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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for the implementation in the United Kingdom of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1612 providing aid for milk production reduction (OJ No L 242, 9.9.2016, p 4) (“Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1612”) by amending the Single Common Market Organisation (Emergency Aid for Milk Producers) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1896).

Regulation 4 provides that any payments made in excess of any milk reduction payment due to a person under Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1612 may be recovered on demand as a debt.

Regulation 5 provides for the set-off of any debts incurred under this instrument or under Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1612 against rural development payments or direct payments payable; and any payments due under this instrument or under Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1612 may be set off against any recoverable Common Agricultural Policy payments.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.