The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Amendments

3.  For regulation 2 substitute the following—

“Interpretation

2.— (1) In these Regulations—

“Commission Regulation 795/2004” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 795/2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in the Council Regulation(1);

“Commission Regulation 796/2004” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 796/2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system provided for in the Council Regulation(2);

“Commission Regulation 1973/2004” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1973/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 as regards the support schemes provided for in Titles IV and IVa of that Regulation and the use of land set aside for the production of raw materials(3);

“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers(4);

“direct payment” has the meaning given by Article 2(d) of the Council Regulation;

“farmer” has the meaning given by Article 2(a) of the Council Regulation;

“holding” has the meaning given by Article 2(b) of the Council Regulation;

“the IACS Regulations” means the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Integrated Administration and Control System) Regulations 2005(5);

“relevant competent authority” has the meaning given by regulation 5 of the IACS Regulations;

“single application” has the meaning given by Article 2(11) of Commission Regulation 796/2004;

“single payment scheme” means the support scheme established under Title III of the Council Regulation;

“sugar quota” has the same meaning as it has in Council Regulation (EC) Regulation No. 318/2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(6);

(2) Other expressions used in these Regulations that are also used in the Council Regulation, Commission Regulation 795/2004, Commission Regulation 796/2004 or Commission Regulation 1973/2004 have the meaning they bear in those instruments.

(3) Any reference in paragraph (1) to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.”.

(1)

OJ No. L141, 30.4.2004, p.1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 319/2008 (OJ No. L95, 8.4.2008, p.63-65).

(2)

OJ No. L141, 30.4.2004, p.18, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 319/2008 (OJ No. L95, 8.4.2008, p.63-65).

(3)

OJ No. L345, 20.11.2004, p.1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 829/2008 (OJ No. L 224, 22.8.2008, p. 3).

(4)

OJ No. L270, 21.10.2003, p.1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 674/2008 (OJ No. L189, 17.7.2008, p.5-13).

(5)

S.I. 2005/218.

(6)

OJ No. L58, 28.2.2006, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1260/2007 OJ No. L283, 27.10.2007, p. 1-7).