TITLE I

COMMON PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I

Subject matter, scope and objectives

Subject matter and scope
Article 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Objectives
Article 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER II

Forms of financing and general financial provisions

Forms of financing
Article 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Budget
Article 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Maximum rates of grants
Article 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TITLE II

FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I

Animal health
Section 1

Emergency Measures

Eligible measures
Article 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

List of animal diseases
Article 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eligible costs
Article 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 2

Programmes for the eradication, control and surveillance of animal diseases and zoonoses

Eligible programmes
Article 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

List of animal diseases and zoonoses
Article 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eligible costs
Article 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Content and submission of the national programmes
Article 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Evaluation and approval of the national programmes
Article 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reporting
Article 14
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In addition, for each approved annual national programme, Member States shall submit to the Commission, by 31 August each year, an intermediate financial report.

Payments
Article 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER II

Plant health
Section 1

Emergency measures

Eligible measures
Article 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conditions
Article 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eligible costs
Article 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 2

Survey programmes concerning the presence of pests

Eligible survey programmes
Article 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eligible costs
Article 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Content and submission of the survey programmes
Article 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Evaluation and approval of the survey programmes
Article 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reporting
Article 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Payments
Article 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 3

Programmes concerning the control of pests in outermost regions of the Union

Eligible measures and eligible costs
Article 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Content and submission of the programmes for the outermost regions
Article 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Evaluation and approval of the programmes for the outermost regions
Article 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reporting
Article 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Payments
Article 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER III

Financial support to official controls and other activities

European Union reference laboratories and centres
Article 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Accreditation of national reference laboratories for plant health
Article 30a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Training
Article 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Experts from the Member States
Article 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Coordinated control plans and data collection
Article 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER IV

Other measures

Information systems
Article 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Implementation and adaptation of the rules
Article 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TITLE III

PROGRAMMING, IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTROL

Work programmes and financial contributions
Article 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

On-the-spot checks by the Commission
Article 37
The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers, may organise joint on-the-spot checks with the EU Commission in Great Britain at the premises of any beneficiary of EU expenditure incurred or committed before IP completion day, with a view to verifying in particular:
1. the effective implementation of the measures benefitting from the EU financial contribution;
2. the compliance of administrative practices with EU rules;
3. the existence of the requisite supporting documents and their correlation with the measures benefitting from an EU contribution.

Access to information
Article 38
The Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Scottish and Welsh Ministers and beneficiaries shall make available to the EU Commission all information necessary for verifying the implementation of the measures and shall take all appropriate measures to facilitate the checks which the EU Commission deems to be appropriate in connection with the management of European Union financing, including on-the-spot checks.

Protection of the EU's and the United Kingdom's financial interests
Article 39
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This Article only applies for so long as checks are required in respect of EU funds that have been granted or committed to the UK or UK beneficiaries before exit day in order for appropriate measures (including effective checks) to be taken either by the EU Commission or by the Secretary of State, the Scottish and the Welsh Ministers to prevent fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, and in order that, where irregularities are detected, the EU Commission is assisted with the recovery of the amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, effective and proportionate action is taken against the beneficiaries where fraud, corruption or illegal activity is revealed.
2
The EU Commission, or its representatives, and the EU Court of Auditors retain the power of audit, on the basis of documents and on-the-spot checks, over all grant beneficiaries, implementing bodies, contractors and subcontractors who have received EU funds granted or committed before exit day under this Regulation.
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may be authorised to carry out reasonable on-the-spot checks and inspections on economic operators suspected of defrauding the EU following receipt directly or indirectly of EU funding in accordance with the procedures laid down in Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the EU in connection with a grant agreement or decision or a contract concerning EU funding.
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TITLE IV

GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Exercise of the delegation
Article 40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Committee procedure
Article 41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Evaluation
Article 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Information, communication and publicity
Article 43
Where appropriate, beneficiaries and the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, Welsh Ministers and (in Northern Ireland) the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs must ensure that suitable publicity is given to financial contributions granted by the EU.

Repeals
Article 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transitional provisions
Article 45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment of Directive 98/56/EC
Article 46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment of Directive 2000/29/EC
Article 47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004
Article 49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005
Article 50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment of Directive 2008/90/EC
Article 51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment of Directive 2009/128/EC
Article 52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
Article 53. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Entry into force and application
Article 54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof and amending Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, Council Directives 89/608/EEC and 90/425/EEC and repealing certain acts in the area of animal breeding (‘Animal Breeding Regulation’) (Text with EEA relevance).
Arts. 1-36 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Arts. 40-42 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Arts. 44-54 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 37 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(3)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 25(14)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 37(a)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 37(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 38 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(4)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 25(14)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 38 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 38 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(4)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 39 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 39(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(5)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 25(14)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 39(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(5)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 39 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(5)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 43 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Arts. 44-54 (including binding words) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)