2017 No. 655
Agriculture, England

The Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2017

Made
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)
To be laid before Parliament
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 in relation to the common agricultural policy2, and makes these Regulations under the powers conferred by that section.

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 13th May 2017.

(2)

They extend to England and Wales only.

Amendment of the Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 20142.

In regulation 5(1) of the Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014 (applications)3, after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

if the relevant claim year is 2017 and the document being submitted is a payment claim relating to a commitment which takes effect from 1st January 2017 (inclusive of that date), 15th June,”

Andrea Leadsom
Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3263) (“the Control Regulations”) in reliance on the derogation provided for in Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/807 derogating from Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards the final date of submission of the single application, aid applications or payment claims, the final date for notification of amendments to the single application or payment claim and the final date for applications for allocation of payment entitlements or the increase of the value of payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme for the year 2017 (OJ No L 121, 12.5.2017, p. 35).

Regulation 2 amends regulation 5 of the Control Regulations (applications) to change the final date, in 2017, for submitting a rural development payment claim relating to a commitment which takes effect from 1st January 2017.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.