  We discuss the implications of the recent discovery of CP violation in
two-body SCS $D$ decays by LHCb. We show that the result can be explained
within the SM without the need for any large $SU(3)$ breaking effects. It
further enables the determination of the imaginary part of the ratio of the
$\Delta U=0$ over $\Delta U=1$ matrix elements in charm decays, which we find
to be $(0.65\pm 0.12)$. Within the standard model, the result proves the
non-perturbative nature of the penguin contraction of tree operators in charm
decays, similar to the known non-perturbative enhancement of $\Delta I=1/2$
over $\Delta I=3/2$ matrix elements in kaon decays, that is, the $\Delta I=1/2$
rule. As a guideline for future measurements, we show how to completely solve
the most general parametrization of the $D \to P^+P^-$ system.
