Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1418 of 23 June 2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 as regards penalty rules under animal aid schemes or animal-related support measures

Article 31 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 is amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 1, point (b) is replaced by the following:

(b) non-determined bovine, ovine and caprine animals can be individually identified by any means provided for in the system for the identification and registration of animals.;

(b) in paragraph 2, first subparagraph, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:

In case of more than three non-determined animals or in case of non-determined bovine, ovine and caprine animals that cannot be individually identified by any means provided for in the system for the identification and registration of animals, the total amount of aid or support to which the beneficiary is entitled under the aid scheme or support measure or type of operation under such support measure referred to in paragraph 1 for the claim year concerned shall be reduced by:.

Article 2

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply in relation to aid applications, applications for support and payment claims submitted for claim years or premium periods starting as from 1 January 2021.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 June 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen