Transitional provisions
Article 12
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 Articles 28, 29 and 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 through rural development programmes implemented until 31 December 2025 under that Regulation, when the beneficiary concerned receive area-based payments also under the CAP Strategic Plan pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. The conditionality checks referred to in the first paragraph shall be deemed to cover the checks on cross-compliance referred to in Article 96 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, unless they reveal non-compliances with conditionality rules. If the rules on conditionality are not complied with, the Member State shall carry out checks in accordance with that Article to area-based measures in the rural development programmes and, where irregularities are found, apply the rules on calculation and application of administrative penalties laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.