http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/1368/chapter/1Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1368 of 6 August 2015 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to aid in the apiculture sectorCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1368Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1368 of 6 August 2015 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to aid in the apiculture sectorKing's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32015R1368texttext/xmlen2025-02-13Expert Participation2020-12-31 CHAPTER 1<Strong>INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS</Strong>Subject matterArticle 1This Regulation lays down the implementing rules governing ... aid for the ... programmes for the apiculture sector as referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (‘apiculture programmes’).<Addition ChangeId="key-1c854cd78273e9f45894810ba1ea374e-1738847942946" CommentaryRef="key-1c854cd78273e9f45894810ba1ea374e">Appropriate authority and constituent nation</Addition>Article 1AFor the purposes of this Regulation:a‘appropriate authority’ means:iin relation to:aaEngland, the Secretary of State;bbWales, the Welsh Ministers;ccScotland, the Scottish Ministers;ddNorthern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs; oriithe Secretary of State:aain relation to Scotland, if consent is given by the Scottish Ministers;bbin relation to Northern Ireland, if consent is given by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;b‘constituent nation’ means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be.Apiculture yearArticle 2For the purposes of the apiculture programmes, the ‘apiculture year’ shall mean the period of 12 consecutive months from 1 August until 31 July.Art. 1A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 10(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Word in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 10(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Word in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 10(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)