The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Third Country Listing for Fruit and Vegetables) (Amendment, etc.) Regulations 2022

PART 1

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Third Country Listing for Fruit and Vegetables) (Amendment, etc.) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st July 2022.

(3) In these Regulations, “Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors.

PART 2

Approval of conformity checks by certain EU member states under Article 15 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011

2.—(1) The checks on conformity to marketing standards for fruit and vegetables carried out by the states listed in column 1 of the table set out in the Schedule prior to import into Great Britain are approved in accordance with Article 15(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.

(2) In accordance with Article 15(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, in respect of each state listed in column 1 of the table set out in the Schedule—

(a) the official authority, under the responsibility of which the checks referred to in paragraph (1) are carried out, is the body listed in the corresponding entry in column 2;

(b) the inspection bodies in charge of the checks referred to in paragraph (1) are those bodies listed in the corresponding entry in column 3.

PART 3 Amendment of Regulation 543/2011

Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011

3.  In Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, in Annex 4, in the table, after the row relating to “Turkey” insert—

“European Union Member States
Austria	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Belgium	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Bulgaria	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Croatia	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Cyprus	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Czech Republic	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Denmark	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Estonia	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Finland	Fresh fruit and vegetables
France	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Germany	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Greece	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Hungary	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Ireland	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Italy	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Latvia	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Luxembourg	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Malta	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Netherlands	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Poland	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Portugal	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Romania	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Slovakia	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Slovenia	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Spain	Fresh fruit and vegetables
Sweden	Fresh fruit and vegetables”.

Victoria Prentis

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

6th June 2022