2020 No. 477

Agriculture

The Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

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 policy, and makes these Regulations under the powers conferred by that section and under the powers conferred by Article 78(b) of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy (“CAP”) direct payment schemes2.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 15th May 2020.

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

1

Regulation 5 of the Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 20143 (applications) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (1)—

a

for “Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/701” substitute “Commission Implementing Regulation 2020/501 (insofar as it applies in relation to rural development aid applications and payment claims)”;

b

for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

a

if the relevant claim year is 2020, 15th June;

3

In paragraph (2)—

a

omit the definition of “Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/701”;

b

at the end, add—

  • “Commission Implementing Regulation 2020/501” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/501 of 6 April 2020 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 2020.

Victoria PrentisParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment 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). They provide for the deadline for applications for direct payments and rural development aid applications and payment claims for claim year 2020 to be 15th June 2020 instead of 15th May 2020, in consideration of the situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The amendments, insofar as they apply to rural development payment claims and aid applications, are made in reliance on Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/501 of 6 April 2020 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 2020 (OJ No. L 109, 7.4.2020, p8).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument because there are no additional costs to businesses, charities, voluntary bodies or the public sector.