The Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendment to the Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

3.—(1) The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(5) (amendment to regulation 4 of S.I. 2009/1551 (W. 151)), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) in paragraph (8), for “the European Union” substitute “Great Britain”;”.

(3) In regulation 4(2) (amendment to regulation 4 of S.I. 2011/991 (W. 145)), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) Paragraph (1)(b)(ii) does not apply in relation to a failure to comply with Article 2(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 of the European Parliament and the Council if the matter constituting the alleged contravention—

(a) relates to a product that was placed on the market before the end of the period of 21 months beginning on the day on which IP completion day falls, and

(b) would not have constituted a contravention of that Regulation as it applied immediately before IP completion day.”;”.

(4) In regulation 7(5) (amendment to regulation 12 of S.I. 2011/1719 (W. 195)), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) in paragraph (9)(a), for “the European Union” substitute “Great Britain”;”.

(5) In regulation 8(5) (amendment to regulation 5 of S.I. 2017/724 (W. 174)), in sub-paragraph (a), in the inserted text, for “exit day”, in both places it occurs, substitute “IP completion day”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/732 (W. 137), amended by S.I. 2019/1376 (W. 242).