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Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 438

FOOD

[F1The Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Made

20th February 2008

Laid before Parliament

27th February 2008

Coming into force

1st April 2008

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient forβ€”

(a)the references in these Regulations toβ€”

(i)Article 55(1)(a),

(ii)Article 55(2), in so far as it relates to milk and other milk products, and

(iii)the provisions of, or referred to in, Section III of Chapter III of Part II,

of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)(3); and

(b)the references in these Regulations to Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation(EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector(4),

to be construed as references to those Articles and provisions and to that Commission Regulation as amended from time to time.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972(5).

Title and commencementI1

1.These Regulationsβ€”

(a)may be cited as the Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008; and

(b)come into force on 1st April 2008.

AmendmentsI2

2.β€”(1)For regulation 2 of the Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) Regulations 2002(6), substituteβ€”

β€œ2.β€”(1)In these Regulationsβ€”

β€œapparatus” means any drum, barrel, tank, pump, hose or any other item adapted or used for the purpose of producing or transporting milk or milk products;

β€œauthorised officer” means a person (whether or not an officer of the relevant competent authority) who is authorised by the relevant competent authority, either generally or specifically for the purpose of these Regulations, to act under these Regulations;

β€œthe Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector;

β€œthe Community legislation” means the Commission Regulation andβ€”

(a)

Article 55(1)(a),

(b)

Article 55(2), in so far as it relates to milk and other milk products, and

(c)

the provisions of, or referred to in, Section III of Chapter III of Part II,

of the Council Regulation;

β€œthe competent authority” meansβ€”

(a)

in England, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,

(b)

in Wales, the Welsh Ministers,

(c)

in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers, and

(d)

in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

β€œthe Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation);

β€œdairy produce” means produce, expressed in kilograms or litres (one kilogram being 0.971 litres), in respect of which levy is payable;

β€œdelivery” has the same meaning as in Article 65(f) of the Council Regulation, and β€œdeliver” shall be construed accordingly;

β€œdirect sale” has the same meaning as in Article 65(g) of the Council Regulation;

β€œdirect sales quota” means the quantity of dairy produce which may be sold or transferred free of charge by direct sale by a producer in a quota year without that producer being liable to pay levy;

β€œholding” has the same meaning as in Article 65(d) of the Council Regulation;

β€œlevy” means the surplus levy payable under the Community legislation;

β€œmilk” has the same meaning as in Article 65(a) of the Council Regulation;

β€œpremises” includes any vehicle;

β€œproducer” has the same meaning as in Article 65(c) of the Council Regulation;

β€œpurchaser” means a purchaser within the meaning of Article 65(e) of the Council Regulation;

β€œquota” means direct sales quota or wholesale quota, as the case may be;

β€œquota year” means any of the periods of 12 months referred to in Article 66(1) of the Council Regulation;

β€œrelevant date”, in relation to a producer, purchaser or any other person, and for the purposes of any given quota year, means the beginning of that quota year;

β€œrelevant offence” means an offence relating toβ€”

(a)

any failure to comply with a requirement imposed by, or in implementation of, the Community legislation,

(b)

the making of any statement or use of any document which is false in a material particular, or

(c)

any disposal of incorrectly registered quota;

β€œrelevant person” means a producer, a purchaser, any employee or agent of a producer or of a purchaser, any milk haulier, any person undertaking butterfat testing for purchasers in a laboratory, a processor of milk or milk products, or any other person involved in the buying, selling or supply of milk or milk products obtained directly from a producer or purchaser, but does not include a consumer of milk or milk products;

β€œrelevant proceedings” means any criminal proceedings relating to a relevant offence;

β€œterritory” means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be; and

β€œwholesale quota” means the quantity of milk which may be delivered to a purchaser by a producer in a quota year without that producer being liable to pay levy.

(2)References in these Regulations toβ€”

(a)Article 55(1)(a);

(b)Article 55(2), in so far as it relates to milk and other milk products; and

(c)the provisions of, or referred to in, Section III of Chapter III of Part II,

of the Council Regulation, and to the Commission Regulation, are references to those Articles and provisions and to the Commission Regulation as amended from time to time.”.

(2)In regulation 4, after β€œnational reserve” insert β€œ, set up pursuant to Article 71 of the Council Regulation,”.

Consequential revocation and amendmentI3

3.β€”(1)The Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2005(7) are revoked.

(2)In regulation 3 of the Dairy Produce (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2007(8), omit paragraph (2).

Jeff Rooker

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

20th February 2008F1]

(3)

OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p.1.

(4)

OJ No L 94, 31.3.2004 p 22, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 ( OJ No L365, 21.12.2006, p 52). Although Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 (OJ No L 270, 21.10.2003, p 123) is repealed on 1st April 2008 by virtue of Article 201(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (β€œthe 2007 Regulation”), the reference to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 is to be read as a reference to the 2007 Regulation by virtue of Article 202 of the 2007 Regulation.

(5)

Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51).

(6)

S.I. 2002/458; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2005/466 and S.I. 2007/477.

Status: There are currently no known outstanding effects for The Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008.
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F1Regulations revoked (S.) (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), reg. 1(1), sch. Pt. 2; and revoked (E.W.) (31.3.2019) by The Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/908), regs. 1(2), 3(j): England and Wales
F1Regulations revoked (S.) (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), reg. 1(1), sch. Pt. 2; and revoked (E.W.) (31.3.2019) by The Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/908), regs. 1(2), 3(j): England and Wales
F1Regulations revoked (S.) (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), reg. 1(1), sch. Pt. 2; and revoked (E.W.) (31.3.2019) by The Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/908), regs. 1(2), 3(j): England and Wales
F1Regulations revoked (S.) (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), reg. 1(1), sch. Pt. 2; and revoked (E.W.) (31.3.2019) by The Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/908), regs. 1(2), 3(j): England and Wales
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