The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

5.—(1) The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 9(c), for “from the United Kingdom” substitute “into the United Kingdom”.

(3) In regulation 27—

(a) omit paragraph (b);

(b) for paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) for “required by article 14 of the Directive”, substitute “setting out the particulars required under regulation 19 of these Regulations or regulation 19 of the GB Regulations”.”.

(4) In regulation 29, after “a member State,” insert “or”.

(5) In regulation 43(a)—

(a) in the inserted text of sub-paragraph (b), for “an EEA State or Switzerland”, substitute “a European Single Market State”;

(b) in the inserted text of sub-paragraph (b)(i), at the end, insert “except the vegetable seed of the species listed in Council Directive 2002/55/EC produced in Switzerland”;

(6) For regulation 52(g) substitute—

“(g) in paragraph 11(1), for “for entry into the National List of at least one European Single Market State”, substitute “, before the end of the period of two years beginning with the day after the day on which exit day falls, for entry into a national list maintained in accordance with Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed of at least one European Single Market State””.

(7) In regulation 54(d), in the definition of “certified material”, for the inserted text of paragraph (c), substitute—

“(c) in relation to propagating material and fruit plants produced in a member State, certified as certified material, in accordance with Article 20 of Directive 2014/98/EU, by the responsible authority in the member State concerned;

(d) in relation to propagating material and fruit plants produced in a Crown Dependency, certified as certified material, in accordance with legislation recognised by the Department as having equivalent effect to regulation 9(1) and (2);”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/211.