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

Amendment to the principal Regulations

4.  In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—

(a) for paragraphs (2) and (3) substitute—

“(2) In these Regulations—

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

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

“Commission Regulation 1973/2004” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1973/2004(3) 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;

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

“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

“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;

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

“reference period” has the meaning given to it in Article 38 of the Council Regulation;

“relevant competent authority” has the meaning given to it in regulation 5 of the IACS Regulations;

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

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

(3) 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.”;

(b) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) Any reference in paragraph (2) to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.”.

(1)

O.J. No. L141, 30.04.2004, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation 1522/2007 (O.J. No. L335, 20.12.2007, p.27)

(2)

O.J. No. L141, 30.04.2004, p.18, as last amended by Commission Regulation 1550/2007 (O.J. No. L337, 21.12.2007, p.79)

(3)

O.J. No. L 345, 20.11.2004, p.1

(4)

O.J. No. L270, 21.10.2003, p.1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 146/2008 (O.J. No. L146, 21.02.2008, p.1)

(5)

S.I. 2005/218