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26.—(1) Before the end of each review period, the Secretary of State must—
(a)carry out a review of these Regulations;
(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
(c)publish the report.
(2) In carrying out the review, the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Directive, Commission Decision 2004/3/EC authorising, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in all or part of the territory of certain Member States, more stringent measures against certain diseases than are provided for in Annexes I and II to Council Directive 2002/56/EC(1), the Decision, Directive 2014/20 and Directive 2014/21/EU are implemented in other member States.
(3) The report must in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these Regulations;
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.
(4) The first review period is the period of five years beginning with the date on which these Regulations come into force.
(5) Each subsequent review period is a period of five years beginning with the date on which the preceding review was published.
OJ No L 2, 6.1.2004, p 47, as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2014/105/EU (OJ No L 56, 26.2.2014, p 16).
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