Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 94
Agriculture
The Organic Control (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Made
at 11.54 a.m. on 28th January 2021
Laid before Parliament
at 4.00 p.m. on 28th January 2021
Coming into force
1st February 2021
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 28(6), 38, 38a and 38b(8) of Council Regulation 1 ).
The Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers have consented to the Secretary of State making these regulations for the purposes of Article 38a(3) of that Regulation.
In accordance with Article 38b(9) of that Regulation, the Secretary of State has consulted such bodies or persons as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations and such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Organic Control (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1st February 2021.
(2) These Regulations extend to Great Britain.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/977
2. —(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/977 derogating from Regulations
(2) In Article 1—
(a) in paragraph 2 omit “in the Member States and in the Third Country concerned”;
(b) omit paragraph 4;
(c) in paragraph 7—
(i) omit “, and planned until 1 February 2021”;
(ii) omit “in the Member State concerned”.
(3) Omit Article 2.
(4) In Article 3—
(a) in the second paragraph omit “until 1 February 2021”;
(b) omit the third paragraph;
(c) in the fourth paragraph for “31 December 2020” substitute “31 December 2021”;
(d) omit the fifth paragraph.
(5) After Article 3, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States”.
Victoria Prentis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
At 11.54 a.m. on 28th January 2021
EUR 2007/834, amended by S.I. 2019/692 , 693, 831. “Appropriate authority” has the meaning given in Article 38a.