Amendment of Chapters II (common provisions for several measures) and III (technical assistance and networking) of Title III
6.—(1) In Article 45, for “EAFRD support”, in both places it occurs, substitute “support for rural development”.
(2) For Article 46(2) substitute—
“2. A river basin management plan, as required under the terms of the Water Framework Directive and as defined by legislation implementing the Water Framework Directive in each of the constituent nations, shall have been notified to the appropriate authority, or, before exit day, to the Commission, for the entire area in which the investment is to take place, as well as in any other areas whose environment may be affected by the investment. The requirements which apply under the river basin management plan by virtue of Article 11 of the Water Framework Directive and of relevance to the agricultural sector shall have been specified.”.
(3) In Article 47(3), for “Member States” substitute “the relevant authority”.
(4) In Article 48, for “of the following programming period” substitute “in force after the current programming period”.
(5) In Article 49—
(a)in paragraph 1 omit “Union”;
(b)in paragraph 2, for “Member State authority” substitute “relevant authority”.
(6) In Article 50, for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”.
(7) In Article 51—
(a)omit paragraph 1;
(b)in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “relevant authority”.
(c)in paragraph 3, for “EAFRD” substitute “core”.
(8) Omit Articles 52 and 53.
(9) In Article 54—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)for “Each Member State” substitute “The relevant authority”;
(ii)omit the second subparagraph;
(b)in paragraph 3—
(i)for “EAFRD support” substitute “Support for rural development”;
(ii)omit point (b)(vii).