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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and come into operation on 1st January 2025.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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In Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No.  640/2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No.  1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system and conditions for refusal or withdrawal of payments and administrative penalties applicable to direct payments, rural development support and cross compliance, in Article 39(4), after the second sub-paragraph insert –“
 Once the maximum percentage of 15% has been reached, the paying agency shall inform the beneficiary concerned that if the same non-compliance is determined again, the beneficiary shall be considered to have acted intentionally within the meaning of Article 40.”.
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In Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No.  809/2014 with regard to the integrated administration and control system, rural development measure and cross compliance, in Article 68, after paragraph 3 insert –“
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Should on-the-spot checks reveal a significant degree of non-compliance with a given act or standard, the number of on-the-spot checks to be carried out for that act or standard in the following control period shall be increased. Within a specific act the competent control authority may decide to limit the scope of those further on-the-spot checks to the most frequently infringed requirements.”.
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The following regulations are revoked —
(a) The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022;
(b) The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 9th December 2024.
Jason Foy
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
