Recital (17)

Where a Member State decides pursuant to Article 28, second paragraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 that the payment to small farmers referred to in Article 28, first paragraph of that Regulation, is not to replace support for eco-schemes established in accordance with Article 31 of that Regulation, the eco-schemes should continue to comply with all requirements laid down in Article 31(5) of that Regulation. That principle should also be respected as regards interventions under Article 70 of that Regulation in respect of farmers receiving payments referred to in Article 28 of that Regulation. In order to ensure compliance with the general principle that payments are only provided for commitments going beyond the conditionality requirements, and to safeguard the ambition of the interventions, which form part of the environmental and climate architecture of the CAP, farmers receiving payments referred to in Article 28 of that Regulation should only receive payments under eco-schemes referred to in Article 31 of that Regulation or payments under interventions referred to in Article 70 of that Regulation if they comply with the conditions laid down in Article 31(5), first subparagraph, point (a), of that Regulation or the conditions laid down in Article 70(3), first subparagraph, point (a), of that Regulation.