The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2313 setting out the format specifications of the plant passport for movement within the Union territory and the plant passport for introduction into, and movement within, a protected zone

49.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2313 setting out the format specifications of the plant passport for movement within the Union territory and the plant passport for introduction into, and movement within, a protected zone(1) is amended as follows.

(2) Before Article 1 insert—

“Article A1 Interpretation

Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions which are not defined in this Regulation and appear in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council have the same meaning in this Regulation as they have in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.”.

(3) In Article 1—

(a) in the heading, after “for” insert “UK”;

(b) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Plant” substitute “UK plant”;

(ii) for “the Union territory” substitute “Great Britain, the introduction into Great Britain from a CD territory and the introduction into a CD territory from Great Britain”;

(c) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “Plant” substitute “UK plant”;

(ii) for “protected zone” substitute “GB pest-free area and for the introduction into a CD pest-free area”;

(d) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “Plant” substitute “UK plant”;

(ii) for “the Union territory” substitute “Great Britain, the introduction into Great Britain from a CD territory and the introduction into a CD territory from Great Britain”;

(iii) for “second” substitute “first”;

(e) in paragraph 4—

(i) for “Plant” substitute “UK plant”;

(ii) for “protected zone” substitute “GB pest-free area and for the introduction into a CD pest-free area”;

(iii) for “third” substitute “first”;

(4) In Article 2—

(a) in the heading, for “plant” substitute “UK plant”;

(b) in the first paragraph, for “plant” substitute “UK plant”.

(5) In Article 4, after “with” insert “legislation transposing”.

(6) After Article 4, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States”.

(7) In the Annex—

(a) omit the second paragraph;

(b) in point 1—

(i) for “Plant”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “UK plant”;

(ii) for “PZ” substitute “PFA”;

(iii) omit the words from “and” to the end;

(c) omit point 3;

(d) for point 7 substitute—

“7.   Where originating in, or from, Great Britain or a CD territory, ‘GB’.”;

(e) in point 9—

(i) for “protected zone” substitute “PFA”;

(ii) for the words from “the codes” to the end substitute “their EPPO codes”;

(f) in point 10, for the words from “respectively” to the end substitute “in the relevant legislation on the marketing of seeds and other propagating material”;

(g) in Part A—

(i) in the heading—

(aa) for “the”, in the first place where it occurs, substitute “UK”;

(bb) omit “for the movement within the Union territory,”;

(ii) omit the EU flag symbol in each model;

(iii) before “Plant”, in each model, insert “UK”;

(h) in Part B—

(i) in the heading—

(aa) for “the”, in the first place where it occurs, substitute “UK”;

(bb) omit “for the introduction into, and movement within, a protected zone,”

(ii) omit the EU flag symbol in each model;

(iii) for “Plant Passport - PZ”, in each model, substitute “UK Plant Passport - PFA”;

(i) in Part C—

(i) in the heading—

(aa) for “the”, in the first place where it occurs, substitute “UK”;

(bb) omit “for the movement within the Union territory,”;

(ii) omit the EU flag symbol in each model;

(iii) before “Plant”, in each model, insert “UK”;

(j) in Part D—

(i) in the heading—

(aa) for “the”, in the first place where it occurs, substitute “UK”;

(bb) omit “for the introduction into, and movement within, a protected zone,”;

(ii) omit the EU flag symbol in each model;

(iii) for “Plant Passport - PZ”, in each model, substitute “UK Plant Passport - PFA”.

(1)

EUR 2017/2313.