The Food and Farming (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2013

6.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2013 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1(b) omit “Union”.

(3) In Article 6, in the words before point (a), for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”.

(4) In Article 12—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(ii) omit “the Member State,”;

(iii) omit “from the third country in question”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) omit “the Member State,”;

(ii) omit “from the third country in question”;

(iii) for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”.

(5) In Article 13(1), for “Commission”, in both places it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”.

(6) In Article 14—

(a) in paragraph 2, for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b) in paragraph 4, for “Commission”, in both places it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”.

(7) In Article 16—

(a) in the heading, for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(b) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(bb) for “it” substitute “the Secretary of State”;

(ii) in the second subparagraph—

(aa) omit “the Member State,”;

(bb) omit “from the third country in question”;

(c) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(ii) for “in Annex III to that Regulation” substitute “, publish the decision in accordance with Article 17(8a) of that Regulation and amend Annex 3 to that Regulation to include the geographical indication in that Annex in accordance with that Article”.

(8) In Article 20(3)—

(a) in the first subparagraph—

(i) for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(ii) for “it” substitute “the Secretary of State”;

(iii) for “It” substitute “The Secretary of State”;

(b) in the second subparagraph—

(i) omit “the Member State,”;

(ii) omit “from the third country in question”.

(9) In Article 21(3), for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”.