56.—(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)in the words before point (a), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(ii)omit point (b);
(b)in paragraph 2, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(c)in paragraph 4, for “Union acts or in agreements concluded by the Union” substitute “retained EU law or in agreements concluded by the United Kingdom”.
(3) In Article 2—
(a)in point (c), for “90/426/EEC” substitute “2009/156/EC”;
(b)after point (d) insert—
“(e)‘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:
(i)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(ii)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(f)‘approved body, institute or centre’ means any permanent, geographically limited establishment, where one or more species of animal are habitually kept or bred, whether or not for commercial ends, for one or more of the following purposes:
(i)display of the animals and education of the public;
(ii)conservation of the species;
(iii)basic or applied scientific research or breeding of animals for the purposes of such research,
and where the establishment concerned is approved by, or registered with, the competent authority (in relation to a third country) or the appropriate authority (in relation to Great Britain);
(g)‘competent authority’ means the central authority of the country of destination or transit competent to carry out veterinary checks, or any authority to which that central authority has delegated that competence;
(h)‘third country’ means any country or territory other than the British Islands.”.
(4) In the heading of Chapter 2, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”.
(5) In Article 3—
(a)in the heading, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(b)in the words before point (a)—
(i)after “introduced” insert “from third countries”;
(ii)for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(c)in point (b)—
(i)for “set out in Part 2 of Annex I” substitute “, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time”;
(ii)for “that Annex” substitute “Annex I”;
(d)in point (c)(ii), for “Member State of destination may impose in accordance with Union veterinary legislation and which are included” substitute “appropriate authority may include”.
(6) In Article 3a—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)in the words before point (a), for “the competent authority of a Member State” substitute “the appropriate authority”;
(ii)in point (a)—
(aa)for “competent authority of the Member State of destination” substitute “appropriate authority”;
(bb)for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(iii)in point (b)(ii), for “Decision 2004/211/EC” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2018/659”;
(iv)in point (e), for “the Member State of destination” substitute “Great Britain”;
(v)in point (f), for “drawn up” to the end substitute “in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time”;
(vi)in point (g), omit “model of”;
(vii)omit the final subparagraph after point (g);
(b)in paragraph 2—
(i)in the words before point (a), for “competent authority of the Member State of destination” substitute “appropriate authority”;
(ii)in point (a)—
(aa)for “Member State of destination” substitute “appropriate authority”;
(bb)omit “into its territory” and “for the Union”;
(iii)in point (b), in the words before point (i), for “model of” substitute “appropriate”;
(iv)for the final two subparagraphs (after point (b)(ii)) substitute—
“Where ungulates are introduced into Great Britain pursuant to the first subparagraph, they shall be quarantined in an approved body, institute or centre of destination for at least six months from the time of introduction into Great Britain, during which period the requirements provided for in Article 67 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 may be applied, and protective measures may be put in place, by the appropriate authority.”;
(c)after paragraph 2 insert—
“3. The appropriate authority authorising the introduction of ungulates into its territory pursuant to paragraph 1 or 2 shall inform the other appropriate authorities of such authorisation prior to the introduction of the ungulates concerned into Great Britain.”.
(7) For Article 3b, substitute—
The transit of the ungulates referred to in Article 3a through one country of Great Britain to another country of Great Britain shall be permitted only subject to the authorisation of the appropriate authority of the country of transit. Such authorisation may be granted only on the basis of a risk assessment by that appropriate authority.”.
(8) In Article 3c—
(a)for paragraph 1, substitute—
“1. Following an assessment of compliance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 2, the appropriate authority may establish a list of approved bodies, institutes and centres from which the introduction of ungulates into its territory may be authorised pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 3a.”;
(b)for paragraph 3, substitute—
“3. The appropriate authority may include in the list referred to in paragraph 1 approved bodies, institutes or centres in any country outside Great Britain which are already included in such a list established by another appropriate authority without having assessed compliance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 2.”;
(c)in paragraph 4, for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”;
(d)for paragraph 5, substitute—
“5. The appropriate authority must make available to the public, by means of internet-based information pages, the lists referred to in paragraph 1, and must keep those internet-based information pages up to date.”;
(e)omit paragraph 6.
(9) In Article 4—
(a)for “the Union”, in each place, substitute “Great Britain”;
(b)in paragraph 2 omit “or Article 6”.
(10) In Article 5, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”.
(11) Omit Article 6.
(12) In Article 7—
(a)in the heading, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(b)paragraph 1, in the words before point (a), for “bees of the species” to “Union” substitute “queen bees (Apis mellifera and Bombus spp.) and bumble bees (Bombus spp.) shall only be introduced into Great Britain”;
(c)in paragraph 2—
(i)in the first subparagraph, in the words before point (a), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(ii)in the second subparagraph, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(d)in paragraph 3, for “listed in table 1 of Part 2 of Annex IV” substitute “referred to in paragraph 1”;
(e)in paragraph 4—
(i)for “listed in table 1 of Part 2 of Annex IV” substitute “referred to in paragraph 1”;
(ii)in point (a), for “drawn up in accordance with the relevant model veterinary certificate set out in Part 2 of Annex IV” substitute “in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time”.
(13) In Article 8—
(a)for “the Union”, in each place it occurs (including in the heading), substitute “Great Britain”;
(b)in the words before point (a), for “border inspection post” substitute “border control post”.
(14) In Article 9—
(a)in the heading, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(b)in the first subparagraph—
(i)for “into the Union”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “from third countries into Great Britain”;
(ii)for “border inspection post” substitute “border control post”;
(iii)omit “of introduction into the Union”;
(c)in the final subparagraph, for “Part 3 of Annex I” substitute “the form required for the declaration, as published by the appropriate authority from time to time,”.
(15) In Article 10—
(a)in the heading, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(b)in the third subparagraph, for “Part 4 of Annex I” substitute “the form required for the declaration, as published by the appropriate authority from time to time,”.
(16) In Article 11, for “the Union”, in each place it occurs (including in the heading), substitute “Great Britain”.
(17) Omit Articles 12 and 12a.
(18) In Article 13, in the heading and in paragraph 3, for “the Union”, in each place, substitute “Great Britain”.
(19) In Article 13a—
(a)in paragraph 1, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(b)in paragraph 2, omit “of the Member State of destination”;
(c)in paragraph 3—
(i)in point (a), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(ii)for point (b) substitute—
“(b)the movement is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the competent authority concerned, in order to ensure no risk of possible spread of disease.”.
(20) In the heading to Chapter 3, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”.
(21) In Article 14—
(a)in the words before point (a), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(b)in point (a), for “model veterinary certificate” substitute “veterinary certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time,”;
(c)in point (b)—
(i)for “border inspection post” substitute “border control post”;
(ii)for “the Union” to “Annex II” substitute “Great Britain accompanied by the appropriate veterinary certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time”;
(d)in point (c)(ii), for “Member State of destination may impose in accordance with Union veterinary legislation and which are included” substitute “appropriate authority may include”.
(22) In Article 15, for “Article 8(2) of Council Directive 97/78/EC” substitute “Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2126”.
(23) In Article 16—
(a)in the words before point (a)—
(i)for “the Union” in each place, substitute “Great Britain”;
(ii)for “Article 12(4) and Article 13 of Directive 97/78/EC” substitute “Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124”;
(b)in point (a), for “a model veterinary certificate corresponding to the consignment concerned listed in column 4 of the table in Part 1 of Annex II” substitute “an appropriate veterinary certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time”;
(c)in point (b), for “relevant model” substitute “appropriate”;
(d)in point (c), for “set out in Annex III” substitute “, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time”;
(e)for point (d) substitute—
“(d)they are certified as acceptable for transit, including storage as appropriate, on the common health entry document referred to in Article 2(3) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130, signed by the official veterinarian of the border control post of introduction into Great Britain.”.
(24) Omit Articles 17 and 17a.
(25) In Article 18—
(a)in the first sentence, for “set out in Annex V” substitute “, as published by the appropriate authority from time to time”;
(b)in the second sentence, omit “or of other agreed systems, harmonised at Union level”.
(26) Omit Article 19.
(27) In Article 21, omit “and directly applicable in all Member States”.
(28) In Annex 1—
(a)in Part 1—
(i)in the table, below the row for Chile insert—
“(#) This is subject to any specific certification requirements for imports from EU member States, Liechtenstein and Norway, in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the appropriate authority, publish from time to time.”; | |||||
| “EU member States, Liechtenstein and Norway (#) | Whole country of each state | BOV-X, BOV-Y, OVI-X, OVI-Y, POR-X, POR-Y, RUM, SUI | |||
(ii)in the footnotes to the table—
(aa)in the first footnote, for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;
(bb)in the third footnote (Switzerland), for the text substitute “This is subject to any specific certification requirements for imports from Switzerland, in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the appropriate authority, publish from time to time.”;
(iii)in the section headed “Specific Conditions”—
(aa)omit points 1 and 10;
(bb)in the remaining points, for “the Union”, in each place, substitute “Great Britain”;
(cc)in point XI, for “Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005” substitute “Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375”;
(b)omit Parts 2, 3 and 4;
(c)in Part 5—
(i)in points 7, 8 and 9, for “the Union”, in each place, substitute “Great Britain”;
(ii)in point 10, for “Commission and the competent central authorities of the Member States” substitute “appropriate authority”;
(d)in Part 6, in each place it occurs before the heading “Bluetongue (BTG)”, for “according to” substitute “in a manner equivalent to the standards in”;
(e)omit Part 7.
(29) In Annex 2—
(a)in Part 1—
(i)in the table, below the row for Algeria insert—
“(#) This is subject to any specific certification requirements for imports from EU member States, Liechtenstein and Norway, in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the appropriate authority, publish from time to time.”; | |||||||
| “ EU member States, Liechtenstein and Norway (#) | — | Whole country of each state | BOV, OVI, POR, EQU, RUF, RUW, SUF, SUW | ||||
(ii)in the footnotes to the table—
(aa)in the first footnote, for “Union agreements with third countries” substitute “agreements between the United Kingdom and third countries”;
(bb)for “the Union”, in each place, substitute “Great Britain”;
(iii)in the footnote marked “*” (Switzerland), for the text substitute “This is subject to any specific certification requirements for imports from Switzerland, in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the appropriate authority, publish from time to time.”;
(b)omit Part 2.
(30) Omit Annex 3.
(31) In Annex 4, omit Part 2.
(32) Omit Annex 5.
(33) In Annex 6—
(a)in Part 1, in tables 1, 2 and 3, in the wording immediately below the respective table numbers, for “Model of veterinary certificate”, in each place, substitute “Model veterinary certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time,”;
(b)omit Part 2;
(c)in Part 3—
(i)in point (e), for “set out in Part 2 of Annex VI to this Regulation” substitute “, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time”;
(ii)in point (h)—
(aa)in subparagraph (ii), for “set out in Part 2 of Annex VI to this Regulation” substitute “, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time,”;
(bb)in subparagraph (iv), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(d)in Part 4—
(i)in paragraph 4—
(aa)in point (iv), in the words before the first indent, omit “that”;
(bb)in the first indent of point (iv), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;
(cc)in the second indent of point (iv), before “the results” insert “that”; and for “set out in Part 2 of Annex VI to this Regulation” substitute “, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time”;
(ii)in paragraph 6—
(aa)for “laid down in Part 2 of Annex VI to this Regulation” substitute “, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time”;
(bb)for “the the body” substitute “the body”;
(iii)in paragraph 9, for “Member States” substitute “appropriate authority”.