Paragraph 8

Article 10 applies as if—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

in point (a), for the third paragraph, there were substituted—

“The start of the permit granting process is the date of signature by the competent authority of an acknowledgement of the project promoter’s notification of the project, or, if the United Kingdom and one or more member States are concerned, the date of signature of an acknowledgement by the last of the competent authorities concerned.”;

(ii)

in point (b)—

(aa)

at the end of the first sentence, there were inserted “or any shorter period specified by legislation”; and

(bb)

the second sentence were omitted;

(b)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

in the first subparagraph, for the second sentence there were substituted—

“However, where the competent authority considers that the statutory permit granting procedure will not be completed before the time limit in paragraph 1(b), it may decide, before its expiry and on a case by case basis, to extend that time limit by a maximum of nine months.”;

(ii)

the second subparagraph were omitted;

(c)

in paragraph 3, for “In Member States where” there were substituted “Where”;

(d)

paragraphs 4 and 5 were omitted; and

(e)

in paragraph 6, for “Union law” there were substituted “retained EU law”.