The Union Civil Protection Mechanism (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 896

Exiting The European Union

Civil Contingencies

The Union Civil Protection Mechanism (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021

Sift requirements satisfied

20th April 2021

Made

22nd July 2021

Laid before Parliament

23rd July 2021

Coming into force

14th August 2021

The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(1).

The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to that Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these regulations) have been satisfied.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force on the 22nd day after the day on which they were laid.

Revocation of retained direct EU legislation

2.  The following retained direct EU legislation is revoked—

(a) Council Decision of 9 December 1999 establishing a Community action programme in the field of civil protection (1999/847/EC);

(b) Council Decision of 20 December 2004 amending Decision 1999/847/EC as regards the extension of the Community action programme in the field of civil protection (2005/12/EC);

(c) Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism;

(d) Commission Implementing Decision of 16 October 2014 laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism and repealing Commission Decisions 2004/277/EC, Euratom and 2007/606/EC, Euratom (2014/762/EU);

(e) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/142 of 15 January 2018 amending Implementing Decision 2014/762/EU laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism;

(f) Decision (EU) 2019/420 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2019 amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism;

(g) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/570 of 8 April 2019 laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rescEU capacities and amending Commission Implementing Decision 2014/762/EU;

(h) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1310 of 31 July 2019 laying down rules on the operation of the European Civil Protection Pool and rescEU;

(i) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1930 of 18 November 2019 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/570 as regards rescEU capacities;

(j) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/414 of 19 March 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/570 as regards medical stockpiling rescEU capacities; and

(k) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/452 of 26 March 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/570 as regards capacities established to respond to low probability risks with a high impact.

Penny Mordaunt

Paymaster General

Cabinet Office

22nd July 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to remedy deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. In particular, these Regulations remedy deficiencies under sections 8(2)(a) and (b) of the Act, by revoking legislation which is redundant or confers functions on, or in relation to, EU entities.

Regulation 2 revokes various pieces of retained direct EU legislation relating to the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, of which the UK is no longer a member, and EU action in the field of civil protection in which the UK no longer participates on the basis of such membership.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1)

2018 c. 16.