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The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020

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10.—(1) Omit Article 1(c), (g) and (h).

(2) In Article 2, for “Member States”, in each place it occurs, substitute “The relevant authority”.

(3) Omit Article 3.

(4) In Article 4—

(a)in paragraph 1—

(i)for “Member States”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “the relevant authority”;

(ii)in point (a) —

(aa)for “Member States require” substitute “the relevant authority requires”;

(bb)for “Member States”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “the relevant authority”;

(iii)in point (b), for “Member States set” substitute “the relevant authority sets”;

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

(5) In Article 5—

(a)for “Member States”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “relevant authority”;

(b)for “Member States”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “the relevant authority”.

(6) For Article 7 substitute—

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(7) In Article 8—

(a)for “Member States” substitute “the relevant authority”;

(b)at the end insert “, provided that such a decision was made and notified to the Commission no later than 31 January 2015”.

(8) In Article 9—

(a)in paragraph 1, for the words from “the ‘Common” to the end substitute “Annex IV”;

(b)in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”;

(c)in paragraph 3, for “competent authority of the Member State” substitute “relevant authority”;

(d)in paragraph 4, for “Member States” substitute “the relevant authority”;

(e)omit paragraph 5;

(f)in paragraph 7, in the second subparagraph, for “Member States” substitute “the relevant authority”.

(9) In Article 11—

(a)in paragraph 1, in the first subparagraph, omit the words from “, except complementary” to the end;

(b)omit paragraph 3.

(10) In Article 12—

(a)in paragraph 2—

(i)in the first subparagraph, for “Member States” substitute “the relevant authority”;

(ii)in the second subparagraph—

(aa)for the words from “national ceiling” to “1307/2013” substitute “relevant authority’s share of the national ceiling”;

(bb)for “that Member State” substitute “the constituent nation”;

(b)in paragraph 4—

(i)in the first subparagraph, for “Member States” substitute “the relevant authority”;

(ii)in the second subparagraph—

(aa)for the words from “national ceiling” to “1307/2013” substitute “ relevant authority’s share of the national ceiling”;

(bb)for “that Member State” substitute “the constituent nation”;

(c)omit paragraph 5.

(11) In Article 13—

(a)in paragraph 1—

(i)omit the second subparagraph;

(ii)in the third subparagraph—

(aa)for “and second subparagraphs” substitute “subparagraph”;

(bb)for “Member States may establish” substitute “the relevant authority may use”;

(cc)at the end insert “, provided those criteria were established by the relevant authority prior to exit day”;

(b)in paragraph 2—

(i)in the first subparagraph—

(aa)for “Member States”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “the relevant authority”;

(bb)for “methods” substitute “method”;

(cc)omit point (b);

(ii)omit the second subparagraph;

(c)in paragraph 3—

(i)in the first subparagraph, for “a Member State” substitute “the relevant authority”;

(ii)in the second subparagraph, for “Member States” substitute “the relevant authority”;

(iii)in the third subparagraph, for “Member States may establish alternative criteria according to which” substitute “the relevant authority may, applying such criteria as the authority established prior to exit day, determine whether”.

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