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PART 4U.K.Amendment of retained direct EU legislation relating to withdrawal from the European Union

Commission Implementing Decision 2017/547/EUU.K.

10.—(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2017/547/EU on the organisation of a temporary experiment under Council Directive 2002/56/EC as regards seed potato tubers derived from true potato seed is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a)in paragraph (1), omit “at Union level”;

[F1(b)in paragraph (2)(h), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”.]

(3) In Article 2—

[F2(a)for “the Union”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;]

(b)after point (d) insert—

“(e)“appropriate authority” means—

(i)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(ii)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(iii)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

F3(iv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f)“responsible authority” means any authority who, in relation to any part of [F4Great Britain], is the appropriate authority;

(g)“the Seed Potatoes Regulations” means—

(i)in relation to England, the Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015 M1;

(ii)in relation to Wales, the Seed Potatoes (Wales) Regulations 2016 M2;

(iii)in relation to Scotland, the Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2015 M3;

F5(iv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”.

(4) In Article 3—

(a)for “Member State”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ responsible authority ”;

(b)for “Commission and the other Member States”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ other responsible authorities ”.

(5) In Article 4—

(a)in the first paragraph —

(i)for “Member States” substitute “ responsible authorities ”;

(ii)for “Directive 2002/56/EC” substitute “ the Seed Potatoes Regulations, ”;

(iii)for point (a), substitute—

“(a)it is listed in the [F6GB Variety] Lists of plant varieties under regulation 3 of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001;”;

(iv)omit point (b);

(v)in point (c), for the words from “pursuant” to the end substitute “ under regulation 4 of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 ”;

(b)in the second paragraph—

(i)omit “as referred to in Article 2(b)(i) of Directive 2002/56/EC”;

(ii)omit the words from “as referred to in Article 2(c)(i)” to the end.

(6) In Article 5, in the first paragraph—

(a)in the first place where it occurs, for “Member State” substitute “ responsible authority ”;

(b)for “participating Member State concerned” substitute “ territory for which the responsible authority concerned is the appropriate authority ”;

(c)for “certification authority” substitute “ appropriate authority ”.

(7) In Article 8(1)—

(a)for “Member State” substitute “ responsible authority ”;

(b)for “certification authority” substitute “ appropriate authority ”.

(8) In Article 9—

(a)in the first paragraph, for “Directive 2002/56/EC” substitute “ the Seed Potatoes Regulations ”;

(b)in the last paragraph, for “at least one of the official languages of the Union” substitute “ English and may also be given in other languages ”.

(9) In Article 10, in the first paragraph, for “Member States” substitute “ responsible authorities ”.

(10) In Article 11, in the first paragraph—

(a)for the words from “certification” to “States” substitute “ responsible authorities ”;

(b)omit “Without prejudice to Article 23 of Directive 2002/56/EC, ”.

(11) In Article 12—

(a)in paragraph 1—

(i)for “responsible official body in the participating Member State” substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

(ii)for “Member States” substitute “ responsible authorities ”;

(iii)omit the third sentence;

(b)in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4—

(i)for “Member State”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ responsible authority ”;

(ii)for “Commission and the other Member States”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ other responsible authorities ”.

(12) Omit Article 13.

(13) In Annex 2—

(a)in paragraph A, for “EU” substitute “ [F7GB] ”;

(b)in paragraph B—

(i)in point 1, for “EU” substitute “ [F8GB] ”;

(ii)in point 2, for “responsible official body and the respective Member State,” substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

(iii)in point 9, for “Member State” substitute “ Country ”;

(c)in paragraph C—

(i)in point 1, for “EU” substitute “ [F9GB] ”;

(ii)in point 2, for “responsible official body and the respective Member State” substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

(iii)in point 7, for “Member State” substitute “ Country ”.

(14) In Annex 3, in point 2, omit the words from “, and,” to the end.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 10 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 2015/1953, amended by S.I. 2017/288, 2018/575.

M2S.I. 2016/106 (W. 52), amended by 2017/596 (W. 139), 1095 (W. 276).