The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 laying down a list of third countries or parts thereof, for imports into, or transit through, the Community of meat of wild leporidae, of certain wild land mammals and of farmed rabbits and the veterinary certification requirements U.K.

54.—(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 laying down a list of third countries or parts thereof, for imports into, or transit through, the Community of meat of wild leporidae, of certain wild land mammals and of farmed rabbits and the veterinary certification requirements is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a) in paragraph 1, in point (a), for “the Community” substitute “ Great Britain ”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) omit “Without prejudice to the restriction provided for in Article 5(2),”;

(ii) for “Article 12(4) and Article 13 of Council Directive 97/78/EC” substitute “ Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 ”;

(c) in paragraph 3, in point (i), for “Community agreements with” substitute “ agreements between the United Kingdom and ”.

(3) In Article 2, after “hares” insert “ ; and “appropriate authority” has the meaning given in Article 4 ”.

(4) In Article 3—

(a) in the heading, for “the Community” substitute “ Great Britain ”;

(b) for the text, substitute—

“The commodities that may be imported into, or transited through, Great Britain from a third country are confined to those from a third country or parts thereof listed in Part 1 of Annex I; and in this Regulation “third country” means any country or territory other the British Islands.”.

(5) In Article 4—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “the Community” substitute “ Great Britain ”,

(ii) for “set out in Annex II” substitute “ , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time ”,

(iii) omit “, completed” to the end;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “the Community” substitute “ Great Britain ”,

(ii) for “set out in Annex III” substitute “ , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time ”;

(c) in paragraph 3, for “for a certain” to “Part 3 of Annex I” substitute “ for Great Britain, ”;

(d) in paragraph 4, omit “and other agreed systems harmonised at Community level”;

(e) after paragraph 4, insert—

“5.   “Appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:

(a) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.”.

(6) Omit Article 5, Article 7 and the final paragraph of Article 8.

(7) In Annex 1—

(a) in Part 1—

(i) in the table, below the row for Canada insert—

“1 This is subject to any specific certification requirements for imports from EU member States, Liechtenstein and Norway, in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the appropriate authority, publish from time to time.”;
“ EU member States, Liechtenstein and Norway 1		WL		RM		WM

(ii) for “Decision 79/542/EEC” substitute “ Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 ”;

(b) omit Parts 2 to 4.

(8) Omit Annexes 2 and 3.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 54 in force at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1(3)