Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1673) (the principal Regulations) so as to modify the list of border inspection posts set out in Schedule 2, both to correct an omission and to implement Commission Decision 2000/497/EC updating the list of border inspection posts approved for veterinary checks (OJ No. L200, 8.8.00, p. 41).

The Regulations also amend Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations so as to implement the requirements of Commission Decision 2000/528/EC concerning certain protective measures relating to Classical Swine Fever in the United Kingdom (OJ No. L214, 25.8.00, p. 42) and to insert a reference to Directive 2000/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 64/432/EEC on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (OJ No. L163, 4.7.00, p. 35).

A regulatory impact assessment has not been made in respect of these Regulations.