The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendments to Chapter 8 (Entry into the United Kingdom of breeding animals and their germinal products)

9.—(1) In the heading, for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(2) In Article 34—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “Commission shall” substitute “appropriate authority must”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for the words before point (a) substitute “Third country breeding bodies may only be included in the list provided for in paragraph 1 where the appropriate authority is satisfied that the breeding body meets the following requirements:”;

(c) for paragraphs 3 and 4, substitute—

“3.   Where the appropriate authority is satisfied that a breeding body in a third country has in place measures which are recognised as equivalent in accordance with provision made under Article 35, that breeding body may be included in the list provided for in paragraph 1.

4.   In a case where the appropriate authority is not satisfied that a breeding body fulfils at least one of the requirements referred to in paragraph 2, that breeding body must be removed from the list provided for in paragraph 1.”.

(3) In Article 36—

(a) in the heading and in paragraph 1, in each place it occurs, for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom from a third country”;

(b) for paragraph 2 substitute—

“2.   “The entry into the United Kingdom of breeding animals and their germinal products must not be prohibited, restricted or impeded on zootechnical or genealogical grounds where those breeding animals or the donors of the germinal products are entered in a breeding book or registered in a breeding register maintained by a breeding body included in the list of breeding bodies established in accordance with Article 34 of this Regulation or Article 34 of the EU Regulation.”.

(4) In the heading to Article 37, for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom from a third country”.

(5) In Article 37(1)—

(a) in the words before point (a), for the words from “the conventional” to “Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87” substitute “a lower or zero rate of duty for purebred breeding animals, provided for under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018(1),”;

(b) in point (b), for “and physical checks referred to in Article 4 of Directive 91/496” substitute “, veterinary and physical checks required under United Kingdom animal health law on entry of the consignment into the United Kingdom”.

(1)

2018 c. 22.