The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs

51.—(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1, for “territory or parts of the territory of certain Member States”, substitute “United Kingdom”.

(3) In Article 2—

(a) for the heading, substitute “Categorisation of the United Kingdom in view of its eligibility for preventive health measures”;

(b) omit paragraphs 1 and 2;

(c) for paragraph 3, substitute—

“3.   Wild definitive host animals likely to harbour the Echinococcus multilocularis parasite are present in the United Kingdom, but occurrence of the infection with this parasite has not been recorded in those animals. The United Kingdom has declared itself, in accordance with the procedures for self-declaration set out in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health, free from Echinococcus multilocularis infection in wild definitive host animals, and rules are in place for Echinococcus multilocularis infection in wild definitive host animals to be compulsorily notifiable under national law.;”;

(d) omit paragraph 4.

(4) Omit Article 3.

(5) In Article 4—

(a) omit paragraph 1;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the words before point (a), for the words from the beginning to “territory” substitute “The appropriate authority”,

(ii) in point (a)—

(aa) for “they have”, substitute “it has”,

(bb) omit “under national law”,

(iii) in point (b), for “they have”, substitute “it has”,

(iv) in point (c), for “they implement”, substitute “it implements”,

(v) omit points (d) and (e);

(c) omit paragraphs 3 and 4.

(6) In Article 5—

(a) omit paragraph 1;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the words before point (a)—

(aa) for the words from the beginning to “Article 2(3) are”, substitute “The appropriate authority is”,

(bb) for “their territory or into parts of their territory”, substitute “its constituent nation”,

(ii) omit point (c) and the “; or” before it;

(c) omit paragraphs 3 and 4.

(7) In Article 6—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “territory or into the parts of the territory of a Member State referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation”, substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “territory or into parts of the territory of such Member State”, substitute “United Kingdom”;

(c) in paragraph 3(b)(i), for “Article 5 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council”, substitute “regulation 4 of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013(1)”;

(d) in paragraph 4—

(i) in point (a)—

(aa) in the words before point (i), for the words from “passport” to the end, substitute “pet travel document or passport laid down in accordance with the model”,

(bb) for point (i), substitute—

“(i) made available or published by the appropriate authority, in such manner as appears to the appropriate authority to be appropriate from time to time, or set out in Part 1 of Annex 3 to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 as it has effect in European Union law, as amended from time to time, in the case of non-commercial movements of dogs into the United Kingdom from a Member State or entry into the United Kingdom after movement to or transit through a territory or a third country other than a Member State, from the United Kingdom, in accordance with point (b) of Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013; or”,

(cc) for point (ii), substitute—

“(ii) set out in Part 3 of Annex 3 to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 as it has effect in European Union law, as amended from time to time, in the case of non-commercial movements of dogs into the United Kingdom from a territory or third country listed in Part 1 of Annex 2 to that Implementing Regulation; or”,

(ii) in point (b)—

(aa) for “set out in Part 1 of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013”, substitute “made available or published by the appropriate authority, in such manner as appears to the appropriate authority to be appropriate from time to time”,

(bb) for “territory or into parts of a Member State referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation”, substitute “United Kingdom”,

(cc) after “other than”, insert “a Member State or”,

(dd) after “that Implementing Regulation”, insert “or from a Member State in accordance with Article 24(1) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013”.

(8) In Article 7—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the words before point (a)—

(aa) for “a Member State referred to in Article 3”, substitute “the appropriate authority”,

(bb) for “territory or into parts of its territory”, substitute “constituent nation”,

(ii) in point (a), for the words from “another Member State” to the end, substitute “a Member State listed in Part 1 of the Annex to Regulation 2018/878”,

(iii) in point (b), for the words from “another Member State” to the end, substitute “a Member State listed in Part 2 of the Annex to Regulation 2018/878”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the words before point (a)—

(aa) for “a Member State referred to in Article 3”, substitute “the appropriate authority”,

(bb) for “territory or into parts of its territory”, substitute “constituent nation”,

(ii) in point (b), for “the Member State referred to in Article 3”, substitute “a Member State listed in Part 1 or 2 of the Annex to Regulation 2018/878”;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for the words from the beginning to “making”, substitute “If the appropriate authority makes”,

(ii) after “paragraph 2”, insert “, it”;

(d) after paragraph 3, insert—

“4.   For the purposes of this Article, “Regulation 2018/878” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/878 adopting the list of Member States, or parts of the territory of Member States, that comply with the rules for categorisation laid down in Article 2(2) and (3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 concerning the application of preventative health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs, as it has effect in European Union law(2), as amended from time to time.”.

(9) After Article 9, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.

(10) In Annex 1—

(a) in the heading, for “, 4(2)(c) and Article 4(3)(c)(i)”, substitute “and 4(2)(c)”;

(b) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Member State or part”, substitute “United Kingdom or constituent nation”,

(ii) for “Member State”, in the second place it occurs”, substitute “United Kingdom”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/2033, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

OJL 155, 19.6.2018, p.1.