PART 1 Introductory

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on exit day.

PART 2 Amendment of retained direct EU legislation on aquatic animal health

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008

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Commission Decision 2008/392/EC

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Commission Decision 2008/896/EC

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Commission Decision 2008/946

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Commission Decision 2009/177/EC

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Commission Decision 2010/221/EU

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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1554

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PART 3 Amendment of retained direct EU legislation on alien and locally absent species in aquaculture

Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007

9. —(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2—

(a) in paragraph 1—

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

(ii) omit the words from “taking place” to the end;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “Great Britain”;

(c) in paragraph 3, for “the jurisdiction of Member States” substitute “Great Britain”;

(d) in paragraph 4, for the words from “comply with” to the end substitute “are closed ornamental facilities within the meaning of Article 2(a) of Commission Regulation 1251/2008.”;

(e) in paragraph 5—

(i) for “Member States wish” substitute “ the appropriate authority wishes ” ;

(ii) for “their territory” substitute “the constituent GB territory for which it is responsible”;

(f) in paragraph 6, for “Member States wish” substitute “ the appropriate authority wishes ” ;

(g) in paragraph 7, in the second subparagraph—

(i) for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate authority ” ;

(ii) for “their territory” substitute “the constituent GB territory for which it is responsible”;

(iii) omit the last sentence.

(3) In Article 3—

(a) for paragraph 1 substitute—

“ 1. “ aquaculture ” means the rearing or cultivation of aquatic organisms using techniques designed to increase the production of the organisms in question beyond the natural capacity of the environment, where the organisms remain the property of a natural or legal person throughout the rearing and culture stage, up to and including harvesting; ” ;

(b) in paragraph 8, before “Directive 2006/88/EC ”, insert “ retained EU law which transposed ” ;

(c) for paragraph 18 substitute—

“ 18. ‘the appropriate authority’ means—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

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

(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

but the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State if consent is given—

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

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

(d) for paragraph 19 substitute—

“ 19. ‘constituent GB territory’ means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be. ” .

(4) In the heading to Chapter 2, omit “of the Member States”.

(5) In Article 4—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”;

(ii) after “biodiversity” insert “in Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “authorities in the Member States” substitute “ authorities ” .

(6) In Article 5—

(a) for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate authority ” ;

(b) for “a Member State” substitute “ the competent authority ” .

(7) In Article 6, omit “of the receiving Member State”.

(8) In Article 10, in paragraph 2, for “Member States which are signatories to ICES” substitute “ The appropriate authority ” .

(9) Omit Article 11.

(10) In Article 13—

(a) in the heading, omit “Union”;

(b) in point (a), before “Directive”, insert “ retained EU law which transposed ” ;

(c) in point (b), before “Council Directive”, insert “ retained EU law which transposed ” .

(11) In Article 15—

(a) in paragraph 2, for “the territory of the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) for paragraph 3, substitute—

“ 3. The quarantine facility may be located in a constituent GB territory which is not the constituent GB territory in which the receiving aquaculture facility is located, provided that the appropriate authorities concerned agree and that this option has been included in the risk assessment under Article 9. ” ;

(c) in paragraph 4, omit “of the receiving Member State”.

(12) In Article 19—

(a) in the heading, omit “Union”;

(b) in paragraphs (a) and (b), before “Directive”, in each place where it appears, insert “ retained EU law which transposed ” .

(13) In Article 21, for the unnumbered paragraph substitute—

“ 1. The competent authority may, in exceptional cases and subject to approval where required by paragraph 2, require quarantine in accordance with Article 15(2), (3) and (4) before release of species from non-routine translocations into open aquaculture facilities.

2. Where the appropriate authority is a different person to the competent authority, prior approval of the appropriate authority is required. The request for approval by the appropriate authority must indicate the reasons why quarantine is required. The appropriate authority must reply to such requests within 30 days. ” .

(14) In Article 23—

(a) in the first paragraph, for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate authority ” ;

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(15) Omit Article 25.

(16) After Article 25, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States”;

(17) In Annex 3—

(a) in the second paragraph—

(i) omit “in the Member State of its location”;

(ii) for the last sentence, substitute—

“ If the quarantine facility is not located in the constituent GB territory into which the alien species is to be introduced or the locally absent species is to be translocated (“the receiving constituent GB territory”), the advisory committee responsible for the quarantine facility and the advisory committee in the receiving constituent GB territory must agree on the duration. ” ;

(b) in the paragraphs under the heading “Mortalities and disposal”—

(i) after “competent authority”, in both places where it occurs, insert “responsible for the facility”;

(ii) in the second paragraph, for “and Member States” substitute “, which”.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 535/2008

10. —(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 535/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2—

(a) in the words before point (a), for “Article 24(2)” substitute “Article 24(3)”;

(b) in point (b), for “a certain Member State” substitute “Great Britain”.

(3) After Article 2 insert—

“ Article 2a Interpretation

In this Regulation, “the appropriate authority” means—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

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

(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(d) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

but the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State if consent is given—

(a) in respect of functions exercisable in relation to Wales, by the Welsh Ministers;

(b) in respect of functions exercisable in relation to Scotland, by the Scottish Ministers;

(c) in respect of functions exercisable in relation to Northern Ireland, by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. ” .

(4) Omit Article 3.

(5) In Article 4—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “Member States”, in each place where it appears, substitute “ The appropriate authority ” ;

(b) omit paragraphs 2 and 3.

(6) Omit Article 5.

(7) After Article 5, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.

(8) In the Annex, in points 2.1.2.2, 3.2 and 3.4.3, omit “also in a second Community language (some lines)”.

PART 4 Modification

Modification provision relating to Directive 2006/88/EC

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Regulation 11

SCHEDULE MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 2006/88/EC

1. Where an enactment provides that references to Directive 2006/88/EC are to be read subject to the modifications in this Schedule, that Directive is to be read for the purposes of that enactment as follows.

2. Article 10 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 4, for the words from “to be drawn” to “Article 62(2)” there were substituted “ in Decision 2008/896/EC ” ;

(b) paragraph 5 were omitted.

3. Article 17 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in both places where it appears, after “Member State,” there were inserted “ constituent UK territory ” ;

(ii) in subparagraph (a), for “another” there were substituted “ a ” ;

(b) in paragraph 2, the words from “in accordance” to “Article 62(2)” were omitted;

(c) paragraph 3 were omitted.

4. Article 20 is to be read as if, in paragraph 1—

(a) after “Member State”, in the first place where it appears, there were inserted “ , constituent UK territory ” ;

(b) after “Member State,”, there were inserted “ constituent UK territory, ” .

5. Article 29 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1(b), for “Member States, zones and compartments” there were substituted “ the United Kingdom, a constituent UK territory, zone or compartment ” ;

(b) paragraph 4 were omitted.

6. Article 39 is to be read as if, for “Member State”—

(a) in the first place where it appears, there were substituted “ the United Kingdom, constituent UK territory ” ;

(b) in the second place where it appears, there were substituted “ the United Kingdom or constituent UK territory ” .

7. Article 43 is to be read as if paragraphs (2) and (3) were omitted.

8. Article 44 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) after “Member State”, in the first place where it appears, there were inserted “ , in respect of the United Kingdom or a constituent UK territory ” ;

(ii) after “approval”, in the first place where it appears, the words from “in accordance” to “that procedure” were omitted;

(iii) the fourth unnumbered paragraph were omitted.

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “a Member State” there were substituted “ the United Kingdom or a constituent UK territory is ” ;

(ii) before “draws up” there were inserted “and”;

(iii) after “approval” the words from “in accordance” to “that procedure” were omitted;

(c) paragraph 3 were omitted.

9. —(1)Article 49 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “A Member State” there were substituted “ The United Kingdom or a constituent UK territory, ” ;

(ii) the words from “in accordance” to “Article 62(2)” were omitted;

(iii) in points (b) and (c), for “Member State” there were substituted “ United Kingdom or constituent UK territory ” ;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) the references to “neighbouring Member States” were, in relation to the United Kingdom, references to neighbouring member States, and, in relation to a constituent UK territory, references to neighbouring constituent UK territories;

(ii) for the words from “the Member State shall establish” to “territory” there were substituted “ the appropriate authority shall establish appropriate buffer zones in the territory for which it is responsible ” ;

(iii) the reference to “the disease-free Member State” were to the United Kingdom or constituent UK territory, as the case may be;

(c) paragraph 3 were omitted.

(2) For the purposes of the references to Article 49 in Article 20 of Directive 2006/88/EC —

(a) paragraph (1)(a) does not apply;

(b) paragraph (1)(c) does not apply for the purposes of the application of Article 49(3) in relation to a member State;

(c) any reference in Article 49 to “Member State” or “Member States” is to be taken to include a reference to a constituent UK territory.

10. Article 50 is to be read as if paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) were omitted.

11. Article 51(2) is to be treated as omitted.

12. Article 52 is to be read as if—

(a) for “A Member State that” there were substituted “ Where the United Kingdom or a constituent UK territory ” ;

(b) the words “in Member States” were omitted.

13. Article 53(3) is to be read as if for “Member State” there were substituted “ the United Kingdom, constituent UK territory ” .

14. Article 57 is to be read as if—

(a) for “this Directive” there were substituted “ retained EU law relating to animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products, and the prevention and control of diseases in aquatic animals ” ;

(b) for the words from “diagnostic methods” to “Article 62(2)” there were substituted “ diagnostic methods established by Decision 2015/1554 ” .

15. Article 59 is to be treated as omitted.

16. Part B of Annex 3 is to be read as if, before “Article 44”, “Article 49” and “Article 50” in each place where it appears, there were inserted “provision made under”.

17. Part 1 of Annex 5 is to be read as if, in paragraph 2(b), for “methods adopted pursuant to Article 49(3)” there were substituted “ the methods established by Decision 2015/1554 ” .

18. Part 2 of Annex 5 is to be read as if paragraphs 1.2, 1.3, 2.2 and 3.7 were omitted.

19. References to Chapter 5 are to be read as if such references were to retained EU law relating to disease control measures in relation to animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products, and the prevention and control of diseases in aquatic animals.