The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2173/2005 U.K.

4.—(1) Council Regulation (EC) No. 2173/2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) omit “Community”;

(ii) after “products”, insert “ into [F1 Great Britain]”;

(b) in paragraph 3, omit “listed in Annex 1”.

(3) In Article 2—

(a) in paragraph 1—

[F2 (i) for “the Community”, in the first two places it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;]

(ii) omit “Community”, in the third place it occurs;

(iii) for “border” substitute “ import ”;

(b) in paragraph 2, omit “, as listed in Annex 1”;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “Community”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(ii) omit “in support of the FLEGT Action Plan and”;

(d) in paragraph 4, omit “, as listed in Annex 1”;

(e) for paragraph 8 substitute—

“8.   “competent authority” means the Secretary of State;”;

(f) in paragraph 9—

[F3 (i) for “the Community”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;]

(ii) omit the words from “as defined in” to the end;

(g) in paragraph 11, for the words from “within the meaning” to the end substitute [F4 “Great Britain”];

[F5 (h) in paragraph 13, for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;]

(i) after paragraph 14, insert—

“15.   “goods of a non-commercial nature” means goods whose entry into [F6 Great Britain] is on an occasional basis and whose nature and quantity indicate that they are intended for the private, personal or family use of the consignees or persons carrying them, or which are clearly intended as gifts;

16.   “customs authorities” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.”.

(4) In Article 4—

[F7 (a) in paragraph 1, for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;]

(b) in paragraph 3, omit the second subparagraph.

(5) In Article 5—

(a) in paragraph 1—

[F8 (i) for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;]

(ii) for “competent authorities” substitute “ competent authority ”;

(b) omit paragraph 2;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “competent authorities”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ competent authority ”;

(ii) for “they are” substitute “ it is ”;

(iii) for “their national law” substitute “ any enactment or rule of law ”;

(d) in paragraphs 4 and 5, for “competent authorities”, substitute “ competent authority ”;

(e) omit paragraph 6;

(f) in paragraph 7, for “Member State concerned” substitute “ Secretary of State ”;

(g) omit paragraph 8.

(6) Omit Articles 6 and 7.

(7) In Article 8—

[F9 (a) in paragraph 1, for “Member States shall make available to the public and to the Commission,” substitute “The Secretary of State must prepare and publish,”;]

(b) for paragraph 2 substitute—

“2.   The first report under this Article must be published on or before 30 April [F10 2022].”;

(c) omit paragraph 3.

(8) Omit Article 9.

(9) After Article 12, omit the sentence which begins “This Regulation shall be”.

(10) Omit Annex 1.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 4(2)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1315), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)

F2 Reg. 4(3)(a)(i) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1315), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(i)

F3 Reg. 4(3)(f)(i) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1315), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(ii)

F4 Words in reg. 4(3)(g) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1315), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(iii)

F5 Reg. 4(3)(h) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1315), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(iv)

F6 Words in reg. 4(3)(i) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1315), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(v)

F7 Reg. 4(4)(a) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1315), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(c)

F8 Reg. 4(5)(a)(i) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1315), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(d)

F9 Reg. 4(7)(a) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1315), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(e)(i)

F10 Word in reg. 4(7)(b) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1315), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(e)(ii)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1