The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Made: 7th November 2007

Laid before Parliament: 9th November 2007

Coming into force: 1st December 2007

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SCHEDULE

Signed

Jeff Rooker — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 7th November 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes Regulations 2005 (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations make provision in England for the administration of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 (OJ No. L 270, 21.10.2003, p.1) (“the principal Council Regulation”), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 795/2004 (OJ No. L 141, 30.4.2004, p.1), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 796/2004 (OJ No. L 141, 30.4.2004, p.18) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1973/2004 (OJ No. L 345, 20.11.2004, p.1) in relation to establishing a system of direct support schemes (including the Single Payment Scheme) which was introduced under the Common Agricultural Policy in 2005.

These Regulations revise regulation 2 (interpretation) of the principal Regulations.

Regulation 4 of these Regulations inserts regulation 7A in the principal Regulations, which provides for criteria for calculating the farmer’s reference amount in relation to sugar beet pursuant to Article 37(1), third indent, and paragraph 1, point K, Annex VII to the principal Council Regulation (both of which were inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No. 319/2006 (OJ No. L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 32)). Regulation 5 inserts paragraph (1A) in regulation 8 of the principal Regulations to reflect the additional funding available as set out in the tables in point K in Annex VII of the principal Council Regulation (“the sugar funding”).

Regulation 6 amends regulation 11 of the principal Regulations in relation to voluntary modulation pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No. 378/2007 (OJ No. L 95, 5.4.2007, p. 1).

Regulation 7 substitutes a new Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, with a new table to be added as “Part A” to that Schedule.

An impact assessment on the options for incorporation of the income support payments arising from the reform of the EU Sugar Regime into the Single Payment Scheme is available from the Defra Information Resource Centre, Lower Ground Floor, Ergon House, c/o Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR. An impact assessment in respect of the amendments to the arrangements for voluntary modulation is also available from the Defra Information Resource Centre, or at http://www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/pdfs/rdp07_13/vmia.pdf.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: SI 1972/1811.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68; the function of the Minister of Agriculture of making regulations under section 2(2) was transferred to the Secretary of State by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).

[^f00003]: Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).

[^f00004]: SI 2005/219; relevant amending instruments are SI 2006/239 and 301.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L141, 30.4.2004, p.1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2007 (OJ No. L 141, 2.6.2007, p. 31).

[^f00006]: OJ No. L 141, 30.4.2004, p. 18, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 972/2007 (OJ No. L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 3).

[^f00007]: OJ No. L 345, 20.11.2004, p. 1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 993/2007 (OJ No. L 222, 28.8.2007, p. 10).

[^f00008]: OJ No. L 270, 21.10.2003, p.1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 552/2007 (OJ No. L 131, 23.5.2007, p. 10).

[^f00009]: SI 2005/218.

[^f00010]: OJ No. L 58, 28.2.2006, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 247/2007, OJ No. L69, 9.3.2007, p. 3.

[^f00011]: British Sugar is a public limited company trading as British Sugar plc; it was previously the British Sugar Corporation Limited, created pursuant to section 3 of the Sugar Industry (Reorganisation) Act 1936 (c. 18).

[^f00012]: OJ No. L277, 21.10.2005, p. 1, last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2006 (OJ No. L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 8).

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Editorial notes

[^key-5c72c68a191ea93a1b4775ac164a097e]: Regulations revoked (1.12.2009) by The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3102), regs. 1, 9(f)