TITLE IIIU.K.CHECKS

CHAPTER IIIU.K.On-the-spot checks within the integrated system

Section 1U.K.Common provisions

[F1Article 34ESelection of the control sample

[F21.Applications or applicants found not to be admissible or not eligible for payment at the time of submission or after administrative or on-the-spot checks shall not form part of the control population.]

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F43.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F54.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F64a.For the purposes of F7... point (c) of Article 40a(1), the same beneficiary may be used to respect several of the minimum control rates concerned provided that the effectiveness of selection of the risk based samples required therein is not affected.

The on-the-spot check regarding the selected beneficiaries may be limited to the F8... rural development measure they have been selected for if the minimum control rates of the other F9... support measures they applied for are already respected.]

5.The effectiveness of the risk analysis shall be assessed and updated on an annual basis as follows:

(a)

by establishing the relevance of each risk factor;

(b)

[F2by comparing the results as regards the difference between the area declared and the area determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample; or by comparing the results as regards the difference between the animals declared and the animals determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample;]

(c)

by taking into account the specific situation and, where appropriate, evolution of the risk factors’ relevance in the [F10relevant territory];

(d)

by taking into account the nature of the non-compliance that prompt an increase of the control rate in accordance with Article 35.

6.The competent authority shall keep records of the reasons for the selection of each beneficiary for an on-the-spot check. The inspector carrying out the on-the-spot check shall be informed accordingly prior to the commencement of the on-the-spot check.

7.Where appropriate, a partial selection of the control sample may be made on the basis of available information before the final date referred to in Article 13. That provisional sample shall be completed when all relevant F11... payment claims are available.]

Extent Information

E1This version of this provision applies to England only; separate versions have been created for Northern Ireland and Wales and Scotland

Textual Amendments

F3Art. 34(2) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4Art. 34(3) omitted (E.) (28.7.2022 in so far as it relates to rural development support measures) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/765), regs. 1(1), 11(5)

F5Art. 34(4) omitted (E.) (15.12.2022 in so far as it relates to rural development support measures) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1225), regs. 1(1), 8(4)(a)

F7Words in Art. 34(4a) omitted (E.) (15.12.2022 in so far as it relates to rural development support measures) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1225), regs. 1(1), 8(4)(b)

F8Words in Art. 34(4a) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(d)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F9Words in Art. 34(4a) omitted (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(30)(d)(iii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10Words in Art. 34(5)(c) substituted for the words “Member State” (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(30)(e) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F11Words in Art. 34(7) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(f) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 34WSelection of the control sample

[F121.Applications or applicants found not to be admissible or not eligible for payment at the time of submission or after administrative or on-the-spot checks shall not form part of the control population.

[F132.For the purposes of Article 30, the sample selection shall ensure that:

(a)a proportion of the control population is selected randomly;

(b)[F14the remaining number of beneficiaries in the control sample is selected on the basis of a risk analysis.]]

[F153.[F16For the purposes of [F17Article] 32 F18..., between 20 % and 25 % of the minimum number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks and, where Article 32(2a) applies, 100 % of the collectives and between 20 % and 25 % of the commitments to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected randomly. The remaining number of beneficiaries and commitments to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis. Where the competent authority decides to apply the option provided for in Article 40a(4) or in Article 70a(3), findings revealed by checks by monitoring in the previous claim year shall be taken into account in the risk analysis.]

For the purposes of [F17Article] 32 F18..., the random part of the sample may also include either the beneficiaries already randomly selected in accordance with points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2 or the additional beneficiaries selected randomly in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 26(4) or both. The number of such beneficiaries in the control sample shall not go beyond their proportion in the control population.

For the purposes of Article 32, [F19the relevant authority] may, as a result of the risk analysis, select specific rural development measures which apply to the beneficiaries.]]

F54.[F20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F214a.[F22For the purposes of [F23Article 32] and point (c) of Article 40a(1), the same beneficiary may be used to respect several of the minimum control rates concerned provided that the effectiveness of selection of the risk based samples required therein is not affected.

The on-the-spot check regarding the selected beneficiaries may be limited to the F24... rural development measure they have been selected for if the minimum control rates of the other F25... support measures they applied for are already respected.]]

5.The effectiveness of the risk analysis [F26shall][F26may] be assessed and updated on an annual basis as follows:

(a)

by establishing the relevance of each risk factor;

(b)

[F12by comparing the results as regards the difference between the area declared and the area determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample; or by comparing the results as regards the difference between the animals declared and the animals determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample;]

(c)

by taking into account the specific situation and, where appropriate, evolution of the risk factors’ relevance in the [F27constituent nation][F28relevant territory];

(d)

by taking into account the nature of the non-compliance that [F29may] prompt an increase of the control rate in accordance with Article 35.

6.The competent authority shall keep records of the reasons for the selection of each beneficiary for an on-the-spot check. The inspector carrying out the on-the-spot check shall be informed accordingly prior to the commencement of the on-the-spot check.

7.Where appropriate, a partial selection of the control sample may be made on the basis of available information before the final date referred to in Article 13. That provisional sample shall be completed when all relevant [F30aid applications or] payment claims are available.

Extent Information

E2This version of this provision applies to Wales only; separate versions have been created for England and Scotland and Northern Ireland

Textual Amendments

F5Art. 34(4) omitted (E.) (15.12.2022 in so far as it relates to rural development support measures) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1225), regs. 1(1), 8(4)(a)

F14Words in Art. 34(2) omitted (W.) (26.3.2021 in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 4(11)(a)

F15Art. 34(3) omitted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(18)(b); and Art. 34(3) omitted (W.) (26.3.2021 in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 4(11)(b)

F17Word in Art. 34(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(30)(b)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F18Words in Art. 34(3) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(b)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F19Words in Art. 34(3) substituted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(b)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F20Art. 34(4) omitted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(18)(b); and Art. 34(4) omitted (W.) (26.3.2021 in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 4(11)(b)

F22Art. 34(4a) omitted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(18)(b); and Art. 34(4a) omitted (W.) (26.3.2021 in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 4(11)(b)

F23Words in Art. 34(4a) 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(30)(d)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F24Words in Art. 34(4a) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(d)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F25Words in Art. 34(4a) omitted (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(30)(d)(iii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F26Word in Art. 34(5) substituted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(18)(c)(i); and word Art. 34(5) substituted (W.) (26.3.2021 in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 4(11)(c)(i)

F27Words in Art. 34(5)(c) 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(30)(d)

F28Words in Art. 34(5)(c) 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(30)(e) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F29Word in Art. 34(5)(d) inserted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(18)(c)(ii); and word Art. 34(5)(d) inserted (W.) (26.3.2021 in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 4(11)(c)(ii)

F30Words in Art. 34(7) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(f) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 34SSelection of the control sample

[F311.Applications or applicants found not to be admissible or not eligible for payment at the time of submission or after administrative or on-the-spot checks shall not form part of the control population.

[F322.For the purposes of Articles 30 and 31, the sample selection shall ensure that:

(a)

[F33between 20% and 25% of the minimum number of beneficiaries subject to on-the-spot checks in accordance with] points (a) to (f) and (h) of Article 30 and in [F34points (a) to (e)] of Article 31(1) shall be selected randomly;

(b)

[F35between 20% and 25% of the minimum number of beneficiaries subject to on-the-spot checks in accordance with] point (b) of Article 31(1) shall be selected randomly;

(c)

between 4 % and 5 % of the control population referred to in point (h) of Article 31(1) shall be selected randomly;

(d)

the remaining number of beneficiaries in the control sample referred to in points (a) to (e) and (h) of Article 31(1) shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis.

For the purposes of Article 31, [F36the relevant authority] shall ensure representativeness of the control sample as regards the different practices.

The additional beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks for the purposes of the first subparagraph of Article 31(3) shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis.

[F37Where the competent authority decides to apply the option provided for in Article 40a(4) or in Article 70a(3), findings revealed by checks by monitoring in the previous claim year shall be taken into account in the risk analysis referred to in point (d) of the second subparagraph.]]

[F383.[F39For the purposes of [F40Article] 32 F41..., between 20 % and 25 % of the minimum number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks and, where Article 32(2a) applies, 100 % of the collectives and between 20 % and 25 % of the commitments to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected randomly. The remaining number of beneficiaries and commitments to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis. Where the competent authority decides to apply the option provided for in Article 40a(4) or in Article 70a(3), findings revealed by checks by monitoring in the previous claim year shall be taken into account in the risk analysis.]

For the purposes of [F40Article] 32 F41..., the random part of the sample may also include either the beneficiaries already randomly selected in accordance with points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2 or the additional beneficiaries selected randomly in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 26(4) or both. The number of such beneficiaries in the control sample shall not go beyond their proportion in the control population.

For the purposes of Article 32, [F42the relevant authority] may, as a result of the risk analysis, select specific rural development measures which apply to the beneficiaries.]]

[F383.For the purposes of Article 33, between 20% and 25% of the minimum number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected randomly. The remaining number of beneficiaries to be subject to on-the-spot checks shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis.

For the purposes of Article 33, the random part of the sample may also include either the beneficiaries already randomly selected in accordance with points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2 or the additional beneficiaries selected randomly in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 26(4) or both. The number of such beneficiaries in the control sample shall not go beyond their proportion in the control population.]

F54.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F434a.For the purposes of [F44Articles 30, 31 and 33][F45Article 32] and point (c) of Article 40a(1), the same beneficiary may be used to respect several of the minimum control rates concerned provided that the effectiveness of selection of the risk based samples required therein is not affected.

The on-the-spot check regarding the selected beneficiaries may be limited to the [F46aid scheme or] rural development measure they have been selected for if the minimum control rates of the other [F47aid schemes or] support measures they applied for are already respected.]

5.The effectiveness of the risk analysis shall be assessed and updated on an annual basis as follows:

(a)

by establishing the relevance of each risk factor;

(b)

[F31by comparing the results as regards the difference between the area declared and the area determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample; or by comparing the results as regards the difference between the animals declared and the animals determined of the risk based and randomly selected sample;]

(c)

by taking into account the specific situation and, where appropriate, evolution of the risk factors’ relevance in the [F48constituent nation][F49relevant territory];

(d)

F50...

6.The competent authority shall keep records of the reasons for the selection of each beneficiary for an on-the-spot check. The inspector carrying out the on-the-spot check shall be informed accordingly prior to the commencement of the on-the-spot check.

7.Where appropriate, a partial selection of the control sample may be made on the basis of available information before the final date referred to in Article 13. That provisional sample shall be completed when all relevant [F51aid applications or] payment claims are available.

Extent Information

E3This version of this provision applies to Scotland only; separate versions have been created for England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Textual Amendments

F5Art. 34(4) omitted (E.) (15.12.2022 in so far as it relates to rural development support measures) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1225), regs. 1(1), 8(4)(a)

F34Words in Art. 34(2)(a) 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(30)(a)(i)

F36Words in Art. 34(2) 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(30)(a)(ii)

F38Art. 34(3) 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(30)(b)

F40Word in Art. 34(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(30)(b)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F41Words in Art. 34(3) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(b)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F42Words in Art. 34(3) substituted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(b)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F44Words in Art. 34(4a) substituted for the words “Articles 30 to 33” (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(30)(c)

F45Words in Art. 34(4a) substituted for the words “Articles 30 to 33” (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(30)(d)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F46Words in Art. 34(4a) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(d)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F47Words in Art. 34(4a) omitted (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(30)(d)(iii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F48Words in Art. 34(5)(c) substituted for the words “Member State” (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(30)(d)

F49Words in Art. 34(5)(c) substituted for the words “Member State” (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(30)(e) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F51Words in Art. 34(7) omitted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by virtue of The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 5(30)(f) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[F52Article 34N.I.Selection of the control sample

The control samples established in article 30 may be selected randomly or on the basis of a risk analysis.]

Extent Information

E4This version of this provision applies to Northern Ireland only; separate versions have been created for England and Wales and Scotland

Textual Amendments