Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 807/20142
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014 supplementing 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) and introducing transitional provisions is amended as follows.
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In Article 1—
a
in paragraph 2—
i
omit “, or, in the case of Croatia, under Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006,”;
ii
omit “, including, in the case of Croatia, for technical assistance”;
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at the end insert—
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In these Regulations references to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 are references to that regulation as amended by the European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.
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In Article 2(1) and (2), for “Member State” substitute “constituent nation”.
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In Article 3, for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”.
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In Article 5(2)—
a
for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”;
b
for “as defined in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008, or an equivalent.” substitute “calculated in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1198/2014 supplementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Union.”.
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In Article 6—
a
in point (a), for “Member State’s authority in charge of implementing Natura 2000” substitute “relevant authority”;
b
in points (b) and (d), for “Member States”, in each place it occurs, substitute “the relevant authority”;
c
in point (c)—
i
for “ applicable national legislation” substitute “law as it applies in the constituent nation”;
ii
for “Member State” substitute “relevant authority”.
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In Article 8(2)(b)—
a
omit “Union”;
b
for “the Member States” substitute “other countries”.
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In Article 9(2) omit “in the Member State or region”.
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In Article 11(3), after “Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC” insert “as it had effect immediately before exit day”;
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In Article 13—
a
the existing text becomes paragraph 1;
b
in that paragraph—
i
in points (b) and (c), for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”;
ii
in point (d), for “Member States” substitute “relevant authority”;
iii
in point (e)—
aa
for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”;
bb
for “Union legislation including in” substitute “retained direct EU legislation and in”;
c
after paragraph 1, insert—
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For the purposes of Article 13(e), Article 17 of Directive 2009/28/EC is to be read as if—
a
Article 17(3)(b)(ii) is omitted;
b
“Community” includes the United Kingdom.
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In Article 14, for “Member States”, in each place it occurs, substitute “the relevant authority”.
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In Article 15(1), for “Member States” substitute “the relevant authority”.
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In Article 16—
a
for “an EAFRD contribution”, in both places it occurs, substitute “support for rural development”;
b
for “EAFRD contribution rate” substitute “core contribution”;
c
for “Member States ensure” substitute “the relevant authority ensures”.
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Omit Article 17.
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Omit Article 18.
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In Article 19 omit the fourth and fifth paragraphs.
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After Article 20 omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States”.