Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Article 8
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 is hereby amended as follows: (1) In Article 119(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: "However, Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 and the relevant implementing rules shall continue to apply until 31 December 2014 and Articles 30 and 44a of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 and the relevant implementing rules shall continue to apply to expenditure incurred and payments made for agricultural financial year 2013, respectively.". (2) The following Article is inserted: "Article 119a Derogation from Regulation (EU) No 966/2012 By way of derogation from Article 59(5) of Regulation (EU) No 966/2012 and from Article 9(1) of this Regulation, for agricultural financial year 2014, it shall not be necessary for the opinion of the certification body to establish whether the expenditure in respect of which reimbursement has been requested from the Commission is legal and regular.". (3) In Article 121, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. However, the following provisions shall apply as follows: (a) Articles 7, 8, 16, 25, 26 and 43, from 16 October 2013; (b) Article 52, Title III, Chapter II of Title V and Title VI, from 1 January 2015. 3. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2: (a) Articles 9, 18, 40 and 51 shall apply to expenditure effected from 16 October 2013; (b) Chapter IV of Title VII shall apply to payments made from agricultural financial year 2014 onwards.".