The Specific Food Hygiene (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Regulation (EC) 854/2004

29.  In Article 11—

(a) for paragraph 1, substitute—

“1.   Products of animal origin are to be imported only from a third country or a part of a third country that appears on a list drawn up and updated by the competent authority.”;

(b) for the opening words of paragraph 2, substitute—

“2.   A third country is to appear on such a list only if an official control in that country has taken place and demonstrates that the competent authority provides appropriate guarantees as specified in Article 48(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004. However, a third country may appear on such a list without an official control having taken place if—”;

(c) in paragraph 4—

(i) in sub-paragraph (i), for “Community”, substitute “United Kingdom”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (k), substitute—

“(k) the results of official controls carried out in the third country, in particular the results of the assessment of the competent authorities, and the action that competent authorities have taken in the light of any recommendations addressed to them following an official control”;

(d) in paragraph 5, for “Commission”, substitute “appropriate authority”.