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

Amendment of Titles IV (EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability) and V (financial provisions) U.K.

7.—(1) In Article 55(3)—

(a) for “The EAFRD” substitute “ Support for rural development ”;

(b) omit “and the EIP network referred to in Article 53”.

(2) In Article 56(3), for “Member States” substitute “ relevant authority ”.

(3) In Article 57(3) omit “, in particular through the EIP network”.

(4) In Article 58—

(a) for paragraph 1 substitute—

“1.   Without prejudice to paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of this Article, the core contribution to rural development under this Regulation (‘the core contribution’) for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 shall be EUR 5,195,417,491, in 2011 prices.”;

(b) omit paragraphs 2 and 3;

(c) in paragraph 4, for “by Member State of the amounts referred to in paragraph 1, after deduction of the amount referred to in paragraph 2” substitute “ of the core contribution ”;

(d) for paragraph 5 substitute—

“5.   Funds transferred under Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall be subtracted from the core contribution.”;

(e) in paragraph 6, for “EAFRD”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ core contribution ”;

(f) omit paragraph 8.

(5) In Article 59—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “maximum contribution from the EAFRD” substitute “ core contribution ”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “EAFRD” substitute “ core ”;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for the introductory wording of the first subparagraph substitute—

“(3) The rural development programmes shall establish a single core contribution rate applicable to all measures. Where applicable, a separate core contribution rate shall be established for less-developed regions, as well as for transition regions. The maximum core contribution rate shall be:”;

(ii) in point (a) omit “, in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No. 229/2013”;

(iii) in the second subparagraph, for “EAFRD” substitute “ core ”;

(d) in paragraph 4—

(i) in the words before point (a), for “EAFRD” substitute “ core ”;

(ii) in point (a) omit “, of the outermost regions, of the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013,”;

(iii) omit point (c);

(iv) in point (e), for “EAFRD” substitute “ core contribution ”;

(v) omit points (f) to (h);

(e) in paragraph 5—

(i) omit “, and in the case of Croatia 2,5%,”;

(ii) for “EAFRD” substitute “ core ”;

(f) in paragraph 6—

(i) for “EAFRD” substitute “ core ”;

(ii) omit the second subparagraph;

[F1 (fa) in paragraph 6a—

(i) omit “EAFRD” in the first place it occurs;

(ii) for “EAFRD”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “ core ”;]

(g) omit paragraph 7;

(h) for paragraph 8, substitute—

“8.   An expenditure receiving support for rural development shall not be co-financed by way of a contribution from under Regulation 508/2014 or CMO support or direct payment support.”.

(6) In Article 60—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “Member State” substitute “ constituent nation ”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “an EAFRD contribution” substitute “ rural development support ”;

(ii) in the second subparagraph—

(aa) for “falling within the scope of Article 42 TFEU” substitute “ in relation to the production of, and trade in, agricultural products ”;

(bb) for “Member States” substitute “ relevant authorities ”;

(cc) for “Member State” substitute “ constituent nation ”;

(iii) in the third subparagraph, for “Member States” substitute “ Relevant authorities ”.

(7) In Article 62—

(a) for paragraph 1, substitute—

“1.   The relevant authority must ensure that all the rural development measures that they intend to implement are verifiable and controllable. The Managing Authority and paying agency must also undertake the assessment of the verifiability and controllability of measures during the implementation of the rural development programme. Assessment during the implementation period must take into account the results of controls in the previous and current programming period. Where the assessment reveals that the requirements of verifiability and controllability are not met, the measures concerned must be adjusted accordingly.”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “ the relevant authority ”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 7(5)(fa) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1445), regs. 1(2)(a), 12(5)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1