The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 740

PART 2 U.K. Amendment of retained direct EU legislation

Commission Regulation (EU) No 517/2011 U.K.

8.—(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 517/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a Union target for the reduction of the prevalence of certain Salmonella serotypes in laying hens of Gallus gallus is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a) omit “Union” in each place it occurs;

(b) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the first subparagraph, in point (b), for the words from “for” to “laying hens”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “ if there are fewer than 50 flocks of adult laying hens in the constituent territory ”;

(ii) in the second subparagraph, omit the second sentence.

(3) After Article 1 insert—

“Article 1A U.K. Definition of constituent territory

In this Regulation, ‘constituent territory’ [F1 means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be].”.

(4) Omit Articles 2 and 6.

(5) After Article 6, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States”.

(6) In the Annex—

(a) in the heading, omit “Union”;

(b) in point 1, omit “national”;

(c) in point 2.1(c), omit the words from “any case” to “or”;

(d) in point 2.2.2, in the third paragraph, omit “Union”;

(e) in point 3.2, for the first paragraph substitute—

“The detection of Salmonella must be carried out according to ISO 6579-1, as it has effect for the time being.”;

(f) in point 3.4, for the words from “in accordance with” to the end, substitute “ in accordance with ISO 16140-2, as it has effect for the time being ”;

(g) in point 3.5, for “Article 2 of Commission Decision 2007/407/EC”, substitute “ Commission Implementing Decision 2013/652/EC ”;

(h) in point 4.1, in the words before point (a), omit “Union”;

(i) omit point 4.3.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 8(3) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture, Animals, and Marketing of Seed, Plant and Propagating Material (Legislative Functions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1463), regs. 1(2)(a), 7(5)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 8 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1