The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Scotland) Regulations 2017

2.—(1) The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Scotland) Regulations 2017(1) is amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 23 (transitional provisions), insert—

“23ZA.    Transitional provisions for supplier’s documents affixed to CAC material

(1) This regulation applies where CAC material—

(a) has affixed to it, in the form of a label, a supplier’s document in a colour other than yellow, and

(b) such supplier’s document was in use before 1 April 2020.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph 6A of Part 2 (supplier’s documents for CAC material) of schedule 5 (official labels, supplier’s documents and accompanying documents), a supplier may market in Scotland CAC material described in paragraph (1).

(3) A supplier who markets CAC material described in paragraph (1) must ensure that the supplier’s document states that it is marketed in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Implementing Directive 2019/1813(2).

(4) This regulation ceases to have effect on 30 June 2021.”.

(3) In schedule 5 (official labels, supplier’s documents and accompanying documents)—

(a) in Part 1 (official labels), in paragraphs 1 and 3, omit “, if a coloured label is used,”,

(b) in Part 2 (supplier’s documents for CAC material)—

(i) in paragraph 6(b), omit heads (vii) and (viii),

(ii) after paragraph 6, insert—

“6A.   Where it is affixed to the CAC material in the form of a label, the supplier’s document must be yellow.”,

(iii) in paragraph (7), for “easily” substitute “clearly”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2017/177, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. S.S.I. 2017/177 is also prospectively amended by S.S.I. 2019/59.

(2)

OJ L 278, 30.10.2019, p.7.