The State Aid (Agriculture and Fisheries) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Article 41 (Aid for investments in forestry technologies and in processing, mobilising and marketing of forestry products)

38.  In Article 41—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “compatible with the internal market within the meaning of” substitute “deemed to be approved under”;

(b) in paragraph 2(a), for “adopted by the Commission” substitute “and subordinate legislation adopted”;

(c) in paragraph 2(a)(i), for “aid co-financed by the EAFRD” substitute “support for rural development”;

(d) in paragraph 2(a)(ii), omit “national”;

(e) omit paragraph 3;

(f) in paragraph 4—

(i) in the first sentence, for the words from “Union legislation” to “concerned” substitute “legislation”;

(ii) in the second sentence, after “environmental impact assessment under” insert “the retained EU law(1) which transposed”;

(g) omit paragraph 5;

(h) in paragraph 9—

(i) for “for, where such standards exist at national level” substitute “, where applicable”;

(ii) for “Member States” substitute “competent authority”;

(iii) for “Union legislation, including in Article 17(2) to (6) of Directive 2009/28/EC” substitute “retained EU law”;

(i) in paragraph 10, for “Member States” substitute “the competent authority”;

(j) omit paragraph 11(a) and (b).

(1)

See, in particular, Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999/2228; Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Scotland) Regulations 1999/43; Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006/518.