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The Rural Support (Simplification and Improvement) (Data Publication) (Scotland) Regulations 2025

S.S.I. 2025/274 · Made 24 September 2025

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AGRICULTURE

Made 24th September 2025

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 26th September 2025

Coming into force 1st January 2026

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020f1, and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2020 asp 17; section 2 was amended by section 22 of the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11) (“the 2024 Act”). The power in section 2 was due to sunset on 7 May 2026 (as previously provided for in section 5) but section 5 was repealed by section 25 of the 2024 Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Modification of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
  3. 3Modification of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Rural Support (Simplification and Improvement) (Data Publication) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 1 January 2026.

2Modification of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policyf1 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

In Article 111(1) (Publication of beneficiaries) omit the final unnumbered subparagraph.

3Modification of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014

(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 of 6 August 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, rules on checks, securities and transparencyf1 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In Article 4(1) (Relevant authorities acting jointly) omit point (ii).

(3)

For Article 59 (Form and date of publication) substitute—

“Article 59

Form and date of publication

The information referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 111 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be published by 30 June each year for the preceding financial year and shall remain available for two years from the date of their initial publication.”.

(4)

Omit Article 62 (The Single Website).

Signature

JIM FAIRLIE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

24th September 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations simplify and improve the operation of CAP legislation by amending the requirements for publication of the CAP beneficiaries by no longer requiring this to be done on a single UK website.

Regulation 2 modifies Article 111 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 by removing the requirement for the data to be made available for two years on a single website for the United Kingdom.

Regulation 3 is consequential upon the change made by regulation 2 and modifies Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 by removing the references to the single UK website. Regulation 3 also confirms a new annual publication date.

A Data Protection Impact Assessment and a Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment have been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.