L 187/26 Official Journal of the European Union 17.7.2012 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 645/2012 of 16 July 2012 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 and Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 as regards the reduction of the amounts of the aid for late submission of single applications in relation to Mainland Portugal and Madeira for 2012 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) ('), and in particular Article 91 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (?), and in particular Article 142(c) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 of 30 November 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards cross-compliance, modulation and the inte- grated administration and control system, under the direct support schemes for farmers provided for that Regulation, as well as for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards cross-compliance under the support scheme provided for the wine sector (}) provides, in its Article 23(1), for reductions to be applied in the case of late submission of an aid application as well as documents, contracts or declarations which are constitutive for the eligibility for the aid. (2)  According to Article 8 (3) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 of 27 January 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regu- lation (EC) No 1698/2005, as regards the implemen- tation of control procedures as well as cross-compliance in respect of rural development support measures (%), Articles 22 and 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 apply mutatis mutandis to payment claims under Title I of Part II of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011. () O] L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1. () O] L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16. () O] L 316, 2.12.2009, p. 65. (4 O] L 25, 28.1.2011, p. 8. (3)  Portugal has implemented a system of single aid appli- cation which covers, pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regu- lation (EC) No 73/2009, several support schemes. In particular, applications for single payment scheme under Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, appli- cations for ewe and goat premiums under Article 35 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards the support schemes for farmers provided for in Titles IV and V thereof (°) and certain applications for aid granted under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 form part of the single application. (4 In accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 and Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011, Portugal has fixed 15 May 2012 as the latest day until which single applications for 2012 can be submitted. As regards single applications including an application for the ewe and goat premium, Portugal has, in accordance with Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009, fixed 30 April of the application year as the latest day until which applications for the ewe and goat premium for 2012 can be submitted. (5)  Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 requires Member States to ensure that agricultural parcels are reliably identified and requires the single application to be accompanied by documents identifying the parcels in order to enable the implementation of the control system. (6)  In response to deficiencies related to the identification of agricultural parcels, which were regularly detected in the past, Portugal implemented an "Action Plan" in liaison with the Commission. This commitment includes in particular the update of the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) in Portugal. (7)  Portugal has experienced exceptional circumstances in its administration of the single applications for 2012 as far as Mainland Portugal and Madeira are concerned. In a second phase of the "Action Plan" Portugal should have reviewed approximately 1 600 000 parcels. The work is complex and quality controls led to new analysis of some of the parcels which causes delays. Also, as the part of the work carried out by external contractors has been delayed, the LPIS could not be updated in line with the envisaged timetable. Consequently farmers were provided with the updated information about the parcels later than foreseen. () O] L 316, 2.12.2009, p. 27.