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

Article 2 (Definitions)

4.  In Article 2—

(a) before point (1), insert—

“(A1) ‘State aid regulations’ means the State Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1);

(B1) ‘CMA’ means the Competition and Markets Authority;

(C1) ‘support for rural development’ means financial support granted under Title 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or Title 3, Chapter 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013;

(D1) ‘constituent nation’ means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be;

(E1) ‘aid grantor’ means a person who plans to grant, or who has granted, aid;”;

(b) in point (14)—

(i) in point (a), for the words from “the types” to “Council” substitute “public companies limited by shares or by guarantee, and private companies limited by shares or by guarantee”;

(ii) in point (b), for the words from “the types” to the end substitute “partnerships, limited partnerships, and unlimited companies”;

(iii) in point (c), omit “under its domestic law”;

(c) for point (18) substitute—

“(18) ‘plant pest’ means pests of plants or of plant products, which belong to the animal or plant kingdoms, or which are viruses, mycoplasmas or other pathogens;”;

(d) in point (29), omit “under the applicable national legal regime”;

(e) for point (30) substitute—

“(30) ‘National standard’ means an applicable mandatory requirement laid down in retained EU law setting the level which individual undertakings must achieve, in particular as regards the environment, hygiene and animal welfare; however, standards or targets which do not bind individual undertakings are not deemed to be national standards;”;

(f) in point (33)—

(i) for “an Union standard” in both places it occurs substitute “a national standard”;

(ii) for “Union legislation”, substitute “retained EU law”;

(g) omit points (35) and (36);

(h) in points (38) and (39)—

(i) for “Member States of the Union” in the first place it occurs substitute “countries”;

(ii) before “Union” in the second place it occurs insert “European”;

(i) in point (46), omit the words from “whatever” to “national law,”;

(j) in point (48)(a), for the words from “by a Member State” to “constituted” substitute “in the United Kingdom”;

(k) in point (49), for “either by Union or by national legislation” substitute “by legislation”;

(l) in point (53)—

(i) for “Member States” in the first place it occurs substitute “the competent authority”;

(ii) for “Member States” in the second place it occurs substitute “competent authority”;

(m) in points (57) and (58), for the words from “an approved” to the end, substitute “the approved regional aid map”;

(n) in point (59), for the words from “by the Commission” to the end, substitute “as such in the approved regional aid map”;

(o) in point (60), after “and of the Council” insert “, as it had effect immediately before exit day”;

(p) for point (61) substitute—

“(61) ‘non-predefined “c” areas’ means the non-predefined areas designated as regions eligible for aid under Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty in the approved regional aid map for 2014-2020;

(61A) ‘approved regional aid map’ means the regional aid map for the United Kingdom that was approved by the Commission for the period 2014-2020 in decision SA.38113, as amended by decision SA.46361;”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/XXXX.