Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 664
Exiting The European Union
Agriculture
Food
The Food and Feed Imports (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Made
22nd March 2019
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
M1 The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 .
In accordance with paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 7 to that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations.
PART 1 Introduction
Citation and commencement I1
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Food and Feed Imports (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on exit day.
Interpretation I2
[F1 2. In these Regulations—
“ Decision 2011/884/EU” means Commission Implementing Decision on emergency measures regarding unauthorised genetically modified rice in rice products originating from China and repealing Decision 2008/289/EC ;
“ Regulation 284/2011 ” means Commission Regulation (EU) No. 284/2011 laying down specific conditions and detailed procedures for the import of polyamide and melamine plastic kitchenware originating in or consigned from the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China;
“ Regulation 2015/949 ” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/949 approving the pre-export checks carried out on certain food by certain third countries as regards the presence of certain mycotoxins. ” . F1]
PART 2 Amendment of subordinate legislation
Amendment of the Plastic Kitchenware (Conditions on Imports from China) (England) Regulations 2011 I3
M2 3. The Plastic Kitchenware (Conditions on Imports from China) (England) Regulations 2011 are amended as follows.
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[F2 4. In regulation 3(1), for “the European Union” substitute “ Great Britain ” . F2]
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[F3 5. In regulation 8(3)(a)(i), for “the European Union” substitute “ Great Britain ” . F3]
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6. Omit regulation 12(2).
PART 3 Amendment of retained direct EU legislation
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Amendment of Regulation 669/2009
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Amendment of Regulation 284/2011 I7
18. Regulation 284/2011 is amended as follows.
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19. In Article 2, for subparagraphs (c) and (d), substitute—
“ (c) “ competent authorities ” means the competent authorities of [F5 Great Britain F5] designated in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 ;
(d) “ first point of introduction ” means the point of entry of a consignment into [F5 Great Britain F5] ; ” .
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20. In Article 3—
[F6 (a) in paragraph 1, for “the Member States” substitute “ Great Britain ” . F6]
(b) in paragraph 2, for “shall be drawn up in the official language, or in one of the official languages, of the Member State in which the consignment is imported”, substitute “ must be drawn up in English, or in English and Welsh ” .
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21. For Article 5, substitute—
“ Where the appropriate authority decides to designate specific first points of introduction for consignments originating in or consigned from China and Hong Kong, the appropriate authority and the Food Safety Authority must publish an up-to-date list of these points. ” .
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22. For Article 6(2), substitute—
“ 2. If the laboratory analysis referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 identifies non-compliance, the competent authorities must immediately inform the Food Safety Authority and the appropriate authority of the results. ” .
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23. In Article 7, for the third paragraph, substitute—
“ Competent authorities must ensure that consignments remain under their continuous control and cannot be tampered with in any way pending the results of the checks mentioned in point (b) of Article 6(1). ” .
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24. In Article 9—
(a) in the heading, omit “to the Commission”
(b) for paragraph 2, substitute—
“ 2. Competent authorities must submit to the appropriate authority and the Food Safety Authority a report including the information referred to in paragraph 1, quarterly by the end of the month following each quarter. ” .
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25. After Article 10, omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States in accordance with the Treaties.”.
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[F7 26. In the Annex, in both places in which it occurs, for “the Union” substitute “ Great Britain ” . F7]
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Amendment of Regulation 2015/175
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Amendment of Regulation 2015/943
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Amendment of Regulation 2015/949 I16
50. Regulation 2015/949 is amended as follows.
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[F9 51. In Article 1—
(a) in paragraph 1 for “the Union” substitute “ Great Britain ” ;
(b) in paragraph 2, for “the Union” substitute “ Great Britain ” . F9]
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52. In Article 3, for “of the Member State on whose territory the splitting has taken place, shall”, substitute “ must ” .
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53. In Article 4, for “Member States”, substitute “ competent authority ” .
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54. After Article 6, omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.
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55. In Annex 2—
(a) in the heading to the certificate, for “European Union”, substitute [F10 “ Great Britain ” F10] ;
(b) in each place in which it occurs, for “EU”, substitute [F11 “ Great Britain ” F11] ;
[F12 (c) in box 2 of the certificate, for “the European Union” substitute “ Great Britain ” . F12]
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Amendment of Regulation 2018/1660
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Amendment of Decision 2011/884/EU I22
74. Decision 2011/884/EU is amended as follows.
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75. In Article 1(2), for “Member States”, substitute “ Competent authorities ” .
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76. In Article 5(6), for “Union Law”, substitute “ retained EU law ” .
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77. In Article 4—
(a) in paragraph 1, for “shall be drawn up in an official language of the Member State of import, or in another language that the competent authorities of that Member State have decided to accept”, substitute “ must be drawn up in English, or in English and Welsh. ” ;
(b) in paragraph 2, for “shall be drawn up in an official language of the Member State of import, or in another language that the competent authorities of that Member State have decided to accept”, substitute “ must be drawn up in English, or in English and Welsh ” .
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78. In the heading to Article 6, omit “to the Commission”.
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79. For Article 6, substitute—
“ 1. Competent authorities must prepare a report every 3 months, giving an account of all the results of all analytical tests carried out in the previous 3 months on consignments of the products referred to in Article 1. Those reports must be submitted to the appropriate authority and the Food Safety Authority during the month following each quarter.
2. The report must include the following information—
(a) the number of consignments subjected to sampling for analysis;
(b) the results of the checks as provided for in Article 5;
(c) the number of consignments which have been rejected due to the absence of a health certificate or an analytical report. ” .
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80. In Annex 2, in point 3—
[F14 (a) in the first paragraph, for “the Union in a Member State” substitute “ Great Britain in a ” ; F14]
(b) in the fourth paragraph, for “in the European Union Reference Laboratory for GMOs (EURL for GMOs) report”, substitute “ by the Food Safety Authority ” .
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[F15 81. In Annex 3, in the heading to the Health Certificate, for “the European Union” substitute “ Great Britain ” . F15]
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Amendment of Decision 2014/88/EU
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Stephen Hammond
Minister of State,
Department of Health and Social Care