PART 2 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Amendments to Chapter 11 (Cooperation with the Commission and member States)

12.—(1) For the headings to Chapter 11, Section 1 and Article 53 substitute “Cooperation with the Commission and member States”.

(2) For Article 53, substitute—

“Competent authorities in the United Kingdom may assist and cooperate with Commission and member States experts in investigating and collecting information on problems concerning the application of the rules provided for in this Regulation or in the EU Regulation.”.

(3) Omit Articles 54 to 59.

(4) For the heading to Chapter 11, Section 2 (Commission controls in third countries), substitute—

“Controls on entry into the United Kingdom of breeding animals and their germinal products”.

(5) In the heading to Article 60, for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(6) In Article 60(1)—

(a) in the second subparagraph, for the words from “Those implementing acts shall” to “Commission” substitute “In addition to, or instead of making regulations under paragraph 1, the appropriate authority”;

(b) omit paragraphs 2 to 4.