The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Regulation 1370/2013

6.—(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 determining measures on fixing certain aids and refunds related to the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 13—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Commission may adopt implementing acts” substitute “Secretary of State may make regulations”;

(ii) omit the last sentence;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in point (a)(i), for “Union market” substitute “market in the United Kingdom”;

(ii) in point (b)—

(aa) for the words from “aims” to “are” substitute “need”;

(bb) for “that market” substitute “the market in the United Kingdom”;

(iii) in point (c), for “Union market” substitute “market in the United Kingdom”;

(iv) in point (e), for “concluded in accordance with the Treaty” substitute “to which the United Kingdom is a party”;

(v) in point (f)—

(aa) for “Union” substitute “domestic”;

(bb) for “third”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “other”;

(cc) for “third country products” substitute “products from other countries”;

(vi) in point (g), for “from Union markets to Union ports or other” substitute “from the market in the United Kingdom to”

(vii) in point (h), for “Union market” substitute “market in the United Kingdom”;

(viii) in point (i), for “Union”, in both places it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”;

(c) for paragraph 3 substitute—

“3.   The Secretary of State may, where necessary to ensure a swift response to fast changing market situations, make regulations adjusting the amount of the refund.”.

(3) In Article 14—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for the first subparagraph substitute—

“The Secretary of State may make regulations fixing corrective amounts applicable to the export refunds fixed in respect of the cereals and rice sectors.”;

(ii) omit the second subparagraph;

(iii) in the third subparagraph, for “Commission may apply this paragraph” substitute “Secretary of State may exercise the power in the first subparagraph in relation”;

(b) in paragraph 3—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) after “The” in the first place it occurs, insert “Secretary of State may make regulations adjusting the”;

(bb) omit the words from “may” to “acts,”;

(ii) in the second subparagraph—

(aa) for the words from “first subparagraph” to “in part,” substitute “Secretary of State may exercise the power in the first subparagraph in relation”;

(bb) for “Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, correct” substitute “Secretary of State must make regulations correcting”;

(iii) omit the third subparagraph.

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 is also amended by S.I. 2019/821 and 831. Article 15, as substituted by S.I. 2019/831, makes provision about regulations made by the Secretary of State.