The Pesticides (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

7.—(1) The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 3(4)(c)(ii)(bb) substitute—

“(bb) at the end, insert—

“, and for these purposes Directive 2009/128/EC is to be read as if—

(i) Article 3(10)(b) were omitted;

(ii) in Article 14—

• obligations on Member States were obligations on the competent authorities;

• paragraph 3 were omitted.”;”.

(3) In Schedule 1—

(a) in Part 2—

(i) in paragraph 3(6)(b)(i), for “1st January 2020” substitute “the date eight months after the day on which exit day falls”;

(ii) omit paragraph 4(2)(e) and (3)(a)(v);

(iii) in paragraph 6(3)(b)(i), for “1st January 2020” substitute “the date eight months after the day on which exit day falls”;

(b) in Part 4, in paragraph 11(2), for “1st April 2019” substitute “the day after the day on which exit day falls”.