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1999 No. 3337 (W.45)

AGRICULTURE, WALES

The Tir Gofal and Organic Farming (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 1999

  Made 2 December 1999 
  Coming into force 4 December 1999 

The National Assembly for Wales, being designated[ name="n1">1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) makes the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and application
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tir Gofal and Organic Farming (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 4 December 1999.

    (2) These Regulations shall apply to Wales.

Amendment of the Land in Care Scheme (Tir Gofal) (Wales) Regulations 1999
     2.  - (1) The Land in Care Scheme (Tir Gofal) (Wales) Regulation 1999[3] shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

    (2) After sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (4) of regulation 3 there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph - 

    (3) In sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (4) of regulation 3 the word "and" after the semicolon shall be deleted and in sub-paragraph (e) of the same paragraph the words "activity; and" shall be substituted for "activity.".

    (4) After regulation 9 there shall be inserted the following regulation - 

    (5) In paragraph (b) of regulation 5, "regulations 7 and 8" shall be replaced with "regulations 7, 8, 9A and 10".

Amendment of the Organic Farming (Wales) Regulations 1999
     3.  - (1) The Organic Farming (Wales) Regulations 1999[4] shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

    (2) Sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) in paragraph (1) of regulation 6 shall be replaced with the following sub-paragraphs - 

    (3) After regulation 6 there shall be inserted the following regulation - 



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[5]


Dafydd Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer

2 December 1999



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Land in
Care Scheme (Tir Gofal) (Wales) Regulations 1999 ("the Tir Gofal Regulations") and the Organic Farming (Wales) Regulations 1999 ("the Organic Farming Regulations").

The Tir Gofal Regulations contain the provisions of an agri-environment scheme implementing in part a zonal programme approved by the European Commission under Article 7 of the Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2078/92 (OJ No. L215, 30.7.92, p.85) on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements for the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside ("the Agri-environment Regulation"). The Tir Gofal Regulations provide for payments of aid to be made to any person who enters a Tir Gofal agreement with the Countryside Council for Wales.

The Organic Farming Regulations provide for the payment of aid to farmers who undertake to introduce organic farming methods and comply with certain management conditions, pursuant to Article 2(1)(a) and (d) of the Agri-environment Regulation. The Agri-environment Regulation was repealed by Article 55(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1257/99 (OJ No. L160, 26.6.99 p.80), but, by virtue of Article 55(3) of the latter Regulation, the Agri-environment Regulation continues to apply to actions approved by the Commission before 1st January 2000.

These regulations amend the Tir Gofal Regulations to - 

These Regulations amend the Organic Farming Regulations to:


Notes:

[1] By virtue of The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1999 (S.I. No.1999/2788)back

[2] 1972 c.68. href="#n2">back

[3] S.I. No. 1999/1176.back

[4] S.I. No. 1999/2611.back

[5] 1998 c.38. href="#n5">back


Cymraeg (Welsh)



ISBN 0 11 090017 0


  Prepared 14 January 2000


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