CHAPTER IVGENERAL, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 31Checks and verification of aromatised wine products

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The F2Secretary of State may make regulations concerning administrative and physical checks to be conducted F3... with regard to the respect of obligations resulting from the application of F4Chapter 2 of this Regulation.

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F6The Secretary of State may make regulations concerning the administrative and physical checks to be conducted with regard to the respect of obligations resulting from the application of Chapter 3 of this Regulation.

Article 32Exchange of information

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F7The specified authorities in Great Britain shall notify each other of any information necessary for the application of this Regulation and for complying with the international obligations concerning the aromatised wine products. That information may, where appropriate, be transmitted or made available to the competent authorities of F8Northern Ireland and third countries and may be made public.

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In order to make the notifications referred to in paragraph 1 fast, efficient, accurate, and cost effective, the F9Secretary of State may make regulations laying down:

(a)

the nature and type of the information to be notified;

(b)

the methods of notification;

(c)

the rules related to the access rights to the information or information systems made available;

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the conditions and means of publication of the information.

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(a)

rules on providing the information necessary for the application of this Article;

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arrangements for the management of the information to be notified, as well as rules on content, form, timing, frequency and deadlines of the notifications;

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arrangements for transmitting or making information and documents available to the F11specified authorities in Great Britain, authorities in Northern Ireland and in third countries, or the public.

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The specified authorities in Great Britain for the purpose of this article are:

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in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

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in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

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in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.

F14Article 33 Provisions relating to regulations

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Any power to make regulations conferred on the Secretary of State by this Regulation is exercisable by statutory instrument.

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Such regulations may:

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contain supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provision (including provision amending, repealing or revoking an enactment);

(b)

make different provision for different purposes.

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Except as specified in paragraph 4, a statutory instrument containing regulations under this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

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A statutory instrument containing regulations under Article 4(2), 19d(4), 28 or 32(2) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

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The Secretary of State may not make regulations under Article 4(2) or (3), the first subparagraph of Article 31(2) or Article 32(2) or (3) (‘the relevant powers’) without the consent of:

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in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

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in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.

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Where either of the parties mentioned in point (a) or (b) of paragraph 5 requests the Secretary of State to make regulations under any of the relevant powers, the Secretary of State must have regard to that request.

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In this Article, ‘enactment’ means the following legislation whenever passed or made:

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an enactment contained in any Order in Council, order, rules, regulations or other instrument made under an Act, except to the extent that it extends to Northern Ireland;

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regulations made under F15assimilated direct principal legislation, except to the extent that they extend to Northern Ireland;

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F16assimilated direct minor legislation, except to the extent that it extends to Northern Ireland.

F17Article 34Committee procedure

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Article 35Repeal

Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 is hereby repealed as from 28 March 2015.

References made to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 36Transitional measures

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Aromatised wine products not meeting the requirements of this Regulation but which F19were produced in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 F20as it had effect in Great Britain immediately prior to X128 March 2015 may be placed on the market until stocks are exhausted.

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Aromatised wine products which comply with Articles 1 to 6 F21... of this Regulation and which F22were produced prior to X128 March 2015 may be placed on the market until stocks are exhausted, provided that such products comply with Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 F23, as that Regulation had effect in Great Britain immediately before it was repealed, in respect of all aspects not regulated by Articles 1 to 6 F21... of this Regulation.

Article 37Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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