The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014

5.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014 of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 4 (amendments of rural development programmes)—

(a) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the second subparagraph, in point (a), for “2023” substitute “2024”,

(ii) in the third subparagraph, in point (d)—

(aa) omit “planned for each year”,

(bb) for the words from “developments” to “referred to in” substitute “adjustments to the core contribution under”,

(b) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “2020” substitute “2024”,

(ii) for “2023” substitute “2027”.

(3) After Article 12 (national rural network), insert—

“Article 13 Information and publicity

The Managing Authority must submit any amendments to the information and publicity strategy to the Monitoring Committee for information. The Managing Authority must inform the Monitoring Committee at least once a year on the progress in the implementation of the information and publicity strategy and on its analysis of the results as well as on the planned information and publicity to be carried out in the following year.”.

(4) In Annex I, Part I (presentation of the content of rural development programmes)—

(a) in paragraph 10—

(i) for point (a)(ii) substitute—

“(ii) for funds transferred to support for rural development under Article 11(4A) of Regulation (EU) 1307/2013, referred to in Article 58(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013,”,

(ii) in point (c)—

(aa) in the first subparagraph, omit points (iii) and (iv),

(bb) in the second subparagraph, after “core” insert “contribution”,

(b) in paragraph 12, in both places it occurs omit “national”.

(1)

EUR 808/2014, as relevantly prospectively amended by S.I. 2019/770. The amending instrument, which bears to come into force on exit day, will come into force on IP completion day by virtue of paragraph 1 of schedule 5 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c.1).