
2012 No. 3027
Agriculture, England
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made 3rd December 2012
Laid before Parliament 7th December 2012
Coming into force 1st January 2013
The Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union and makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.
Citation and commencement
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st January 2013.
Amendment of the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes Regulations 2010
2 

(1) The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes Regulations 2010 are amended as follows.
(2) For regulation 8 substitute—“
Additional modulation
8. 
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 for the period 2009 to 2012 and the voluntary adjustment referred to in Article 10b of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 for 2013.”.
(3) In the Schedule—
(a) in the table headed “Amounts up to and including €5,000” after the row relating to 2012 insert—“
2013 0% 14% 14%”;
(b) in the table headed “Amounts over €5,000 and up to and including €300,000” after the row relating to 2012 insert—“
2013 10% 9% 19%” ; and
(c) in the table headed “Amounts over €300,000” after the row relating to 2012 insert—“
2013 14% 5% 19%”.
Revocation
3 
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Reductions from Payments) (England) Regulations 2006 are revoked.
David Heath
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
3rd December 2012