The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 concerning lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption, amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 as regards these lists

15.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 concerning lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption, amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 as regards these lists(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In the headings to Articles 3 to 21, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”.

(3) In Articles 1, 3 to 21 and 24, in each place where it occurs, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”.

(4) In Article 2, after point (25) insert—

“(26) “appropriate authority” means—

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

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

(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.”.

(5) In Article 19, before “Switzerland” insert “EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,”.

(6) In Article 24, for “Member States shall” substitute “the appropriate authority must”.

(7) In Article 25 omit the third paragraph.

(8) In Annex 1—

(a) in the heading—

(i) for “THE UNION ARE PERMITTED” substitute “GREAT BRITAIN”;

(ii) after “CONSUMPTION” insert “IS PERMITTED”;

(b) in the table—

(i) in the row for Switzerland, omit the footnote to the entry in the second column;

(ii) below the row for Chile insert—

“—	EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
FO	Faroe Islands”;

(iii) in the row for Morocco, in the third column, for the words from “accordance” to “(OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 27)” substitute “the form published by the appropriate authority, as amended from time to time”.

(9) In Annex 2—

(a) in the heading—

(i) for “THE UNION ARE PERMITTED” substitute “GREAT BRITAIN”;

(ii) at the end insert “, IS PERMITTED”;

(b) in the table—

(i) in the row for Switzerland, omit the footnote to the entry in the second column;

(ii) below the row for Eritrea insert—

“—	EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway”;

(iii) below the row for Falkland Islands insert—

“FO	Faroe Islands”;

(iv) in the row for Guinea, in the third column, for “Commission Decision 94/360/EC (OJ L 158, 25.6.1994, p. 41)” substitute “Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2129(2)”.

(10) In Annex 3—

(a) in the heading—

(i) for “THE UNION ARE PERMITTED” substitute “GREAT BRITAIN”;

(ii) at the end insert “IS PERMITTED”;

(b) in the table—

(i) in the row for Switzerland, omit the footnote in the second column;

(ii) below the row for Eritrea, insert—

“—	EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway”.

(11) In Annex 3a—

(a) in the heading, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) in the table, below the row for Switzerland, insert—

“—	EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway”.

(1)

EUR 2019/626.

(2)

EUR 2019/2129.