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

Amendment of Title II (programming)

4.—(1) For Article 6 substitute—

“Article 6

Rural development programmes

Support for rural development shall be provided in accordance with rural development programmes. These programmes shall implement a strategy to meet the priorities for rural development through a set of measures as defined in Title III. Support for rural development must be provided to further the objectives and the priorities of rural development.”;

(2) Omit Article 7.

(3) In Article 8—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) omit point (a);

(ii) omit “Union” in each place it occurs;

(iii) in point (c)—

(aa) in point (ii) omit from “supported by” to “in point (a) and”;

(bb) in point (iv) omit “or thematic sub-programmes”;

(iv) in point (d) —

(aa) omit “the Partnership Agreement and”;

(bb) omit “in accordance with the summary submitted in the Partnership Agreement”;

(v) omit point (e);

(vi) in point (g) for “Member States” substitute “relevant authority”;

(vii) in point (h)—

(aa) for “EAFRD” substitute “core” in the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh places it occurs and “support for rural development” in the third place it occurs;

(bb) omit the last sentence of point (i);

(viii) for point (l) substitute—

“(l) information on the complementarity with other support provided to the agricultural and fisheries sectors;”;

(ix) in point (m)—

(aa) in point (i) omit “by the Member State”;

(bb) in point (iv), for “Member States” substitute “the relevant authority”;

(b) omit paragraph 2.

(4) In Article 9 omit “EAFRD”.

(5) Omit Article 10.

(6) In Article 12, omit point (a).