The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendments to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130 establishing detailed rules on the operations to be carried out during and after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks on animals and goods subject to official controls at border control posts

37.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130 establishing detailed rules on the operations to be carried out during and after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks on animals and goods subject to official controls at border control posts is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2(2)—

(a) in the opening words, omit “(IMSOC)”;

(b) in point (b), for “implementing acts” substitute “the rules contained in implementing acts, in regulations made by the appropriate authority or published online by the appropriate authority,”.

(3) In Article 3(4)(a) and (b), for “Union legislation” substitute “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”.

(4) In Article 4(4), for “into the Union” substitute “to Great Britain from a third country”.

(5) In Article 5—

(a) in paragraph 1(b), for “Union legislation” substitute “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraphs 3 and 4—

(i) for “into the Union” substitute “in Great Britain”;

(ii) for “enter the Union” substitute “enter Great Britain”.

(6) In Article 6(2), omit the words from “in respect of” to the end.

(7) After Article 7—

(a) omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.

(b) insert—

“Article 8

Derogations and modifications: relevant goods entering Great Britain from a relevant third country

1.   This Regulation applies subject to the derogations and modifications specified in Annex 6 to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 during the transitional staging period, in relation to relevant goods entering Great Britain from a relevant third country.

2.   In this Article ‘transitional staging period’, ‘relevant goods’ and ‘relevant third country’ have the meanings given in Annex 6 to that Regulation.”.

(8) In Annex 1, in section 3, in point 1(b), omit “Union”.

(9) In Annex 2, in point 1(b), omit “Union”.

(10) In Annex 3—

(a) in point 4(c), after “listed in” insert “relevant legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph 6—

(i) in point (a)—

(aa) for “Union quarantine pests” substitute “GB quarantine pests, which has the meaning given in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants(1)”;

(bb) for “Member States’” substitute “competent authorities”;

(ii) in point (c), for “IMSOC” substitute “appropriate computerised information management system”.

(1)

The definition of “GB quarantine pest” is inserted by regulation 24 of the Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482).