Amendment of the principal Regulations4

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

a

in paragraph (1)—

i

after the definition of “Commission Regulation 334/93”4 the following definitions shall be inserted—

  • “Commission Regulation 1586/97” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1586/97 laying down detailed implementing rules for the use of set-aside land for the provision of materials for the manufacture within the Community of products not primarily intended for human or animal consumption;5

  • “Commission Regulation 334/93 or Commission 1586/97, as the case may be” means—

    1. i

      in relation to contracts entered into before 10th August 1997, Commission Regulation 334/97; and

    2. ii

      in relation to contracts entered into on or after 10th August 1997, Commission Regulation 1586/97;

ii

after the words “Commission Regulation 334/93” in the definitions of “land set aside for non-food purposes”, “set aside” and “specified raw materials”, there shall be inserted the words “or Commission Regulation 1586/97, as the case may be”;

iii

for the definition “organic waste” there shall be substituted the following definition—

  • “organic waste” means—

    1. a

      in relation to the application of organic waste to environmental transferred set-aside land, waste material produced by any work carried out for the maintenance of a tree, hedge, stream or ditch; and

    2. b

      in relation to the application of organic waste to any other set-aside land, waste material produced by or from animals or plants as a by-product of agricultural production, including animal bedding;

iv

in the definition of “set-aside requirement”, after the words “Article 2(5)” there shall be inserted the word “of”;

v

the definition of “shallow cultivate” shall be deleted; and

b

in paragraph (3), for the words “these Regulations”, where they appear for the second time, there shall be substituted the words “the Arable Area Payments (Amendment) Regulations 1997”.