Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Scotland) Regulations 2000.
They implement in Scotland article 4 of Commission Decision 2002/153/EC (O.J. No. L 50, 21.2.02, p.98) concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom, repealing Decision 2001/740/EC and amending for the eighth time Decision 2001/327/EC and the application by Commission Decision 2002/153/EC of Commission Decision 2001/327/EC to the United Kingdom.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.