The Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) (Wales) Regulations 2003

Prohibition on import

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import into Wales any Iranian pistachios unless the conditions specified in Article 2.4 and 2.5 of the Commission Decision are satisfied in relation to those pistachios.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import into Wales any Iranian pistachios, except through a point of entry listed in Annex II to the Commission Decision.

(3) Neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) shall be taken to prohibit the import into Wales from a member State of any Iranian pistachios which are in free circulation in that State.

(4) Any person who knowingly contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.