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These Regulations implement Community legislation that requires member states to adopt legislative and administrative provisions to ensure that the Community’s financial interests in relation to expenditure on rural development are effectively protected. They, among other things, give powers of entry and inspection to persons authorized by the Secretary of State, the Forestry Commission, Natural England or a Regional Development Agency, for purposes relating to rural development commitments. They also provide for continuation of commitments in case of transfer of land to which the commitment relates.
Implements: Council Regulation (EC) No. 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations. (1999-05-17)
Implements: Council Regulation (EC) No. 1290/2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy. (2005-06-21)
Amended by: Rural Development (Enforcement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 2078 of 2010). (2010-08-15)