# Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, Article 3: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions concerning certain sectors as set out in Annex II shall apply.
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3. The definitions set out in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
4. In order to take into account the specific characteristics of the rice sector, the appropriate authority may make regulations amending the definitions concerning the rice sector set out in Part I of Annex II to the extent necessary to update the definitions in the light of market developments.
5. For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a) "less developed regions" means those regions defined as such in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(b) "adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster" means weather conditions such as frost, hail, ice, rain or drought which destroy more than 30 % of the average annual production of a given farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry.
(c) ‘appropriate authority’ means:
(i) subject to point (ii), in relation to:
(aa) England, the Secretary of State;
(bb) Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(cc) Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(dd) Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs or the Department of Health, as the case may be; or
(ii) the Secretary of State:
(zaa) in relation to regulations made under Articles 122, 123, 166(b), 174(1) or 223, where the subject matter is outside devolved competence;
(aa) in relation to Wales, other than in relation to Articles 10, 16 , 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 126 , 55 and 225 and Annexes 4 and 10, if consent is given by the Welsh Ministers;
(bb) in relation to Scotland, if consent is given by the Scottish Ministers;
(cc) in relation to Northern Ireland, if consent is given by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs or the Department of Health, as the case may be.
(d) ‘constituent nation’ means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be.
(e) ‘relevant authority’ means:
(i) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(ii) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(iii) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(iv) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.
(f) a reference to another country or other countries is to be read as including the British Overseas Territories.
(6.) For the purposes of this Regulation, a matter is outside devolved competence if it would be outside the legislative competence of:
(a) in relation to Wales, the National Assembly for Wales if it were included in an Act of the Assembly (see section 108A of the Government of Wales Act 2006);
(b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Parliament if it were included in an Act of the Parliament (see section 29 of the Scotland Act 1998);
(c) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Assembly if it were included in an Act of the Assembly (see section 6 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998).
(7.) For the purposes of this Regulation, any reference to “CN code” shall be read as a reference to the relevant Commodity Code in accordance with the customs tariff, as established by section 8(1) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.

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