25.—(1) The Secretary of State must keep under review and determine from time to time whether further steps need to be taken in order to meet the requirements of the directive.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the Secretary of State must keep under review—
(a)whether it is necessary to impose lifecycle GHG emission reduction obligations in respect of such periods as the Secretary of State may specify; and
(b)the extent to which relevant feedstocks from agriculture cultivated in the United Kingdom and used for the production of renewable transport fuel have been obtained in accordance with the cross compliance requirements.
(3) Where the Secretary of State determines that steps need to be taken in order to meet the requirements of the directive, the Secretary of State must take those steps.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation “the cross compliance requirements” means—
(a)the statutory management requirements—
(i)under the heading ‘Environment’ in point A of Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003(1) (“the CAP Regulation”); and
(ii)in row 9 of the table in that Annex; and
(b)the minimum requirements for good agricultural and environmental condition defined pursuant to Article 6(1) of the CAP Regulation.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 25 in force at 1.1.2013, see reg. 1
26.—(1) Save to the extent that the Secretary of State has already satisfied the requirements of this regulation by complying with regulation 25, the Secretary of State must from time to time—
(a)carry out a review of regulations 1 to 24;
(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
(c)publish the report.
(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the directive is implemented in other Member States.
(3) The report must in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by those regulations;
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
(4) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.
(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 26 in force at 1.1.2013, see reg. 1
OJ No L 30, 31.1.2009, p16.