Agriculture, England PART 1 Introduction Citation, commencement, extent and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Removal of Cross-Compliance and Miscellaneous Revocations and Amendments, etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1st January 2024. 2 These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply to England only. PART 2 Cross-Compliance Revocations and savings 2 The Schedule to these Regulations has effect. PART 3 Publication of beneficiaries Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 3 1 Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy is amended as follows. 2 In Article 112 (threshold), in the second paragraph, for “shall”, in each place it occurs, substitute “may” . 3 In Article 113 (information of the beneficiaries), in the first paragraph, for “will” substitute “may” . PART 4 Late claims Amendment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 4 1 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 is amended insofar as it relates to rural development support measures, as follows. 2 In Article 13(1) (late submission)— a in the second subparagraph, for “shall”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “may” ; b in the third subparagraph— i for “shall”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “may” ; ii after “considered inadmissible and” insert “in that case” . 3 In this regulation, “ rural development support measures ” means measures under support schemes under— a Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) ; b Regulation (EU) No 1698/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) ; or c Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) . PART 5 Amending single applications or payment claims Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 5 1 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 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 is amended as follows. 2 In Article 15(2) (amendments to the single application or payment claim), in the first subparagraph, omit “by 31 May of the year concerned”. PART 6 Scrutiny of transactions Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 6 1 Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78 , (EC) No 165/94 , (EC) No 2799/98 , (EC) No 814/2000 , (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 is amended as follows. 2 In Article 80 (scrutiny by the relevant authority)— a in paragraph 1— i for “shall”, in each place it occurs, substitute “may” ; ii omit the second and third sentences; b in paragraph 2, for “shall” substitute “may” . 3 In Article 81 (objectives of the scrutiny)— a in paragraph 1— i after “The accuracy of” insert “any” ; ii for “shall” substitute “may” ; b in paragraph 2— i before “scrutiny” insert “any” ; ii for “shall” substitute “may” ; c omit paragraph 3. 4 In Article 82 (access to commercial documents)— a in paragraph 1, for “shall”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “may” ; b in paragraph 3, in the first subparagraph— i for “shall” substitute “may” ; ii for “such records as are required” substitute “such records as may be required” . 5 In Article 84 (programming)— a in paragraph 1, for “shall” substitute “may” ; b in paragraph 2, for “shall”, in both places it occurs, substitute “may” ; c in paragraph 3, for “shall” substitute “may” . 6 In Article 85(1) (special departments), for “shall”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “may” . 7 In Article 86(1) (reports), for “shall” substitute “may” . Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 7 1 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, rules on checks, securities and transparency is amended as follows. 2 In Article 42 (scrutiny by the relevant authorities)— a in paragraph 1, for “shall” substitute “may” ; b in paragraph 2— i for “shall”, in the first, second, fourth and fifth places it occurs, substitute “may” ; ii omit “, without prejudice to their obligations laid down in Article 80(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013,”; c in paragraph 3— i for “it shall be compulsory for” substitute “the relevant authority may scrutinise” ; ii omit “, to be scrutinised”; d in paragraph 4, omit the second sentence. 3 In Article 47(1) (special departments)— a for “shall be responsible” substitute “may” ; b omit “, for”; c in point (a), for “training” substitute “train” ; d in point (b), for “administering” substitute “administer” ; e in point (c), for “the preparation and communication of” substitute “prepare and communicate” . Mark Spencer Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 17th July 2023