Support for farmers, the rural economy, rural communities and for the marketing etc. of agricultural products is currently provided in and under the former EU Common Agricultural Policy rules for the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) for 2014 to 2020. 14. To ensure that CAP payments and schemes continued to operate effectively, in the interests of a publicly committed period of stability and simplicity after the UK withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020, the Scottish Parliament enacted the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (the 2020 Act). 15.