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—
- i
in relation to contracts entered into before 10th August 1997, Commission Regulation 334/97; and
- 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—
- 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
- 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”.