The former EU CAP rules generally set out both the objectives to be achieved, and the detailed rules by which that will be done. For example, the Rural Development Regulation requires each Member State to prepare a rural development programme for approval by the Commission for the purpose of co-funding from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (“EAFRD”) for the schemes adopted under the programme. 1 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/17/contents 2 The Direct Payments Regulation, the Rural Development Regulation, the Horizontal Regulation, the Common Provisions Regulation, and the CMO Regulation.