Commission Decision of 16 March 2011 on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (notified under document C(2011) 1630) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/163/EU)

[F1 Article 1 U.K.

[F2 1. Subject to paragraphs 1A to 1F, the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) specify, in a document published for the purposes of this point—

(a) the relevant third countries who may submit relevant plans to the appropriate authority;

(b) the relevant animals and animal products for which those relevant plans are approved.

1A. The Secretary of State may not specify under paragraph 1 any plans from the United Arab Emirates as being approved for—

(a) milk, except in the case of plans relating only to camel’s milk;

(b) products for human consumption using aquaculture animals, other than those products produced only with raw material of animal origin obtained from the United Kingdom or from third countries which have submitted a relevant plan.

1B. The Secretary of State may not specify under paragraph 1 any plans from Russia as being approved for farmed game, other than plans relating only to farmed reindeers from the Murmansk and Yamalo-Nenets regions.

1C. The Secretary of State may not specify under paragraph 1 any plans from Singapore as being approved for equine animals, wild game or farmed game, other than plans relating only to commodities of fresh meat originating from New Zealand, destined for Great Britain and being transited with or without storage through Singapore and unloaded and reloaded there.

1D. The Secretary of State may not specify under paragraph 1 any plans from Bosnia and Herzegovina or Tunisia as being approved for aquaculture animals, other than plans relating only to finfish.

1E. The Secretary of State may not specify under paragraph 1 any plans from South Africa as being approved for farmed game, other than plans relating only to ratites.

1F. The Secretary of State may not specify under paragraph 1 any plans from Iran or New Caledonia as being approved for aquaculture animals, other than plans relating only to crustaceans.

1G. In paragraph 1—

• “relevant third country” means the third countries listed in the table set out in the Annex;

• “relevant animals and animal products” means the animals and animal products set out in the table in the Annex;

• “relevant plans” means the plans provided for in Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC or under the correlating provisions of, or under, Regulation (EU) 2017/625.]

2. [F3 In this Decision], “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.

3. In this Decision, “third country” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 1 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 59(2) (with regs. 69-71)

F2 Art. 1(1)-(1G) substituted for Art. 1(1) (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 12(2)(a)

F3 Words in Art. 1(2) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 12(2)(b)