9By letter of 11 December 2018 (‘the letter of 11 December 2018’), the Czech Republic provided the Commission with additional information concerning, inter alia, the rejection of a number of payment claims submitted under the active farmer scheme in accordance with Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ 2013 L 347, p. 608).