Amendment of the Rural Development Regulation
2.—(1) The Rural Development Regulation(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 8(1)(h)(ii) (content of rural development programmes), omit—
“for the type of operation referred to in Article 38(3) and Article 39(1) when a Member State applies a percentage less than 30%,”.
(3) In Article 28(5) (agri-environment-climate), omit the second to fourth subparagraphs.
(4) In Article 29(3) (organic farming), omit the second to fourth subparagraphs.
(5) In Article 33(2) (animal welfare), omit the third to fifth subparagraphs.
(6) In Article 38(3) (mutual funds for adverse climatic events, animal and plant diseases, pest infestations and environmental incidents), in the second subparagraph omit the final sentence.
(7) In Article 39(1) (income stabilisation tool for farmers of all sectors), omit the final sentence.
(8) In Article 42(1) (LEADER local action groups), omit “and in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2020/2220,”.
(9) In Article 51(2) (funding technical assistance), omit the fourth subparagraph.
(10) In Article 59(6a) (fund contribution), omit the words from “for the years” to the end.
(11) In Article 75(1) (annual implementation report), for “2026” substitute “2025”.
EUR 1305/2013; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/764 and S.S.I. 2020/477. See section 1(4) of the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 for the definition of “Rural Development Regulation”.