http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/338/note/madeThe Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2007European ParliamentFood hygieneFood standardsFood legislationLegislationKing's Printer for Scotland2017-01-24FOOD These Regulations amend the Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 by–updating the definitions of certain Community instruments that are referred to in those Regulations (regulation 2(2)(a), (3) and the Schedule); andsubstituting a reference to a Commission Decision in those Regulations (regulation 2(2(b)). (This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 by– a updating the definitions of certain Community instruments that are referred to in those Regulations (regulation 2(2)(a), (3) and the Schedule); and b substituting a reference to a Commission Decision in those Regulations (regulation 2(2(b)).

The Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 gave effect in relation to Scotland to Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 for any purpose and exempting such animals from certain control and eradication measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 (O.J. No. L 204, 5.8.2005, p.22). Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC provided that certain products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 could not be placed on the market.

Commission Decision 2005/598/EC has now been repealed and replaced by Commission Decision 2007/411/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 for any purpose and exempting such animals from certain control and eradication measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 and repealing Decision 2005/598/EC.

Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2007/411/EC is in identical terms to Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC and the Bovine Products (Placing on the Market) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 as amended by these Regulations give effect in relation to Scotland to Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2007/411/EC.

No full regulatory assessment has been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.