Following the publication of Royal Decree 1075/2014 of 19 December 2014 on the implementation from 2015 of direct payments to agriculture and livestock and other aid schemes, as well as on the management and control of the direct payments and payments to rural development; from Royal Decree 1076/2014 of 19 December 2014 on the allocation of basic payment scheme entitlements to the common agricultural policy; from Royal Decree 1077/2014 of 19 December 2014 on the allocation of the geographical information system for agricultural parcels and for Royal Decree 1078/2014 of 19 December 2014, laying down the rules of cross-compliance to be met by beneficiaries receiving direct payments, certain annual rural development premiums, or payments under certain programmes to support the wine sector, have been established. (i) a number of errors have been identified, which makes it necessary to carry out specific amendments to those rules, in any case during the period of the application for the aid concerned.

In the elaboration of this royal decree, the autonomous communities and representative entities of the sectors affected have been consulted.

In its virtue, on the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, with the prior approval of the Minister of Finance and Public Administrations, according to the State Council and prior deliberation of the Council of Ministers at its meeting on 24 April 2015,

DISPONGO:

Article first. Amendment of Royal Decree 1075/2014 of 19 December 2014 on the application from 2015 of direct payments to agriculture and livestock and other aid schemes, as well as on the management and control of direct payments and payments to rural development.

Royal Decree 1075/2014 of 19 December 2014 on the application from 2015 of direct payments to agriculture and livestock and other aid schemes, as well as on the management and control of direct and non-payment payments. payments for rural development, as follows:

1. Article 73 (4) is replaced by the following:

" 4. The quantitative limit applicable to this measure for mountain areas, plus the island region is 733,323 goats and for the rest of Spain region of 929,130 goats. "

2. Article 83 (3) is replaced by the following:

"The quantitative limit for this measure is 1,075,355 animals."

Article 2. Amendment of Royal Decree 1076/2014 of 19 December 2014 on the allocation of basic payment arrangements for the Common Agricultural Policy.

Paragraph 1 of Annex V to Royal Decree 1076/2014 of 19 December 2014 on the allocation of basic payment scheme entitlements to the Common Agricultural Policy is replaced by the following:

" 1. A detailed list of each and every parcel of their holding in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 1075/2014 of 19 December 2014 on the application from 2015 of direct payments to agriculture and livestock and livestock and other support schemes, as well as on the management and control of direct payments and payments to rural development. "

Article 3. Amendment of Royal Decree 1077/2014 of 19 December 2014 regulating the geographical information system for agricultural parcels.

Royal Decree 1077/2014 of 19 December 2014 governing the geographical information system for agricultural parcels is amended as follows:

1. Article 2 (3) (a) is replaced by the following:

" (a) For the declaration of the areas of pasture used in common, as set out in Annex XIV to Royal Decree 1075/2014 of 19 December 2014 on the application from 2015 of direct payments to the agriculture and livestock farming and other support schemes, as well as on the management and control of direct payments and payments to rural development. "

2. Article 6 (2) is replaced by the following:

" 2. In the event that after the application for aid or registration in the relevant register it is found that the information recorded in the SIGPAC is not correct, the system of infringements and penalties applicable shall apply. Only the applicant shall be exonerated by proof of having brought to the attention of the competent authority, within the time limits laid down in Article 7 (3) of this Royal Decree, the discrepancy found, which has not been treated for reasons not attributable to it, whether the information is from the applicant itself or from other sources. In the specific case of the application for aid for direct payments and rural development measures in the field of the integrated system, the penalties and, where appropriate, the repayment of the payments unduly received, collected in the Articles 102 and 106 of Royal Decree 1075/2014 of 19 December 2014 on the application from 2015 of direct payments to agriculture and livestock farming and other aid schemes, as well as on the management and control of direct payments and payments payments to rural development. "

3. The second sentence of the single transitional provision is replaced by the following:

" In any event, the autonomous communities must take appropriate measures to ensure that the ecological interest areas that come for each marketing year are recorded in that layer before starting the calculation of the amount of the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment referred to in Article 17 of Royal Decree 1075/2014 of 19 December 2014 on the application from 2015 of direct payments to agriculture and to the livestock and other aid schemes, as well as on the management and control of direct payments and payments to rural development. "

4. Point (e) of Part I 'Characteristics of the database' in Part I of Annex I is replaced by the following:

" e) Topographical particularities or landscape elements as defined in Article 2.e of Royal Decree 1078/2014 of 19 December 2014 laying down the rules of cross-compliance to be met by the beneficiaries receiving direct payments, certain annual rural development premiums, or payments under certain programmes to support the wine sector. "

Article 4. Amendment of Royal Decree 1078/2014 of 19 December 2014 laying down the rules for cross-compliance to be met by beneficiaries receiving direct payments, certain annual premiums for rural development, or payments under certain programmes to support the wine sector.

In Annex II, BCAM 4, of Royal Decree 1078/2014 of 19 December 2014 laying down the rules of cross-compliance to be met by beneficiaries receiving direct payments, certain annual development premiums rural, or payments under certain programmes to support the wine sector, the fifth paragraph is replaced by the following:

" The provisions of the respective first paragraphs for arable crops and woody crops (first and third paragraphs of this BCM 4, minimum soil cover), shall not apply in the case of plots of cultivation of a surface equal to or less than one hectare, in the case of irregular or elongated crop plots having a minimum dimension in the transverse direction of the slope of less than 100 metres at any point in the plot and where, for reasons of maintenance of traditional productive activity will be determined and authorized by the administration competent conservation agriculture techniques that are considered appropriate. "

Single end disposition. Entry into force.

This royal decree will enter into force on the day following its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Given in Madrid, on April 24, 2015.

FELIPE R.

The Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Environment,

ISABEL GARCÍA TEJERINA