Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system, rural development measures and cross compliance

This Regulation lays down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in relation to:

1. notifications to be made by the Member States to the Commission in accordance with their obligations to protect the financial interests of the Union;

2. administrative and on-the-spot checks to be carried out by the Member States with regard to the respect of eligibility criteria, commitments and other obligations;

3. the minimum level of on-the-spot checks and on the obligation to increase that level or the possibility of reducing it;

4. the reporting of the checks and verifications carried out and their results;

5. the authorities responsible for carrying out checks for compliance as well as to the content of such checks;

6. specific control measures and methods for determining tetrahydrocannabinol levels in hemp;

7. the establishment and operation of a system for the verification of approved inter-branch organisations for the purposes of the crop-specific payment for cotton;

8. cases in which aid applications and payment claims or any other communications, claims or requests may be corrected and adjusted after their submission;

9. application and calculation of the partial or total withdrawal of payments;

10. recovery of undue payments and penalties as well as of unduly allocated payment entitlements and the application of interest;

11. the application and calculation of the administrative penalties;

12. identifying a non-compliance as minor;

13. aid applications and payment claims and applications for payment entitlements, including the final date for the submission of applications, the requirements as to the minimum amount of information to be included in applications, provisions for amendments to or withdrawal of aid applications, exemption from the requirement to submit aid applications and provisions which allow Member States to apply simplified procedures;

14. the carrying out of checks in order to verify compliance with obligations, and the correctness and completeness of the information provided in the aid application or payment claim, including rules on measurement tolerances for on-the-spot checks;

15. technical specifications needed for the purpose of the uniform implementation of Chapter II of Title V of Regulation (EC) No 1306/2013;

16. the transfer of holdings;

17. the payment of advances;

18. the carrying out of checks relating to cross-compliance obligations, including the taking account of a farmer’s participation in the farm advisory system and a farmer’s participation in a certification system;

19. the calculation and application of administrative penalties in respect of cross-compliance obligations, including as regards beneficiaries consisting of a group of persons.

Aid applications, applications for support or payment claims and any supporting documents provided by the beneficiary may be corrected and adjusted at any time after their submission in cases of obvious errors recognised by the competent authority on the basis of an overall assessment of the particular case and provided that the beneficiary acted in good faith.

The competent authority may recognise obvious errors only if they can be straightforwardly identified at a clerical check of the information given in the documents referred to in the first subparagraph.