The Rural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Regulation 1974/2006

15.  To the extent that Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)(1) continues to operate by virtue of the savings provision in Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2014, Regulation 1974/2006 is to be read as if—

(a) Articles 2(3), 3-25, 35-41b, 48-53, 55-57, 59-64, Annexes 1-5 and 7 (which have no continuing operative effect) were omitted;

(b) in Article 2—

(i) in paragraph 1, for point (a) there were substituted—

“(a) between support for rural development on the one hand, and direct payment support, support under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 and CMO support measures on the other hand;”;

(ii) in paragraph 2, for “Member States”, in both places it occurs, substitute “the relevant authority”;

(iii) at the end were inserted—

“4.   In these Regulations—

(a) “CMO support” means financial support granted under Regulation 1308/2013 or under any of the delegated or implementing acts adopted on the basis of that regulation or on the basis of Regulation 1234/2007;

(c) “direct payment support” means financial support granted under any of the support schemes listed in Annex I to Regulation 1307/2013;

(d) “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;

(e) “support for rural development” means financial support granted under Title 3 of Regulation 1305/2013 or Title 3, Chapter 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, as amended by the European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.”;

(c) in Article 26, after “as regards the” there were inserted “requirements arising from the”;

(d) in Article 26a—

(i) in paragraph 1, after “concerns” there were inserted “requirements arising from”;

(ii) in paragraph 2, for “Union legislation existing” there were substituted “law as it applied in the constituent nation”;

(e) in Article 27—

(i) in paragraph 9—

(aa) for “Member States”, in both places it occurs, there were substituted “relevant authority”;

(bb) for “Member State” there were substituted “relevant authority”;

(f) in paragraphs 10 to 13, for “Member States”, in each place it occurs, there were substituted “The relevant authority”.

(g) in Article 28(3)(b)—

(i) “Community” were omitted;

(ii) for “Member States” there were substituted “constituent nations”;

(h) Articles 32 and 32a, for “Member States”, in each place it occurs, there were substituted “the relevant authority”;

(i) in Article 44, for “Member States”—

(i) in the first place it occurs, there were substituted “The relevant authority”;

(ii) in the second place it occurs, there were substituted “the relevant authority”.

(j) in Article 45, for “Member States”, in both places it occurs, there were substituted “the relevant authority”.

(k) in Article 47, for “Member States” there were substituted “The relevant authority”.

(l) in Article 54(2), for “Public expenditure co-financed by the EAFRD,” there were substituted “Support for rural development”;

(m) Article 58 were omitted;

(n) Annex VI were omitted.

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 was repealed by Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2014, but under Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2014, but under Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2014 continues to apply to operations implemented pursuant to programmes approved by the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 before 1 January 2014.