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).