The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Title 2 (General Provisions on Agricultural Funds)

4.—(1) Omit Articles 3 to 6.

(2) For the heading of Article 7 substitute—

“Designation of paying agencies and coordinated action by relevant authorities”.

(3) In Article 7—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Member States” substitute “relevant authority”;

(ii) for “referred to in Article 4(1) and Article 5” substitute “on agricultural support”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) for “Member States shall accredit” substitute “The relevant authority shall designate”;

(bb) omit the words from “To this end” to the end;

(ii) for the second subparagraph substitute—

“The number of paying agencies shall be restricted to one per constituent nation. However, the relevant authorities may jointly designate a single paying agency for the UK to manage aid schemes which, by their nature, have to be managed at UK level.”;

(iii) omit the third and fourth subparagraphs;

(c) omit paragraph 3;

(d) in paragraph 4—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) for the words preceding point (a), substitute “The relevant authorities shall have joint responsibility for the following tasks:”;

(bb) omit point (a);

(cc) in point (b), omit “and keep the Commission informed of any follow-up”;

(dd) in point (c), for “the Union rules” substitute “sectoral agricultural legislation”;

(ii) omit the second subparagraph;

(e) omit paragraph 5.

(4) Omit Articles 9 and 10.

(5) In Article 11, omit “for in Union law”.