The Integrated Administration and Control System (Amendment) Regulations 2004

• Citation: S.I. 2004/189
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Integrated Administration and Control System (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 23rd February 2004.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Integrated Administration and Control System Regulations 1993 .

Section 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Section 3 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “agricultural parcel”, there shall be inserted the following definition—

“application for dairy premium and additional payments” means an application for the support scheme provided for in Chapter 7 of Title IV of Council Regulation 1782/2003;

(b) in the definition of “area aid application”, there shall be inserted after the words “Council Regulation 3508/92 and” the words “that Regulation as applied by the first paragraph of Article 2 of Commission Regulation 2237/2003 and for the purposes”;

(c) after the definition of “Commission Regulation 2316/1999”, there shall be inserted the following definition—

“Commission Regulation 2237/2003” means Commission Regulation ( EC ) No 2237/2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of certain support schemes provided for in Title IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers;

(d) after the definition of “Council Regulation 1257/1999”, there shall be inserted the following definition—

“Council Regulation 1782/2003” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations ( EEC ) No 2019/93 , (EC) No 1452/2001 , (EC) No 1453/2001 , (EC) No 1454/2001 , (EC) No 1868/94 , (EC) No 1251/1999 , (EC) No 1254/1999 , (EC) No 1673/2000 , (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 ;

(e) in the definition of “specified payment”—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (f) there shall be deleted the word “or”; and

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (g) there shall be deleted the word “and” and there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—

(h) the protein crop premium provided for in Chapter 2 of Title IV of Council Regulation 1782/2003;

(i) the area payment for nuts provided for in Chapter 4 of Title IV of Council Regulation 1782/2003;

(j) the aid for energy crops provided for in Chapter 5 of Title IV of Council Regulation 1782/2003; or

(k) the dairy premium and additional payments provided for in Chapter 7 of Title IV of Council Regulation 1782/2003; and

Section 4 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In regulation 2A (definition of competent authority)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (1)(a)(i), there shall be deleted the word “and”;

(b) there shall be added after paragraph (1)(a)(ii), the following paragraph—

(iii) the authority responsible for determining an application for dairy premium and additional payments; and

(c) in paragraph (1)(b), there shall be substituted for the words “relevant application or livestock application”, the words “relevant application, livestock application, or application for dairy premium and additional payments.”; and

(d) in paragraph (2), there shall be substituted for the words “or livestock application”, the words “, livestock application or application for dairy premium and additional payments.”.

Section 5 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In regulation 2C (competent authorities for the IACS year 2001 and subsequent IACS years: general rules) —

(a) the words “or application for dairy premium and additional payments” shall be inserted as follows—

(i) in paragraph (2), after the words “a relevant application”; and

(ii) in paragraph (5), after the words “a relevant application” and after the words “livestock application”; and

(b) in paragraph (3), there shall be substituted for the words “no relevant application”, the words “neither a relevant application nor an application for dairy premium and additional payments”.

Section 6 Amendment of the principal Regulations

There shall be inserted after regulation 2E the following regulation—

Date by which applications for dairy premium and additional payments must be made

(2F) For the purposes of Article 3 of Commission Regulation 2237/2003, the last day on which an application for dairy premium and additional payments for any IACS year may be submitted to the competent authority shall be the 15th May immediately preceding the commencement of that IACS year.

Section 7 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In regulation 9 (agency arrangements), at the end of paragraph (3), there shall be added the words “and any scheme established by Title IV of Council Regulation 1782/2003.”.