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

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2019/764
Year2019
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Rural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on the later of exit day or the day after the day on which they are made.
  • Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) is amended as follows.
  • (1) For Article 1(1) substitute—
    • (1) This Regulation lays down general rules governing support for rural development. It sets out the objectives to which rural development policy is to contribute and the relevant priorities for rural development. It outlines the strategic context for rural development policy and defines the measures to be adopted in order to implement rural development policy. In addition, it lays down rules on programming, networking, management, monitoring and evaluation.
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    This Regulation lays down general rules governing support for rural development. It sets out the objectives to which rural development policy is to contribute and the relevant priorities for rural development. It outlines the strategic context for rural development policy and defines the measures to be adopted in order to implement rural development policy. In addition, it lays down rules on programming, networking, management, monitoring and evaluation.in the first subparagraph, after “Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013” insert “ as it had effect immediately before F19IP completion day;in point (a) for “joint action by the Union” to the end substitute “ action to achieve the priorities for rural development ”;in point (b) , at the end insert “ as it had effect immediately before F19IP completion day; ”;in point (c) omit “Union”;at point (i) for “the Annex to Council Decision 2009/470/EC” substitute “ Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014;after point (s) insert—
    • (t) Directive 2000/29” means Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community ;
    • (u) Directive 2009/147” means Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds ;
    Directive 2000/29” means Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community ;Directive 2009/147” means Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds ;for “A Member State” substitute “ The relevant authority ”;for “Member States” substitute “ relevant authorities ”;at the end insert— .In these Regulations, references to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 are references to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, as amended by the European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.(3) For Article 3 substitute—
      (Article 3)
      MissionSupport provided through rural development programmes shall contribute to promoting sustainable rural development in a manner that complements other support provided to the agriculture and fisheries sectors and to less developed regions. It shall contribute to the development of an agricultural sector that is more territorially and environmentally balanced, climate-friendly and resilient and competitive and innovative. It shall also contribute to the development of rural territories.
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    Support provided through rural development programmes shall contribute to promoting sustainable rural development in a manner that complements other support provided to the agriculture and fisheries sectors and to less developed regions. It shall contribute to the development of an agricultural sector that is more territorially and environmentally balanced, climate-friendly and resilient and competitive and innovative. It shall also contribute to the development of rural territories.(4) In Article 4, for “the CAP” substitute “ agricultural support ”.for the first paragraph substitute—
      The achievement of the objectives of rural development shall be pursued through the following six priorities for rural development, which reflect the relevant Thematic Objectives of the CSF:
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    in the penultimate paragraph, omit from “When a Member State” to “four priorities”.(1) For Article 6 substitute—
      (Article 6)
      Rural development programmesSupport 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.
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    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.omit point (a) ;omit “Union” in each place it occurs;in point (ii) omit from “supported by” to “in point (a) and”;in point (iv) omit “or thematic sub-programmes”;omit “the Partnership Agreement and”;omit “in accordance with the summary submitted in the Partnership Agreement”;omit point (e) ;in point (g) for “Member States” substitute “ relevant authority ”;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;omit the last sentence of point (i) ;for point (l) substitute—
    • (l) information on the complementarity with other support provided to the agricultural and fisheries sectors;
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    information on the complementarity with other support provided to the agricultural and fisheries sectors;in point (i) omit “by the Member State”;in point (iv) , for “Member States” substitute “ the relevant authority ”;omit paragraph 2.(4) In Article 9 omit “EAFRD”.(5) Omit Article 10.(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1) In Article 13, omit “Union”, in both places it occurs.in paragraph 3a, for “Member States” substitute “ the relevant authority ”;omit the word “Union”;for points (d) and (e) substitute—
    • (d) requirements arising from any programme of measures for river basin districts which has been implemented in consequence of Article 11(3) of Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (‘the Water Framework Directive’) , which is to be construed as if references to “Community legislation” were references to “the law as it applies in the constituent nation” and references to “Member States” were references to “The competent authority”;
    • (e) requirements which apply by virtue of Article 55 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, in particular any requirement which applies as a consequence of the implementation of Articles 14(1) , (2) , (4) and (5) of Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides , which are to be construed as if references to “Member States” were references to “the competent authority”.
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    requirements arising from any programme of measures for river basin districts which has been implemented in consequence of Article 11(3) of Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (‘the Water Framework Directive’) , which is to be construed as if references to “Community legislation” were references to “the law as it applies in the constituent nation” and references to “Member States” were references to “The competent authority”;requirements which apply by virtue of Article 55 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, in particular any requirement which applies as a consequence of the implementation of Articles 14(1) , (2) , (4) and (5) of Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides , which are to be construed as if references to “Member States” were references to “the competent authority”.for the first sentence of paragraph 5 substitute “ Advice to forest holders shall cover, as a minimum, the relevant requirements which have been implemented as a consequence of Directives 92/43, 2009/147 and 2000/60. ”.in points (b) and (c) , for “Member States” in both places it occurs substitute “ relevant authority ”;in point (c) omit “Union”;in paragraph 2 omit the last sentence;in paragraph 3, in the fourth subparagraph omit “, as

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