Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1173 is amended as follows:
(1)
In Article 1, point (a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a)
the form and, content of and arrangements for transmitting or making available to the Commission of:
(i)
the assessment report on the quality of the identification system for agricultural parcels, of the geo-spatial application system and of the area monitoring system;
(ii)
the remedial actions referred to in Article 70a of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;’
(2)
Article 2 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 2
Quality assessment report
1. Member States shall provide the quality assessment referred to in Article 70a of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 to the Commission in the form of a report submitted through electronic information systems enabling the exchanges of information, documents and supporting data.
2. The report referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide information on the underlying work in the framework of the quality assessment, in particular in respect of the results of the in situ visits and/or the analysis of imagery providing for reliable and conclusive information in respect of the actual situation on the ground, and quantify the deficiencies detected by the quality assessment. The results of the quality assessment referred to in paragraph 1 shall be combined to quantify the error in the number of hectares or share of areas reported in the annual performance report.
3. In case the results of the quality assessment reveal deficiencies according to the quality assessment referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall clearly indicate the remedial actions addressing those deficiencies in the quality assessment report. If the Commission considers that progress in the implementation of the remedial actions proposed in the previous year is insufficient, it may request the Member State to submit an action plan in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.
4. For recurrent deficiencies revealed in the quality assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall request an action plan in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 if the same deficiencies are revealed without any improvement in the second consecutive year and are considered serious in accordance with Article 2, point (d), of that Regulation.
5. The quality assessment report submitted in relation to years 2024 and 2026 shall list all eligibility conditions for all interventions subject to the area monitoring system with information regarding the data sources used for the analysis.’
(3)
In Article 8(3), point (f) is deleted.