Subject matter and scope
Article 1
1
This Decision lays down animal and public health rules for imports into Great Britain and the transit and storage in Great Britain, of consignments of:
a
meat products, as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; and
b
treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, as defined in point 7.9 of that Annex, which have undergone one of the treatments laid down in Annex II part 4 to this Decision.
Those rules shall include the lists of third countries and parts thereof from which such imports shall be authorised and the model public and animal health certificates and rules on the origin and treatments required for those imports.
2
This Decision shall apply without prejudice to Decision 2011/163/EU and Decision 2003/779/EC.
3.
In this Decision:
- — “
appropriate authority
” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:
  1. in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
  2. in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
- — “
third country
” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.
Words in Art. 1(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(2)(a) (with regs. 69-71)
Words in Art. 1(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(2)(b) (with regs. 69-71)
Art. 1(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 50(2)(c) (with regs. 69-71)