The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2018 laying down specific rules concerning the procedure to be followed in order to carry out the risk assessment of high risk plants, plant products and other objects within the meaning of Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council

46.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2018 laying down specific rules concerning the procedure to be followed in order to carry out the risk assessment of high risk plants, plant products and other objects within the meaning of Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2—

(a) the first paragraph becomes paragraph 1 and in that paragraph, for “Commission” substitute “UK NPPO”;

(b) the second paragraph becomes paragraph 2;

(c) after that paragraph insert—

“3.   The UK NPPO must:

(a) produce a document setting out the detailed information that must be included in a technical dossier to support the completion of a risk assessment which is required to be carried out under Article 42(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; and

(b) publish the document in such manner as it considers appropriate.”.

(3) In Article 3—

(a) in the first paragraph—

(i) in point (d), for “Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)” substitute “UK NPPO”;

(ii) at the end insert—

“(e) the detailed information referred to in point (a) of Article 2(3).”;

(iii) omit the second paragraph;

(iv) in the final paragraph, for “one of the official languages of the Union” substitute “English”.

(4) In Article 4—

(a) in the heading, for “Commission” substitute “UK NPPO”;

(b) in the first paragraph, for “Commission” substitute “UK NPPO”;

(c) in the second paragraph, for “(d)” substitute “(e)”;

(d) omit the third paragraph.

(5) In Article 5—

(a) omit the first paragraph;

(b) in the second and third paragraphs, for “EFSA”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “the UK NPPO”;

(c) omit the fourth paragraph;

(d) in the fifth paragraph—

(i) omit the first sentence;

(ii) for the second sentence substitute “The UK NPPO must publish the risk assessment in such manner as it considers appropriate.”;

(e) omit the final paragraph.

(6) After Article 7, omit the words “This Regulation” to “Member States”.

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EUR 2018/2018.