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Welsh Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 3093 (W.311)
AGRICULTURE, WALES
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made
13 December 2012
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
13 December 2012
Coming into force
3 January 2013
F1By virtue of article 3 of the European Communities (Designation) (No 5) Order 2010, S.I. 2010/2690.
F21972 c. 68.Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) section 27(1)(a) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Part 1 of the Schedule.
F3Regulations revoked (1.1.2015 for specified purposes) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3223), reg. 15, Sch. 3
Title, application and commencementE+W
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales, and come into force on 3 January 2013.
Amendment of Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2010E+W
2.—(1) The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2010 F4 are amended as follows.
(2) For regulation 7 substitute—
“Voluntary modulation
7. The rates in the third column of the Schedule are the voluntary modulation referred to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 laying down rules for voluntary modulation of direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 F5 for the period 2009 to 2012 and the voluntary adjustment referred to in Article 10b of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 F6 for 2013 F7.”
(3) In the Schedule—
(a)in the table headed “For amounts up to and including £5,000” after the row relating to 2012 insert—
“2013 | 0% | 6.5% | 6.5%”; |
(b)in the table headed “For amounts over £5,000 and up to and including £300,000” after the row relating to 2012 insert—
“2013 | 10% | 1.5% | 11.5%”; and |
(c)in the table headed “For amounts over £300,000” after the row relating to 2012 insert—
“2013 | 14% | 0% | 14%”. |
F42010/1892 (W.185).
F5OJ No L 95, 5.4.2007, p 1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 1231/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 326, 8.12.2011, p 24).
F6OJ No L 30, 31.1.2009, p 16, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 671/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 204, 31.7.2012, p 11).
F7The rates in the second column, provided for the sake of completeness, are the compulsory rates of modulation provided for in Article 7 of Council Regulation 73/2009 for the period 2009 to 2012 and the adjustments provided for in Article 10a of Council Regulation 73/2009 for 2013.
Alun Davies
Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes, under authority of the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science, one of the Welsh Ministers
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1892) (W.185) (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision in Wales for the administration of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ No L 30, 31.1.2009, p 16), and other associated EU instruments, in relation to direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy.
Regulation 2 amends the principal Regulations to provide for additional modulation deductions which will be made from direct payments to farmers for 2013.
A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.