Quality assessment of the identification system for agricultural parcels
Article 3
1. Member States shall annually carry out the quality assessment referred to in Article 68(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 for the purpose of the basic income support for sustainability. That quality assessment shall cover the following elements: (a) the correct quantification of the maximum eligible area; (b) the proportion and distribution of reference parcels where the maximum eligible area takes ineligible areas into account or where it does not take agricultural area into account; (c) the occurrence of reference parcels with critical defects; (d) the correct classification of agricultural area as arable land, permanent grassland or permanent crop in each reference parcel; (e) the ratio of area declarations per reference parcel; (f) the categorisation of reference parcels where the maximum eligible area takes ineligible areas into account, where it does not take agricultural area into account or reveals a critical defect; (g) the percentage of reference parcels which have been subject to change, accumulated over the regular update cycle. Member States shall also ensure that all requests for the update of the identification system for agricultural parcels are carried out in a way that it is possible to trace whether they resulted from the area monitoring system, action of the beneficiary or from any other source. 2. Member States shall perform the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 on the basis of a sample of reference parcels. They shall use data allowing to assess the actual situation on the ground. 3. In case the results of the quality assessment reveal deficiencies, Member State shall propose adequate remedial actions.