The Forest Reproductive Material (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

Regulation 17 (forest reproductive material which may be marketed)

5.  For paragraph 1 of regulation 17, substitute—

“(1) Subject to regulations 18 and 31, no person shall market forest reproductive material in Northern Ireland unless—

(a) in the case of forest reproductive material produced in a relevant territory—

(i) its collection and production meet the requirements of regulations 10 to 12 and 14 to 15;

(ii) it has been certified in accordance with regulation 13; and

(iii) it falls into one of the categories described in regulation 4(1), subject to the application of regulation 7(2);

(b) in the case of forest reproductive material produced in Northern Ireland or another member State, it was accompanied on its entry into Northern Ireland by the supplier’s label or document required by Article 14 of the Directive;

(c) in the case of forest reproductive material produced in an EU-approved third country and imported from a third country into Northern Ireland, a Master Certificate has been issued by the Department in relation to the material in accordance with regulation 25(5) and (6);

(d) in the case of any other forest reproductive material produced in an EU-approved third country—

(i) a Master Certificate has been issued in relation to the material in accordance with Article 4 of Decision 2008/971/EC; and

(ii) the forest reproductive material was accompanied on its entry into Northern Ireland by the supplier’s label or document required by Article 14 of the Directive;

(e) in the case of forest reproductive material produced in a permitted third country and imported from a third country into Northern Ireland, it has met the requirements as to entry into Northern Ireland set out in regulation 25;

(f) in the case of any other forest reproductive material produced in a permitted third country—

(i) a Master Certificate has been issued in relation to the material by an official body of a member State; and

(ii) the forest reproductive material was accompanied on its entry into Northern Ireland by the supplier’s label or document required by Article 14 of the Directive;

(g) it is marketed and labelled in compliance with paragraphs (2) to (7), regulation 14 and regulation 19 as read with regulation 20 in the case of seeds; and

(h) it meets the requirements of paragraphs (8) to (12).”.