The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Commission Decision 2009/712/EC implementing Council Directive 2008/73/EC as regards Internet-based information pages containing lists of establishments and laboratories approved by Member States in accordance with Community veterinary legislation

55.—(1) Commission Decision 2009/712/EC implementing Council Directive 2008/73/EC as regards Internet-based information pages containing lists of establishments and laboratories approved by Member States in accordance with Community veterinary legislation is amended as follows.

(2) For Article 1 substitute—

“Article 1 Internet-based information pages

1.   The appropriate authority must establish and maintain Internet-based information pages in order to make electronically available a list of the following establishments and laboratories which are approved, recognised or otherwise designated in accordance with this Decision or relevant EU-derived domestic legislation, in particular any which, immediately before IP completion day, gave effect to a Directive listed in Annex I:

(a) assembly centres subject to veterinary control;

(b) dealers subject to veterinary control;

(c) semen collection and storage centres comprising:

(i) bovine semen collection centres;

(ii) bovine semen storage centres;

(iii) porcine semen collection centres;

(iv) ovine and caprine semen collection centres;

(v) ovine and caprine semen storage centres;

(vi) equine semen collection centres;

(vii) equine semen storage centres;

(d) embryo collection and production teams comprising:

(i) bovine embryo collection and production teams;

(ii) equine embryo collection and production teams;

(iii) ovine and caprine embryo collection and production teams;

(iv) porcine embryo collection and production teams;

(e) quarantine facilities or centres;

(f) establishments for poultry under the control of an official veterinarian approved by the appropriate authority;

(g) bodies, institutes and centres subject to veterinary checks;

(h) establishments in the zootechnical field comprising:

(i) bodies approved or recognised for maintaining or establishing a herd-book, flock-book or stud-book in relation to:

• bovine species;

• porcine species (pure bred breeding pigs);

• porcine species (hybrid breeding pigs);

• ovine species;

• caprine species;

• equine species,

that operate criteria laid down for the distribution of funds for the safeguard, development and improvement of breeding;

(ii) bodies that organise equine competitions falling under the derogation from the principle of non-discrimination;

(i) laboratories, that are:

(i) national reference laboratories;

(ii) other laboratories approved to perform serological tests to monitor the efficacies of rabies vaccines.

2.   The Internet-based information pages must be in conformity with the models, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, and with the additional requirements set out in Annex III.

3.   The appropriate authority must keep the Internet-based information pages up to date so that they take into account any new approval and any suspension or withdrawal thereof of establishments and laboratories where they no longer comply with this Decision or relevant EU-derived domestic legislation, in particular any which, immediately before IP completion day, gave effect to a Directive listed in Annex I.

4.   The appropriate authority must communicate the Internet address of their Internet-based information pages to any person that the appropriate authority considers appropriate.

5.   In this Decision, “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:

(a) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.”.

(3) Omit Article 3.

(4) In Annex 1, in Chapter 1—

(a) omit the fourth subparagraph (Council Directive 90/426/EEC);

(b) omit the sixth subparagraph (Council Directive 90/539/EEC);

(c) omit the eighth subparagraph (Council Directive 91/496/EEC);

(d) at the end insert—

“Council Directive 2009/156/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing the movement and importation from third countries of equidae

Council Directive 2009/158/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs

Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, etc.”.

(5) Omit Annex 2.

(6) In Annex 3—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “Member State” substitute “relevant part of Great Britain”;

(b) omit paragraph 2;

(c) in paragraph 4, for “Member States shall make available to the other Member States and” substitute “the appropriate authority makes available to another appropriate authority, a third country or”.