4.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1831 laying down rules for application of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in the third countries is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1—
(a)in the first paragraph—
(i)omit “origin and”
(ii)omit “and multi”;
(b)after the last paragraph, insert—
“In this Regulation—
(a)“constituent nation” means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be;
(b)“relevant authority” means—
— in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
— in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
— in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
— in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.”.
(3) In the heading of Chapter 2, omit “and multi”.
(4) In Chapter 2, omit Section 1.
(5) In Article 5—
(a)in paragraph 1, for the words from “Articles 4 and 66” to the end, substitute “ section 1 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 M1 ”;
(b)in paragraph 4(c), in points (i) to (iv), for “main Union message” substitute “ main message of the programme ”.
(6) In Article 6(2)(a), omit “, where each brand shall be smaller than the emblem of the Union referring to the co-financing of the Union”.
(7) In Article 7—
(a)in paragraph 2(a), for “Member State of origin of the proposing organisation” substitute “ constituent nation or nations covered by the programme ”;
(b)in paragraphs 2(b) and 3, omit “or multi-country”.
(8) Omit Article 9.
(9) In Article 10—
(a)for paragraph 1 substitute—
“1. As soon as the relevant authority publishes a list of simple programmes selected under Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014, it must inform the proposing organisations concerned whether or not their applications have been accepted.”;
(b)omit paragraph 2;
(c)in paragraph 3—
(i)for “Member States” substitute “ The relevant authority ”;
(ii)for “the notification of the Commission act referred to in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014” substitute “ informing the proposing organisations of the outcome under paragraph 1 ”;
(iii)for “that Regulation” substitute “ Regulation (EU) 1144/2014 ”;
(iv)omit “Beyond that deadline, no contracts may be concluded without prior authorisation from the Commission.”;
(d)omit paragraphs 5 and 6.
(10) In Article 12—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)for “Member State concerned” substitute “ relevant authority ”;
(ii)for “Union's” substitute “United Kingdom's”;
(b)in paragraph 2(a), for “Member Sate” substitute “ relevant authority ”.
(11) In Article 13—
(a)in paragraph 1, for “Member State concerned” substitute “ relevant authority ”;
(b)in paragraph 2, for “Member State” substitute “ relevant authority ”;
(c)in paragraph 3—
(i)after “of the” insert “relevant authority's”;
(ii)omit “Union”;
(d)in paragraph 4, for “Member State” substitute “ relevant authority ”;
(e)omit paragraph 6.
(12) In Article 14—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)for “Union's financial contributions” substitute “ funding under Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 ”;
(ii)for “Member States” substitute “ relevant authority ”;
(b)in paragraph 3(b), for “Union's financial contribution”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ financial contribution under Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 ”;
(c)in paragraph 4(a), for “Member State” substitute “ relevant authority ”.
(13) In Article 15(1), for “Member State” substitute “ relevant authority ”.
(14) In Article 16—
(a)in the heading, for “Member State” substitute “ relevant authority ”;
(b)in paragraph 1, for “Union's” substitute “relevant authority's”;
(c)in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “ The relevant authority ”;
(d)in paragraph 3, for “a Member State” substitute “ the relevant authority ”.
(15) In Article 17—
(a)in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “ the relevant authority ”;
(b)in paragraph 2, for the words from “The interest rate” to “No 1268/2012” substitute “ Interest at a rate of 3.5% above the Bank of England base rate ”.
(16) In the heading of Section 2, omit “and notifications by Member States”.
(17) In Article 18, for “Member States” substitute “ the relevant authority ”.
(18) In Article 19—
(a)in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “ the relevant authority ”;
(b)in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “ The relevant authority ”.
(19) In Article 20—
(a)in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “ The relevant authority ”;
(b)in paragraph 2—
(i)for “Member States” substitute “ The relevant authority ”;
(ii)omit from the words “Without prejudice to” to “during the checks.”;
(iii)in the final subparagraph, for “Member State” substitute “ relevant authority ”;
(c)in paragraph 3, for “Member States” substitute “ The relevant authority ”.
(20) Omit Article 21.
(21) In Article 22—
(a)in paragraph 1, omit “common”;
(b)in paragraph 2, for “Commission” substitute “ relevant authority ”.
(22) After Article 23, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.
(23) In the Annex, omit “Union” in each place it occurs.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1
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