation (EC) No 1975/2006
of 7 December 2006
laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, as regards the implementation of control procedures as well as cross-compliance in respect of rural development support measures (repealed)

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Repealed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 of 27 January 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, as regards the implementation of control procedures as well as cross-compliance in respect of rural development support measures.

PART I Scope and general provisions

Article 1 Scope
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Article 2 Application of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004
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Article 3 Definitions
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Article 4 Applications for support and payment claims
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Article 5 General principles of control
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PART II Administration and control rules

TITLE I Rural development support for certain measures under Axis 2 and Axis 4

CHAPTER I General provisions

Article 6 Scope and definitions
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Article 7 Application of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004
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Article 8 Payment claims
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Article 9 Payments
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CHAPTER II Controls, reductions and exclusions

Article 10 General principles
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SECTION I Respect of the eligibility criteria

SUBSECTION I Controls

Article 11 Administrative checks
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Article 12 On-the-spot checks
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Article 13 Control report
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Article 14 General principles concerning on-the-spot checks
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Article 15 Elements of the on-the-spot checks and determination of areas
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SUBSECTION II Reductions and exclusions

Article 16 Area-related measures
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Article 17 Animal-related measures
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Article 18 Reductions and exclusions in the case of non-respect of eligibility criteria
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SECTION II Respect of cross-compliance

SUBSECTION I Controls

Article 19 General principles
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Article 20 On-the-spot checks
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Article 21 Selection of the control sample
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SUBSECTION II Reductions and exclusions

Article 22 General
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Article 23 Calculation of reductions and exclusions
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Article 24 Accumulation of reductions
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TITLE II Rural development support under Axis 1 and Axis 3 and certain measures under Axis 2 and Axis 4

CHAPTER I General provisions

Article 25 Scope
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SECTION I Controls

Article 26 Administrative checks
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Article 27 On-the-spot checks
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Article 28 Content of on-the-spot checks
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Article 28a Control report
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Article 29 Control of Early retirement and semi-subsistence farming measures
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Article 30 Ex-post checks
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SECTION II Reductions and exclusions

Article 31 Reductions and exclusions
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CHAPTER II Specific provisions for Axis 4 (Leader)

Article 32 Controls
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Article 33 Responsibilities for control
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PART III Final Provisions

Article 34 Notifications
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Article 35 Control by the Commission
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Article 36 Reporting of controls to the paying agency
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Article 37 Entry into force
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ANNEX INDICATIVE DESCRIPTION OF INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR A SUFFICIENT AUDIT TRAIL
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