12. To the extent that Regulation (EC) No 746/1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) 2078/92 on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside(1) continues to apply by virtue of the savings contained in Article 49 of Regulation (EC) No 1750/1999(2), Article 55 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(3), Article 93 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005(4) and Article 88 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, Regulation (EEC) No 2078/1992 is to be read as if—
(a)Articles 8, 17, 18, 19(1) and (5), 20(2), 21-23 (which have no continuing operative effect) were omitted;
(b)in Article 2—
(i)for “Member States”, in the first place it occurs, there were substituted “The relevant authority” and in the second place it occurs, there were substituted “the relevant authority”;
(ii)for “Community rules”, in each place it occurs, there were substituted “the law as it applies in the constituent nation”;
(iii)in paragraph 1, for “They” there were substituted “The relevant authority”;
(iv)in paragraph 2, for “specific Community provisions” there were substituted “the law as it applies in the constituent nation”;
(v)after paragraph 2 there were inserted—
“3. In these Regulations—
(a)“constituent nation” means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be;
(b)“relevant authority” means—
(i)in England, the Secretary of State;
(ii)in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;
(iii)in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(iv)in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.”;
(c)in Article 4—
(i)for “Member State” there were substituted “the relevant authority”;
(ii)for “Member States” there were substituted “The relevant authority”.
(d)in Article 6, for “Member States” there were substituted “the relevant authority”.
(e)in Article 9—
(i)for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”;
(ii)for “Member State” there were substituted “relevant authority”.
(f)in Article 10, for “Community aid”, in both places, there were substituted “agricultural support”.
(g)in Article 11—
(i)for “Member States”, in the first two places it occurs, there were substituted “The relevant authority”;
(ii)for “Member States”, in the third place it occurs, there were substituted “the relevant authority”.
(h)in Articles 12 and 13, for “Member States”, in both places it occurs, there were substituted “The relevant authority”.
(i)in Articles 14, for “Member State”, there were substituted “relevant authority”;
(j)Article 15 were omitted;
(k)in Article 16—
(i)for “Member States”, there were substituted “The relevant authority”;
(ii)paragraph 4 were omitted;
(l)in Article 19, for “Member State”, there were substituted “relevant authority”;
(m)in Article 20—
(n)in paragraph 1—
(i)for “Member State” there were substituted “relevant authority”;
(ii)for “Member States”—
(aa)in the first place it occurs, there were substituted “the relevant authority”;
(bb)in the second place it occurs, there were substituted “The relevant authority”;
(iii)for “their national law” there were substituted “the law as it applies in the constituent nation”;
(o)in paragraph 2, for “Member States” there were substituted “The relevant authority”.
Regulation (EC) No 746/1996 was repealed by Article 49 of Regulation (EC) No 1750/1999, but under Article 49(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1750/1999, Regulation (EC) No 746/1999 continues to apply to the actions approved by the Commission before 1 January 2000, under the Regulations referred to in Article 55(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1750/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (Official Journal L 214 , 13/08/1999 P. 0031).
Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 was repealed by Article 93 of Regulation 1698/2005, but under Article 93(1) of Regulation 1698/2005, Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 continues to apply to actions approved by the European Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 before 1st January 2007.
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 was repealed by Article 88 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, but under Article 88 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 continues to apply to operations implemented pursuant to programmes approved by the European Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 before 1st January 2014.