1.If [F1the relevant authority decides] pursuant to Article 72(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 that the aid applications [F2for direct payments] and payment claims for rural development measures are to be covered by the single application, [F3Articles 20, 21 and][F3Article] 22 of this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of the particular requirements established in view of the aid application and/or payment claim under those schemes or measures.
2.A beneficiary applying for aid and/or support under any of the [F4area-related direct payments or] rural development measures may submit only one single application per year.
3.[F5The relevant authority] shall provide for appropriate procedures for the submission of applications for support under rural development measures.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 12(1) substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 14(11); and words in Art. 12(1) substituted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(11)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 12(1) omitted (E.) (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 4 para. 7(3)(a)
F3Word in Art. 12(1) substituted (E.) (1.1.2021 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1513), regs. 1(2), 7(5)
F4Words in Art. 12(2) omitted (E.) (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 4 para. 7(3)(b)
F5Words in Art. 12(3) substituted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(11)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)