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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and amending Annex X to that Regulation
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This Regulation lays down provisions supplementing certain non-essential elements of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 in relation to:
general provisions on direct payments;
the basic payment scheme;
the single area payment scheme;
the payment for farmers observing agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment;
the payment for young farmers commencing their agricultural activity;
voluntary coupled support;
the crop-specific payment for cotton;
notification obligations of Member States.
1.Member States shall implement this Regulation in accordance with objective criteria and in such a way as to ensure the equal treatment of farmers and to avoid distortions of the market and of competition, while promoting a sustainable management of natural resources and climate action.
2.Member States shall ensure that all conditions for support implemented under this Regulation are verifiable and controllable.
3.Member States shall implement this Regulation:
in respect of support other than coupled support, respecting the requirements set out in paragraphs 1, 5 and 6 of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture; and
in respect of coupled support, respecting the requirements of Article 6(5) of the Agreement on Agriculture.
Reductions due to financial discipline provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall be applied to the sum of the payments from the different direct support schemes listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 to which each farmer is entitled to after the application of the withdrawals and administrative penalties relating to direct payments pursuant to Chapter IV of Title II of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 and before the application of administrative penalties in relation to cross-compliance pursuant to Chapter II of Title IV of that Delegated Regulation.
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