PART 3 Amendment of retained direct EU legislation

12 Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) 976/2009
1 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 976/2009 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services is amended as follows.
2 For Article 1 substitute—

“Article 1 Subject matter
This Regulation sets out the requirements for the establishment and maintenance of the Network Services provided for in regulation 7(2) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 and regulation 8(2) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and obligations related to the availability of those Services to public authorities and third parties pursuant to regulation 8 of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 and to Scottish public authorities and third parties pursuant to regulation 9 of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009.”

3 In Article 2—
(a) for “the Annex”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “ Annex 4 ”;
(b) in paragraph 5, for “Member State” substitute “appropriate authority's”;
(c) after paragraph 12, insert—

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“Appropriate authority” means—
(i) in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State;
(ii) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.”

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4 Omit Articles 4 and 5.
5 In Annex 1, in the first paragraph, for “Article 12 of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “ regulation 8 of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 9 of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 ”.
6 In Annex 2—
(a) in Part A—
(i) in the paragraph immediately before Table 1, for “Article 11(2) of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “ regulation 7(3) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(3) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 ”;
(ii) in Table 1—
(aa) in the first place where it occurs, for “provided for in Article 7(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1089/2010 (the “implementing rules”) or the INSPIRE Regulations; and for this purpose “INSPIRE Regulations” means the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009”;
(bb) in the second place where it occurs, omit “provided for in Article 7(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC”;
(b) in Part B—
(i) in each place where it occurs, omit “Member State”;
(ii) in the paragraph immediately before Table 3, for “Article 11(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “ regulation 7(2) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(2) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 ”;
(iii) in the paragraph immediately before Table 4, for “Article 12 of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “ regulation 8 of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 9 of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 ”.
7 In Annex 3—
(a) in Part A—
(i) in the paragraph immediately before Table 1, for “Article 11(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “ regulation 7(2) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(2) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 ”;
(ii) in the paragraph immediately before Table 2, for “Article 12 of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “ regulation 8 of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 9 of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 ”;
(iii) in Table 2, omit “Member State”;
(iv) in paragraph 4.1.1, omit “Member State”;
(b) in Part B, for “Annex I, point 1 of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “ paragraph 1 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No. 1205/2008 ”.
8 In Annex 4, in Part A—
(a) in the paragraph immediately before Table 1, for “Article 11(1)(c) of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “ regulation 7(2)(c) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(2)(c) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 ”;
(b) in Table 1, omit “Member State's”;
(c) in paragraph 5, omit “Member State's”;
(d) in paragraph 5.1.1, omit “Member State”.
9 In Annex 5—
(a) in the paragraph immediately before Table 1, for “Article 11(1)(d) of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “ regulation 7(2)(d) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(2)(d) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 ”;
(b) in Table 1, omit “Member State's”;
(c) in paragraph 4.1.1, omit “Member State's”.
Reg. 12 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1