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**Diben yr Offeryn** 


1. Diben yr Offeryn hwn yw sicrhau nad yw’r Deyrnas Unedig yn mynd yn groes i’w hymrwymiadau o dan y Cytundeb Amaeth â Sefydliad Masnach y Byd (“WTO”) mewn perthynas â chymorth domestig.


2. Mae Rhan 6 o Ddeddf Amaeth 2020 yn rhoi pwerau gwneud rheoliadau i’r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol i sicrhau bod y DU yn parhau i gydymffurfio â’i hymrwymiadau o dan Gytundeb Amaeth y WTO o ran categoreiddio cymorth domestig a rhoi rhybuddion, a’i hymrwymiad i leihau cymorthdaliadau all lurgunio’r farchnad.


Mae’r Offeryn hwn yn darparu fel a ganlyn:


3. Mae Rheoliad 4(2\) yn pennu pa ganran o Fesur Cyfanredol o Gymorth y DU (“AMS”) y caiff pob gweinyddiaeth ei ddefnyddio.  Yr AMS yw cyfanswm y cymorth y caiff gwlad sy’n aelod o’r WTO ei roi.  Mae’r terfynau wedi’u creu i sicrhau bod y DU yn cydymffurfio â’i hymrwymiad o ran yr AMS ac nad oes cyfyngiadau ar y dewis o bolisi.


4. Y symiau a nodir yn rheoliad 4(2\) yw terfynau AMS pob un o wledydd y DU ac nid ydynt yn cynnwys unrhyw wariant o’r ‘gronfa’.  Y ‘gronfa’ yw’r gwahaniaeth rhwng cyfanswm y symiau yn rheoliad 4(2\) a chyfanswm y cymorth blwch Melyn y caiff y DU ei roi o dan y Cytundeb Amaeth.  Disgwylir y bydd y gronfa’n caniatáu ar gyfer mesurau argyfwng y blwch Melyn, a dibenion penodol erail fel ag a geir yn rheoliad 4(3\).


5. O dan reoliad 5, pan fydd gweinyddiaeth am gyflwyno cynllun cymorth newydd neu newid cynllun cymorth, rhaid iddi roi rhybudd i’r gweinyddiaethau eraill.  Bydd proses ‘garlam’ ar gael pan na fydd newid cynllun yn golygu newid categori’r cynllun.


6. Mae rheoliad 5 yn nodi’r broses i awdurdod y cynnig roi gwybod am gynllun cymorth newydd neu ddiwygiedig. O dan reoliad 5(6\), mae gofyn i weinyddiaeth y cynnig awgrymu categori ar gyfer y cynllun (blwch Gwyrdd, Glas neu Felyn) a rhoi tystiolaeth i gefnogi’r dewis o gategori.


7. Mae rheoliad 6 yn nodi’r broses ar gyfer penderfynu ar gategori cynllun ac mae’n cynnwys proses ar gyfer herio’r categori a gynigir ar gyfer cynllun cymorth domestig newydd neu ddiwygiedig.


8. O dan reoliad 7, ni chaniateir mabwysiadu cynllun newydd neu ddiwygiedig os gallai hynny arwain at dorri terfyn AMS y weinyddiaeth a bennir yn adran 4(2\).


9. Er mwyn cydymffurfio â’i hymrwymiadau i’r WTO, mae gofyn i Lywodraeth y DU hysbysu’r WTO am ei chymorth domestig bob blwyddyn.  Mae rheoliad 8 yn nodi’r wybodaeth y bydd gofyn i bob gweinyddiaeth ei darparu er mwyn i Lywodraeth y DU allu cyflawni’r ymrwymiadau hyn.


10. Mae rheoliad 9 yn darparu bod yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol yn gofyn i’r gweinyddiaethau am ragor o wybodaeth o ran y rhybuddion sy’n ofynnol o dan y Cytundeb Amaeth neu o ran anghydfodau â llofnodwyr eraill  y Cytundeb.


Mae’r Offeryn a’i Femorandwm Esboniadol sy’n nodi’r manylion ar gael yma:


 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348214987/introduction


**Unrhyw effaith y gallai’r OS ei chael ar gymhwysedd deddfwriaethol Senedd Cymru a/neu gymhwysedd gweithredol Gweinidogion Cymru**


**Pam y cafodd cydsyniad ei roi?**


11. Gan ddilyn yr egwyddorion yn y Cytundeb Rhynglywodraethol, cafodd Cytundeb Dwyochrol ei wneud rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru a Llywodraeth y DU.  Roedd y Cytundeb yn gofyn i Lywodraeth y DU ymgynghori â’r Gweinyddiaethau Datganoledig a cheisio’u cytundeb cyn bwrw ymlaen â gwneud rheoliadau at bwrpas sicrhau bod y Deyrnas Unedig yn cydymffurfio â’i hymrwymiadau o dan y Cytundeb Amaeth.


12. Mae’r darpariaethau y gellid eu gwneud yn cynnwys gosod terfynau ar faint o gymorth domestig a ddarperir yn y Deyrnas Unedig a’r prosesau i’r awdurdodau priodol benderfynu sut y dylid categoreiddio gwahanol fathau o gymorth domestig.


13. Mae’r Cytundeb Dwyochrol yn nodi mecanwaith cadarn a thryloyw ar gyfer datrys anghydfodau y gall Gweinidogion Cymru fod ynghlwm wrthynt wrth wneud a gweithredu’r Offeryn.


 







Translation:


 
**Purpose of the instrument**


1. The purpose of this Instrument is to ensure the UK does not breach its obligations under the World Trade Organisation (“WTO”) Agreement on Agriculture (“AoA”) in relation to domestic support.


2. Part 6 of the Agriculture Act 2020 provides the Secretary of State with regulation making powers to ensure continued compliance by the UK with its obligations under the WTO AoA in relation to classification and notification of domestic support, and its commitment to reduce its trade\-distorting subsidies.


This Instrument provides as follows:


3. Regulation 4(2\) sets the percentage of the UK Aggregate Measurement of Support (“AMS”) each administration can use. The AMS is the total amount of support a WTO Member State can give.  The limits are designed to safeguard compliance with the overall UK AMS commitment and ensure policy choices are not constrained.


4. The amounts set out in regulation 4(2\) are AMS limits in each part of the UK does not include any spending from ‘the reserve’. The reserve is the difference between the sum of the amounts set out in regulation 4(2\) and the total amount of Amber box support allowable to the UK under the AoA. It is expected the reserve will cover Amber box crisis\-measures, and other specific purposes as set out in regulation 4(3\).


5. Under regulation 5, when an administration intends to introduce a new support scheme, or to amend an existing support scheme, they must give notice to the other administrations. A ‘fast track’ process will be used for amended schemes which do not change the current scheme classification.


6. Regulation 5 sets out the process for a proposing authority to notify a new or amended support scheme. Under regulation 5(6\), the proposing administration is required to propose a classification for the scheme (Green, Blue or Amber box) and provide evidence in support of the classification.


7. Regulation 6 sets out the process for determining the classification of a scheme and includes a process for challenging the proposed classification of a new or amended domestic support scheme.


8. Under regulation 7, new or amended schemes cannot be adopted if they would lead to a breach of an administration’s AMS ceiling as set out in section 4(2\).


9. In order to comply with WTO obligations, the UK Government is required to notify to the WTO use of domestic support on an annual basis. Regulation 8 sets out the information required from administrations to allow the UK Government to meet these obligations.


10. Regulation 9 makes provision for the Secretary of State to request further information from administrations in relation to notifications required under the AoA, or in relation to disputes with other signatories to that Agreement.


The Instrument and accompanying Explanatory Memorandum, setting out the detail is available here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348214987/introduction


**Any impact the SI may have on the Senedd’s legislative competence and/or the Welsh Ministers’ executive competence**


**Why consent was given?**


11. Guided by the principles set out in the Inter\-governmental Agreement, a Bilateral Agreement was made between the Welsh Government and UK Government.  The Agreement required the UK Government to consult the Devolved Administrations and to seek to proceed by agreement before making regulations for the purpose of securing compliance with obligations of the United Kingdom under the Agreement on Agriculture.


12. Provisions which may be made include limits on the amount of domestic support provided in the United Kingdom and processes for the appropriate authorities to decide how different types of domestic support should be classified.


13. The Bilateral Agreement sets out a robust and transparent mechanism for dispute resolution involving the Welsh Ministers on the making and operation of the Instrument.