43However, the full significance of compliance with those rules is clear only if the penalty for their infringement, whether due to negligence or an intentional act, leads to a reduction in or cancellation of direct payments granted or to be granted in that calendar year of that infringement. Indeed, only such a correspondence is likely to maintain the link between the farmer’s behaviour which gave rise to the penalty and that penalty.
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