The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/829 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants, authorising Member States to provide for temporary derogations in view of official testing, scientific or educational purposes, trials, varietal selections, or breeding U.K.

47.—(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/829 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants, authorising Member States to provide for temporary derogations in view of official testing, scientific or educational purposes, trials, varietal selections, or breeding M1 is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a) in the first paragraph—

(i) in the first sentence—

(aa) for “the Union” substitute “ Great Britain ”;

(bb) for “protected zones” substitute “ GB pest-free areas ”;

(ii) for points (a) to (i) substitute—

“(a) Article 5(1);

(b) Article 30(A2);

(c) Article 32(2);

(d) Article 40(1);

(e) Article 41;

(f) Article 42(2);

(g) Article 49(1);

(h) Article 53(1);

(i) Article 54(1).”;

(b) in the second paragraph—

(i) omit point (a);

(ii) in point (b), for “Member States” substitute “ competent authorities ”.

(3) In Article 2—

(a) in point (a)—

(i) for point (i) substitute—

“(i) GB quarantine pests,”;

(ii) for point (ii) substitute—

“(ii) provisional GB quarantine pests,”;

(iii) for point (iii) substitute—

“(iii) PFA quarantine pests;”;

(b) in point (b), for the words from “subjected” to “54(2) and (3)” substitute “ that are subject to measures specified in regulations made under Article 30(A2) or 49(1), or are subject to Article 40(1), 41, 42(2), 53(1) or 54(1) ”;

(c) in point (d)—

(i) after “within,” insert “ or the ”;

(ii) for “the Union and protected zone thereof” substitute “ , Great Britain or any GB pest-free area ”;

(d) at the end insert—

“Unless the context otherwise requires, any other words and expressions which are not defined in this Regulation and appear in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council have the same meaning in this Regulation as they have in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.”.

(4) In Article 3—

(a) for the heading substitute “ Recording of information ”;

(b) omit paragraphs 1 and 2;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “the Union” substitute “ Great Britain ”;

(ii) for the words from “a computerised” to “(IMSOC)” substitute “ the appropriate computerised information management system ”.

(5) In Article 4, in the first unnumbered paragraph—

(a) for “the Union” substitute “ Great Britain ”;

(b) for “authorities” substitute “ authority ”.

(6) In Article 5—

(a) in the words before point (a)—

(i) for “the Union” substitute “ Great Britain ”;

(ii) for “Member States” substitute “ competent authority ”;

(b) in point (d)—

(i) for “has been” substitute “ will be ”;

(ii) omit “or”;

(iii) after “use” insert “ , or released and moved ”.

(7) In Article 6—

(a) in paragraph 1, in the first sentence, omit the words from “of the Member State” to the end;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the first sentence, omit the words from “In” to “Union,”;

(ii) for “the”, in the third place where it occurs, substitute “ The ”;

(iii) omit “Part A of”;

(iv) omit the second sentence;

(c) omit paragraph 3;

(d) in paragraph 4—

(i) in the first paragraph, for “the Union” substitute “ Great Britain ”;

(ii) in the second paragraph—

(aa) omit “Parts A and B of”;

(bb) for “the Union” substitute “ Great Britain ”.

(8) In Article 7, in the words before point (a)—

(a) for “Member States” substitute “ the competent authority ”;

(b) for “authorities”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “ authority ”;

(c) for “professional operators” substitute “ the professional operator ”.

(9) In Article 8, in point (a), for “the Union”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “ Great Britain ”.

(10) After Article 11, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States”.

(11) In Annex 1, in paragraph 1, in point (h), for “or storage” substitute “ , storage or release and movement to another quarantine station or confinement facility ”.

(12) In Annex 2—

(a) in the heading preceding the first model letter of authority—

(i) omit “A.”;

(ii) after “for”, in the first place where it occurs, insert “ the introduction into, or ”;

(iii) for “the Union” substitute “ , Great Britain ”;

(b) in the first model letter of authority—

(i) in box 1, in the first column, for “organisation]* of the Member State of origin” substitute “ organisation of the third country of origin]*/[competent authority of the place of origin]* ”;

(ii) in box 2, in the first column, for “responsible body of the Member State of issue” substitute “ issuing competent authority ”;

(iii) in box 9, in the second column—

(aa) after “material” insert “ introduced into or ”;

(bb) for the words from “the Union territory” to the end substitute “ Great Britain under Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 ”;

(iv) in box 11, in the second column, for “or storage” substitute “ /storage/release/movement ”;

(v) in box 12, for the entry substitute “ Endorsement by the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of the third country of origin of the specified material*/Endorsement by the competent authority of the place of origin of the specified material* ”;

(vi) in box 13, for “Competent Authority” substitute “ issuing competent authority ”;

(vii) in box 14, for “IMSOC Reference” substitute “ Appropriate computerised information management system reference ”;

(c) omit the second model letter of authority and the heading preceding it.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 47 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day, see reg. 1(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 EUR 2019/829.