The Official Controls for Feed, Food and Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009

3.  The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009(1) are amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 2, in paragraph (1), insert ““third country” means a country or state other than the United Kingdom”;

(b) in regulation 4—

(i) in paragraph (1), for “member States” substitute “the Secretary of State”;

(ii) in paragraph (4), for “EU legislation”, substitute “retained EU law”;

(c) in regulation 5, in paragraph (1), for “member States”, substitute “the Secretary of State”;

(d) omit regulations 14, 15 and 16;

(e) in regulation 17—

(i) omit paragraph (3);

(ii) in paragraph (5), omit subparagraphs (a) and (b);

(f) in regulation 19—

(i) in subparagraph (1)(a), omit “14, 15 or”;

(ii) in subparagraph (1)(b), omit “14, 15 or”;

(g) in regulation 20(2), omit “or regulation 16”;

(h) in regulation 22, omit ““the relevant territories” means the territories referred to in Annex I to Regulation 882/2004”;

(i) in regulation 28(1), omit (b) and (d);

(j) omit regulation 44;

(k) in Schedule 4—

(i) in the first entry in Column 2 of the Table, omit the reference to the following provisions of Regulation No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules—

(aa) Article 19(3);

(bb) Article 34;

(cc) Article 35(3) and (4);

(dd) Article 36;

(ee) Article 37(1);

(ff) Articles 38 and 39;

(gg) Article 40(2) and (4);

(hh) Article 52(1);

(ii) in the second entry in Column 2 of the Table, omit the reference to the following provisions of Regulation No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules—

(aa) Article 34;

(bb) Article 35(3);

(cc) Articles 36;

(dd) Article 37(1);

(ee) Articles 38 and 39;

(ff) Article 40(2) and (4);

(l) in Schedule 5—

(i) in the first entry in Column 2 of the Table, omit the reference to the following provisions of Regulation No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules—

(aa) Article 19(3);

(bb) Article 34;

(cc) Article 35(3) and (4);

(dd) Article 36;

(ee) Article 37(1);

(ff) Articles 38 and 39;

(gg) Article 40(2) and (4);

(hh) Article 52(1);

(ii) in the second entry in Column 2 of the Table, omit the reference to the following provisions of Regulation No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules—

(aa) Article 34;

(bb) Article 35(3);

(cc) Article 36;

(dd) Article 37(1);

(ee) Article 38 and 39;

(ff) Article 40(2) and (4);

(m) in Schedule 6, for the first entry in Column 2 of the Table, substitute—

“Requirement that feed and food business operators or their representatives give adequate prior notification of the estimated date and time of physical arrival of the consignment at the designated point of entry and of the nature of the consignment in the manner indicated in that Article (common entry document to be completed and transmitted at least one working day in advance) and Article 7 (common entry document to be drawn up in English, or in English and Welsh).”.

(1)

S.I. 2009/3255, amended by S.I. 2010/2280, S.I. 2010/2503, S.I. 2011/136, S.I. 2013/264, S.I. 2013/2996, S.I. 2014/2748, S.I. 2015/454, and S.I. 2018/731.