Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/884
Article 1
Open ↗Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/884 is amended as follows: (1) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. By way of derogation from Article 22 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, during the years 2020 and 2021, green harvesting may be applied on the same parcel for two or more consecutive years.’; (2) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. By way of derogation from Article 53(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, Member States may, in duly justified cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic, allow changes that occur not later than 15 October 2021, to be implemented without prior approval provided that they do not affect the eligibility of any part of the operation and its overall objectives and provided that the total amount of approved support for the operation is not exceeded. Such changes shall be notified to the competent authority by the beneficiaries within the deadlines set by the Member States.’; (3) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. By way of derogation from Article 53(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, Member States may, in duly justified cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic, allow beneficiaries to submit changes that occur not later than 15 October 2021 and that modify the objective of the overall operation already approved under the measures referred to in Articles 45, 46, 50 and 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, provided that any ongoing individual actions which are part of an overall operation are completed. Such changes shall be notified to the competent authority by the beneficiaries within the deadline set by the Member States, and shall require the prior approval of the competent authority.’; (4) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: ‘6. By way of derogation from the third, fourth, fifth and sixth subparagraphs of Article 54(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, for payment claims submitted not later than 15 October 2021, where operations supported under Articles 46 and 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 are not implemented on the total surface for which support was requested for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Member States shall calculate the support to be paid on the basis of the area determined by the on-the-spot checks following implementation.’.