PART 1 Introductory

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Seal Products (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 and come into force on exit day.

Extent

1A. Regulation 2 extends to England and Wales and Scotland only.

PART 2 Amendment of subordinate legislation

The Seal Products Regulations 2010

2. —(1)The Seal Products Regulations 2010 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) omit the definition of “general customs union”;

(b) in the definition of “the EU Regulation” omit “EU”.

(3) In regulation 3—

(a) in the heading omit “EU”;

(b) in paragraph (1) omit “EU”.

(4) For regulation 4 substitute—

“ 4. Enforcement of the Regulation is an assigned matter within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 . ” .

(5) In regulation 5 omit “EU”.

PART 3 Amendment of retained direct EU legislation

Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council

3. —(1) Regulation (EC) 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on trade in seal products is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1 omit “harmonised”.

(3) In Article 2—

(a) in paragraph 3, in the definition of “placing on the market”, for “Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ” ;

(b) in paragraph 5, in the definition of “import”, for “Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ” .

(4) In Article 3(1a), in the second subparagraph, for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ” .

(5) Omit Article 4.

(6) Omit Articles 5a to 7.

(7) Omit Article 8.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/1850

4. —(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1850 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on trade in seal products is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in point (b), for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ” ;

(ii) in point (c)—

(aa) for “Union territory” substitute “ United Kingdom ” ;

(bb) omit “of the Member State concerned”.

(3) In Article 3—

(a) in paragraph 1(f), omit the words from “, and to take measures” to the end;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ” ;

(c) in paragraph 3, for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ” .

(4) In Article 4—

(za) in paragraph 5, omit “issued in accordance with paragraph 1”;

(a) in paragraph 6—

(i) omit “for free circulation”;

(ii) omit “pursuant to Article 79 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 ”;

(iii) for the words from “issued in” to “No 2913/92, the” substitute “. The”;

(aa) after paragraph 6 insert—

“ 6A. For the purposes of paragraphs 3 to 6, “attesting document” means—

(a) an attesting document issued in accordance with paragraph 1;

(b) an attesting document issued before 1 January 2021 in accordance with Article 4(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1850 as it has effect in EU law ” .

(b) in paragraph 7, for “Member State” substitute “ country ” .

(5) In Article 5(4), for the words from “the official language” to the end substitute “ English, where the product is to be placed on the market in the United Kingdom ” .

(6) In Article 6—

(a) for paragraph 1 substitute—

“ 1. The Secretary of State shall designate one or more competent authorities who will be responsible for verification, upon request of the customs authorities pursuant to Article 4(7), of attesting documents for imported seal products.; ” ;

(b) omit paragraphs 2 and 3.

(7) Omit Article 7(2).

(8) In Article 8—

(a) for “Union law” substitute “ retained direct EU legislation ” ;

(b) for “Directive 95/46/EC ” substitute “ Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 ” .

(9) Omit Article 10.

(10) In the Annex—

(a) in each of the model attesting documents—

(i) in the heading—

(aa) for “EUROPEAN UNION” substitute “ UNITED KINGDOM ” ;

(bb) for “UNION'S MARKET” substitute “ MARKET IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ” ;

(ii) in box 4, after “Country of placing on the market” insert “ : United Kingdom ” ;

(iii) in box 5, after “ISO Code” insert “ : UK ” ;

(b) in the Notes for guidance omit the rows relating to boxes 4 and 5.