Scope
Article 1
This Regulation lays down provisions supplementing certain non-essential elements of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in relation to: (a) conditions for the partial or total refusal or withdrawal of the aid or support; (b) identifying the administrative penalty and determining the specific rate to be imposed; (c) identifying the cases in which the administrative penalty is not applied; (d) rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits where the final date for submission of applications or amendments is a public holiday, a Saturday or a Sunday; (e) specific definitions needed to ensure a harmonised implementation of the integrated system; (f) basic features and technical rules for the identification system for agricultural parcels and identification of beneficiaries; (g) basic features, technical rules and quality requirements of the system for the identification and registration of payment entitlements; (h) the basis for the calculation of aid, including rules on how to deal with certain cases in which eligible areas contain landscape features or trees; (i) additional rules for intermediates such as services, bodies and organisations, which are involved in the procedure for granting the aid or support; (j) the maintenance of permanent pasture in relation to cross-compliance; (k) a harmonised basis for the calculation of administrative penalties related to cross-compliance; (l) conditions for the application and calculation of the administrative penalties related to cross-compliance; (m) an addition to the rules provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in order to ensure a smooth transition from repealed rules to the new rules.