2.—(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91 prohibiting the use of leghold traps in the Community and the introduction into the Community of pelts and manufactured goods of certain wild animal species originating in countries which catch them by means of leghold traps or trapping methods which do not meet international humane trapping standards is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 2—
(a)omit the words “in the Community”;
(b)omit the words “by 1 January 1995 at the latest”.
(3) In Article 3—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”;
(ii)for the words “inasmuch as” substitute “where”;
(iii)omit the words “as of 1 January 1995”;
(b)omit paragraph (2);
(c)after paragraph (2), insert—
“3. Paragraph 1 does not apply to the introduction into the United Kingdom from a member State.”.
(4) In Article 4, for the first paragraph substitute—
“Designated competent authorities of countries, other than member States, exporting or re-exporting to the United Kingdom any of the goods listed in Annex II, where they incorporate pelts of the species listed in Annex I, must certify that such pelts originate in an approved country as referred to in Article 3 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 35/97 laying down provisions on the certification of pelts and goods covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91.”.
(5) Omit Article 6.
(6) After Article 6, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.
3.—(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 35/97 laying down provisions on the certification of pelts and goods covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)for “that for external transit” substitute “a transit procedure”;
(ii)for “customs territory of the Community” substitute “United Kingdom”;
(iii)in subparagraph (a), for the words from “a country appearing in the list” to “that country” substitute “an approved country”;
(iv)omit subparagraph (b);
(b)in paragraph 2, for the words from “shall surrender” to “Community” substitute “must, on the importation of goods into the United Kingdom, present to the border customs office a certificate”;
(c)after paragraph 2, insert—
“3. In this Article, “an approved country”, in relation to the pelts of any species (and goods incorporating such pelts) means a country listed in the Annex to Council Decision 97/602/EC concerning the list referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91 and in Article 1(1)(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 35/97.”.
(3) In Article 2—
(a)in paragraph 1, for the words from “one of the official languages” to the end substitute “English”;
(b)omit paragraph 3.
(4) In Article 3—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)for “Community” in each place where it occurs substitute “United Kingdom”;
(ii)before “re-export” insert the words “export or”;
(b)in paragraph 2—
(i)for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”;
(ii)for “Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82” in the first place where it occurs substitute “Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein”;
(iii)for “Regulation (EEC) No 3262/82 in the second place where it occurs substitute “Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97”.
(5) Omit Article 4.
(6) After Article 4, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.
(7) Omit the Annex.
4.—(1) Council Decision (EC) No 97/602 concerning the list referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91 and in Article 1(1)(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 35/97 is amended as follows.
(2) For Article 1 substitute—
“1. The Annex to this Decision lists the approved countries referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91, and specifies in respect of each country the species in relation to the pelts of which the country in question is approved. ”.
(3) Omit Articles 2 and 3.
(4) For the Annex, substitute the Annex set out in the Schedule.