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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013note, and in particular Article 105 thereof,Whereas:
(1)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172note aims at ensuring the smooth transition from the arrangements provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote. Article 12 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172 therefore lays down transitional rules regarding the application of Article 104(1), second subparagraph, point (a)(iv), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, in order to avoid excessive administrative costs and burdens related to conditionality and cross-compliance checks applied to beneficiaries who receive area-based payments under both a CAP Strategic Plan pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote and a rural development programme implemented under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote until 31 December 2025.
(2)However, by omission, references to the provisions on area-based payments for afforestation, the creation of woodland, the establishment of agroforestry systems, payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints, forest-environmental-climate services and forest conservation are missing in Article 12 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172. That error should be corrected in order to avoid unnecessary administrative costs because of overlapping conditionality and cross-compliance checks. References to Article 21(1), points (a) and (b), and Articles 31 and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 should therefore be included in Article 12 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172.
(3)Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172 should therefore be corrected accordingly.
(4)With a view to ensuring continuity in the provision of checks on compliance with the rules on conditionality, as referred to in Article 83 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency and should apply retroactively from the date of application of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172,
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Article 1Correction of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172#
In Article 12 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:‘By way of derogation from Article 104(1), second subparagraph, point (a)(iv), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, checks on compliance with the rules on conditionality, as referred to in Article 83 of that Regulation, shall be carried out on areas supported on the basis of Article 21(1), points (a) and (b), and Articles 28, 29, 30, 31 and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 through rural development programmes implemented until 31 December 2025 under that Regulation, when the beneficiary concerned receives area-based payments also under the CAP Strategic Plan pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.’.
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