Regulation (EU) 2024/1468 amended Articles 83 and 84 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 to lessen the burden on small farmers and national administrations related to conditionality controls and penalties. Specifically, it exempts farmers with a maximum size of holding not exceeding 10 hectares of agricultural area declared in accordance with Article 69(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 from conditionality controls and from the application of administrative penalties for non-compliance with conditionality requirements. However, the geo-spatial application referred to in Article 69(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 includes areas other than the agricultural area and there are technical constraints to calculating the agricultural areas, since some of the elements and landscape features might be omitted from the measurements or might vary in size over time. Therefore, the exemptions should be based on the area eligible for the payments and the support relevant for the conditionality.
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