Legislation – The Payments to Farmers (Controls and Checks) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020

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Introduction

1 Title, commencement, application and interpretation

2 Modification of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 809/2014

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Explanatory note

2020 No. 531 (W. 125)
Agriculture, Wales

The Payments to Farmers (Controls and Checks) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020

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Laid before Senedd Cymru
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Article 62(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy1, make the following Regulations:
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Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No. 352/78, (EC) No. 165/94, (EC) No. 2799/98, (EC) No. 814/2000, (EC) No. 1290/2005 and (EC) No. 485/2008 (OJ No L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549). The Direct Payment to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (c. 2) provides the legal basis to continue paying direct payments to farmers for claim year 2020 (Article 137 of the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union (19 October 2019) provided that Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013 does not apply to the UK for claim year 2020). Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013 established the rules for direct payments to farmers. In so far as relating to the CAP direct payment schemes for claim year 2020, Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013, has been incorporated into domestic law by virtue of section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020. Article 62(2) of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 has been amended by regulation 7(4) of the Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90). In particular, the function in Article 62(2) has been amended so that it is exercisable by the Welsh Ministers (see Article 2(1)(k) and (m) of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 for the definitions of “relevant authority” and “appropriate authority”). There are other amendments to Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 but they are not relevant to these Regulations.