PART 4Amendments to retained direct EU legislation

CHAPTER 1EU Regulations

Regulation (EC) No 1946/2003 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilI15

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Regulation (EC) No 1946/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms is amended as follows.

2

In Article 1, omit the following—

a

“and without prejudice to the provisions of Directive 2001/18/EC,”;

b

“common”;

c

“on behalf of the Community”.

3

In Article 3—

F1a

in paragraph 10, for subparagraph (a) substitute—

a

the permanent or temporary leaving of Great Britain of GMOs which originated—

i

in Great Britain, or

ii

in a third country but have entered, and are in free circulation in, Great Britain;

F5b

in paragraph 11, for the words from “outside the” to the end substitute “outside Great Britain by an exporter”;

F6c

in paragraph 12, for “the customs territory of the Community”, in both places it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;

d

in paragraph 14, omit “, excluding intentional movements between Parties within the Community”;

F2da

for paragraph 15 substitute—

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“Party” means—

a

Great Britain,

b

Northern Ireland, or

c

any other country or regional economic integration organisation being a Party to the Protocol;

F7e

in paragraph 19, after ““competent authority”” insert “, other than in the expression “relevant GB competent authority”,

F3ea

after paragraph 19, insert—

19A

“relevant GB competent authority”—

a

in relation to performing the administrative functions required by the Protocol in England, means the Secretary of State;

b

in relation to performing the administrative functions required by the Protocol in Wales, means the Welsh Ministers;

c

in relation to performing the administrative functions required by the Protocol in Scotland, means the Scottish Ministers.

F4f

in paragraph 20, after “Party” insert “(other than Great Britain)”;

fa

after paragraph 20, insert—

20A

“GB focal point” means the Secretary of State, who has been designated as Great Britain’s entity to be responsible on its behalf for liaising with the Secretariat;

g

after paragraph 21, insert—

22

“constituent nation” means England, Wales F8or Scotland, as the case may be;

23

“relevant F9GMO authority” means F10a relevant GB competent authority, together with the Food Standards Agency, the Health and Safety Executive, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency or other agencies as the case may be and as appropriate in the circumstances.

F1124

“third country” means a country other than Great Britain.

4

In Article 5—

a

in paragraph 2, in the first sentence, for the words from “, to the Member State” to the end substitute “ and to F12the relevant GB competent authority for F13each constituent nation in which the exporter is based ”;

b

in paragraph 5, for “Commission and the Member States” substitute “ F14GB focal point ”.

5

In Article 6—

a

in the heading, for “Party of export” substitute “ F15relevant GB competent authority ”;

b

in the first paragraph, for the words “of the Member State” to the end substitute “ for F16each constituent nation in which the exporter is based ”;

c

in the second paragraph—

i

for “Commission” substitute “ F17relevant GB competent authority for each constituent nation in which the exporter is based ”;

ii

for “the Community rules” substitute “ retained EU law ”.

6

In Article 9—

a

in paragraph 1—

i

in the first subparagraph—

aa

for the words from “Commission on behalf of” to “made the decision” substitute “ F38GB focal point ”;

F39bb

for “the Community or use within a Member State” substitute “Great Britain”;

ii

for the second subparagraph substitute—

This paragraph does not apply to decisions to grant a consent for the deliberate release of a GMO taken, pursuant to—

a

in England, regulation 21 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002,

b

in Scotland, regulation 21 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Scotland) Regulations 2002,

c

in Wales, regulation 22 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) Regulations 2002,

F18d

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where the GMO is not intended for direct use as food or feed or for processing in a F19third country without a subsequent decision.

b

in paragraph 3, for the words from “Commission” to “them” substitute “ F20GB focal point must process requests submitted ”;

c

in paragraph 4, for the words from “Commission” to “paragraph 1” substitute “ F21GB focal point ”.

F227

In Article 10(3), in the second sentence, for the words from “it is authorised” to the end substitute “its use is permitted in Great Britain or the competent authority of the importing country has expressly agreed to the import”.

8

In Article 12—

a

in paragraph 2, in the final sentence, for “Directive 2001/18/EC and, when applicable, future Community legislation” substitute “ retained EU law ”;

b

in paragraph 5, omit “Community”.

9

In Article 14—

a

in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “ The F23relevant GB competent authorities ”;

b

in paragraph 2—

i

in the words before point (a)—

aa

for the words from “a Member State” to “jurisdiction,” substitute “ the F41GB focal point becomes aware of an occurrence within F40Great Britain”;

bb

for “that Member State” substitute “ the F42GB focal point ”;

ii

in point (a), omit “the Commission, all other Member States,”.

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In Article 15—

a

in paragraph 1—

i

in the words before point (a)—

aa

for “Member States” substitute “ F43GB focal point ”;

bb

omit “and the Commission”;

ii

in point (c), for “Member State” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

iii

for point (e) substitute—

e

any final decision taken by a F24relevant GMO authority on the use of GMOs, including decisions in accordance with Article 11 and Article 20(3)(d) of the Protocol, within 15 days of the adoption of that decision, where that decision is—

i

on contained use classified in risk class 3 or 4 of GMOs which are likely to be subject to transboundary movements;

ii

on the marketing or import of GMOs;

iii

to grant a consent for the deliberate release of a GMO—

— in England, pursuant to regulation 21 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002;

— in Wales, pursuant to regulation 22 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) Regulations 2002;

— in Scotland, pursuant to regulation 21 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Scotland) Regulations 2002;

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F26iv

in point (f), for “the Community’s” substitute “Great Britain’s”;

v

for point (h) substitute—

h

any decision to take emergency measures under Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed, or any decision to serve a prohibition notice—

i

in relation to England, pursuant to regulation 32 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002;

ii

in relation to Wales, pursuant to regulation 33 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) Regulations 2002;

iii

in relation to Scotland, pursuant to regulation 32 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Scotland) Regulations 2002;

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i

any application of procedures, agreements or regulations instead of the procedures of the Protocol for intentional movements within or imports into F28Great Britain of GMOs, in accordance with Article 14(3) and (4) of the Protocol;

j

reports submitted pursuant to Article 19 of this Regulation, including those on implementation of the advanced informed agreement procedure, in accordance with Article 20(3)(e) of the Protocol.

b

omit paragraph 2.

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In Article 16—

a

in paragraph 1, for “Commission and the Member States” substitute “ F29relevant GB competent authorities ”;

b

in paragraph 4, for “Member States and the Commission” substitute “ F30relevant GB competent authorities ”.

12

In Article 17—

a

in the heading, for “points” substitute “ point ”;

b

omit paragraphs 1 and 2;

c

for paragraph 3 substitute—

3

The F31GB focal point must forthwith inform the Secretariat of any change in the designation of the focal point, and of any changes in the names, addresses or responsibilities of the F32relevant GB competent authorities.

13

Omit Article 18.

14

In Article 19—

a

omit paragraph 1;

b

in paragraph 2—

i

for “Commission” substitute “ F33GB focal point ”;

ii

for the words from “basis of” to “Member States” substitute “ implementation of the Protocol in F34Great Britain ”.

15

After Article 20, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.

16

In Annex 1—

F35a

in point (c), for “the State of export” substitute “Great Britain”;

b

in point (m)—

F36i

for “the State of export”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;

ii

omit “in the State of export”, in both places it occurs.

F3717

In Annex 3, in point (b), for “the originating Party” substitute “Great Britain”.