The Common Agricultural Policy (Rules for Direct Payments) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Chapter 5 (coupled support)

8.—(1) In Article 52—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “shall be defined by the Member States” substitute “are the regions defined by the relevant authority prior to exit day, ”;

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

(2) In Article 53—

(a) in paragraph 1, for the words from “Member States” to “in compliance” substitute “The eligibility criteria for coupled support measures means the criteria defined by the relevant authority”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the first subparagraph, for “fixed by the Member States” substitute “jointly agreed by the relevant authorities for each constituent nation”;

(ii) in the third subparagraph, for “Member States may decide” substitute “the relevant authority may decide, prior to exit day,”;

(c) omit paragraph 3;

(d) in paragraph 4—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) omit the words from “Member States” to “support”;

(bb) after “respectively” insert “shall apply”;

(ii) omit the second and third subparagraphs;

(e) in paragraph 5—

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

(ii) omit the last sentence.

(3) In Article 53a—

(a) in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1—

(i) for the words from “Member States” to “this Regulation” substitute “the relevant authority may decide, if jointly agreed by the relevant authorities for each constituent nation, to use the amounts fixed in accordance with Article 53 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013”;

(ii) for “Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013” substitute “that Regulation”;

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

(c) in paragraph 6, for “competent authority of the Member State” substitute “relevant authority”.

(4) In Article 54—

(a) in paragraph 1, omit “Union”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “Member States”, in both places it occurs, substitute “The relevant authority”;

(ii) in point (a), omit “Union”;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) omit “Union”;

(ii) for “Member States” substitute “the relevant authority”.

(5) Omit Articles 55 to 61.