The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2023

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014

6.—(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 3 (obligations of the paying agency as regards public intervention), after paragraph 4, insert—

“4A.   This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.”.

(3) In Article 4 (inventory), after paragraph 2, insert—

“3.   This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.”.

(4) In Article 29 (production refunds and specific types of aid)—

(a) after paragraph 3, insert—

“3A.   Paragraph 3 does not apply in relation to England.”;

(b) after paragraph 4, insert—

“4A   In relation to England, paragraph 4 is to be read as if for “paragraphs 2 and 3” there were substituted “paragraph 2”.”.

(5) In Article 36 (other amounts and prices), at the end, insert—

“This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.”.

(6) In Article 40 (determination of the exchange rate), at the end, insert—

“Point (b) of the second paragraph does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.”.

(7) In Annex 2, at the beginning, insert—

“ZA. APPLICATION

This Annex does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.”.

(8) In Annex 3, at the beginning, insert—

“This Annex does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.”.

(9) In Annex 4, at the beginning, insert—

“A1.   This Annex does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.”.

(1)

EUR 2014/907, amended by S.I. 2019/765 (which itself was amended by S.I. 2020/1445); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.