The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Transitional Arrangements etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

2.—(1) The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3(a), in the inserted text, for “29 March 2021”, in both places it occurs, substitute “the end of the period of two years beginning on the day after that on which exit day falls”.

(3) For regulation 9(d)(i) substitute—

“(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) omit “and paragraph 3”;

(bb) for the words from “competition authority” to “this paragraph” substitute “Competition and Markets Authority”;”.

(4) In regulation 18(c)—

(a) for paragraph (i) substitute—

“(i) in the words before point (a)—

(aa) for “Member States recognise” substitute “the Secretary of State recognises”;

(bb) for “they shall” substitute “the Secretary of State must”;”;

(b) after paragraph (ii) insert—

“(iia) in point (b), for “them” substitute “the Secretary of State”;”.

(5) For regulation 19 substitute—

“19.   In Article 159—

(a) in the words before point (a), for “Member States” substitute “the Secretary of State”;

(b) omit points (a)(ii) and (iii) and (b).”.

(6) In regulation 22(c)(i)—

(a) in subparagraph (aa), for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(b) for subparagraph (bb) substitute—

“(bb) for “or 2, they shall” substitute “, the Secretary of State must”;”.

(7) In regulation 27, in the inserted text, for “29 March 2021” substitute “the end of the period of two years beginning on the day after that on which exit day falls”.

(8) In regulation 41(a)(v), for the inserted text substitute—

“By way of derogation from the second subparagraph, in relation to a member State, the notification referred to in the first subparagraph shall be made before the end of the relevant period or (if later) before the first consignment of meat of each individual operator is imported into the United Kingdom after exit day, and thereafter within one month after any changes in the information to be notified.

In this paragraph, ‘relevant period’ means the period of three months beginning on the day after that on which exit day falls.”.

(9) In regulation 44(c), in the inserted text, for “29 March 2021”, in both places it occurs, substitute “the end of the period of two years beginning on the day after that on which exit day falls”.

(10) In regulation 51, in the substituted text, for “29 March 2021” substitute “the end of the period of two years beginning on the day after that on which exit day falls”.

(11) In regulations 52(b), 53 and 54(a), in the inserted text, for “29 March 2021”, in each place it occurs, substitute “the end of the period of two years beginning on the day after that on which exit day falls”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/828.