The Meat Preparations (Amendment and Transitory Modification) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021

Title, application and commencement

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Meat Preparations (Amendment and Transitory Modification) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 6 January 2021.

Amendment to Commission Decision 2000/572/EC

2.  In Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2000/572/EC of 8 September 2000 laying down the animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions for imports of meat preparations into the Community from third countries(1)(‘the Commission Decision’), after “meat preparations” insert “from third countries”.

Transitory modification of Commission Decision 2000/572/EC

3.—(1) Paragraph (2) of this regulation has effect during the period beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force and ending at midnight on 31 March 2021.

(2) Article 3 of the Commission Decision applies as if—

(a) in paragraph 3, before “they”, there were inserted “other than in relation to imports of meat preparations originating from, or produced in, an establishment situated in a territory subject to special transitional import arrangements,”;

(b) at the end, there were inserted—

“4.   In this Article, “territory subject to special transitional import arrangements” has the same meaning as in point (a) of the definition of “territory subject to special transitional import arrangements” in paragraph 2 of Annex 6 to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products(2).”.

Lesley Griffiths

Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers

4 January 2021