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

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1014 to lay down detailed rules on minimum requirements for border control posts, including inspection centres, and for the format, categories and abbreviations to use for listing border control posts and control points U.K.

19.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1014 to lay down detailed rules on minimum requirements for border control posts, including inspection centres, and for the format, categories and abbreviations to use for listing border control posts and control points M1 is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2, for point 4 substitute—

“4.   ‘registered equidae’ means any equidae which are entered, or registered and eligible for entry in the main section of a breeding book, and identified by means of an identification document issued by:

(a) the breed society or any other authority of the country where the animal originated which manages the breeding book or register for that breed of animal; or

(b) any international association or organisation which manages horses for competition or racing;

5.   ‘equidae’ means wild or domesticated animals of the equine or asinine species (including zebras) or the offspring of crosses of those species;

6.   ‘breeding book’ means breeding book as defined in Article 2(12) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council M2 ;

7.   ‘the appropriate authority’ means the appropriate authority as defined in Article 3(2A) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

8.   ‘the competent authority’ means ‘the competent authority’ as defined in Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

9.   ‘third country’ means third country as defined in Article 3(2D) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council.”.

(3) In Article 3—

(a) in paragraph 6, for “Member States” substitute “ The competent authority ”;

(b) in paragraph 14—

(i) for “Member States” substitute “ The competent authority ”;

(ii) for “Commission”, in the first place where it occurs, substitute “ other competent authorities of the constituent territories of the British Islands ”;

(iii) for “the Commission”, in the second place where it occurs, substitute “ such authorities ”;

(c) after paragraph 14 insert—

“15.   The requirements in the second sentence of paragraph 1(a) do not apply to border control posts which are designated for the goods referred to in Article 47(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 in accordance with Article 59(1) of that Regulation and which were constructed before the date of entry into force of this Regulation and which at that date did not have areas or rooms for unloading which are covered by a roof.”;

(d) In Articles 5(4) and 6(3)—

(i) in the first subparagraph, for “intra-Union trade” substitute “ trade within the British Islands ”;

(ii) in the second subparagraph—

(aa) in the words before point (a) and in point (b), for the words from “the Union”, in the first place where it occurs, to “after passing” substitute “ Great Britain to a third country or which are moved from one part of the British Islands to another part, having passed ”;

(bb) in point (b), for “the Union”, in the second place where it occurs, substitute “ Great Britain from a third country ”;

(e) In Article 7—

(i) in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “ The competent authority ”;

(ii) in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “ the competent authority ”;

(f) In Article 8—

(i) in paragraph 2, in the second subparagraph, omit “(IMSOC)”;

(ii) in paragraph 4—

(aa) for “Member States notify the Commission”, substitute “ the competent authority notifies the other competent authorities of the constituent territories of the British Islands ”;

(bb) for “they shall also submit to the Commission” substitute “ the competent authority must also provide to such authorities ”;

(iii) in paragraph 5, for “Member States” substitute “ The competent authority ”;

(iv) in paragraph 6—

(aa) for “Member States” substitute “ The competent authority ”;

(bb) for “Commission” substitute “ other competent authorities of the constituent territories of the British Islands ”.

(4) In Article 10, omit the third subparagraph.

(5) After Article 10, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.

(6) In Annex 1, in both tables, in column 3, for “TRACES” substitute “ BCP ”.

(7) In Annex 2, in the section headed “Field number 3:”, for “TRACES-CODE” substitute “ BCP Code ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 19 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 EUR 2019/1014.

M2 EUR 2016/1012, as amended by S.I. 2019/117; there are other amendments but none is relevant.