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Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 154U.K.Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 and related transitional measures

1.Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 is amended as follows:

(1)

Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a)

point (d) is replaced by the following:

‘(d)

“border inspection post” means a border control post as defined in Article 3(38) of Regulation [X1(EU) 2017/625] of the European Parliament and of the Council(1);’;

(b)

point (f) is replaced the following:

‘(f)

“competent authority” means competent authorities as defined in Article 3(3) of Regulation [X1(EU) 2017/625’];

(c)

point (i) is replaced by the following:

‘(i)

“exit point” means an exit point as defined in Article 3(39) of Regulation [X1(EU) 2017/625’];

(d)

point (p) is replaced by the following:

‘(p)

“official veterinarian” means an official veterinarian as defined in Article 3(32) of Regulation [X1(EU) 2017/625’].

(2)

Articles 14, 15, 16 and 21, Article 22(2), and Articles 23, 24 and 26 are deleted.

(3)

Article 27 is amended as follows:

(a)

paragraph 1 is deleted;

(b)

paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.Member States shall submit to the Commission by 31 August each year an annual report for the previous year on the inspections carried by the competent authority to verify compliance with the requirements of this Regulation. The report shall be accompanied by an analysis of the major deficiencies detected and an action plan to address them.’;

(4)

Article 28 is deleted.

2.Articles 14, 15, 16 and 21, Article 22(2), and Articles 23 F1... and 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 shall continue to apply, instead of the corresponding provisions of this Regulation, until [F2such date as may be specified in regulations made by the appropriate authority] F3....

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(1)

Regulation [X1(EU) 2017/625] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) ( [X1OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1] ).’;

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