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The Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/1667 · Made 20 June 2000

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AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND

Made 20th June 2000

Laid before Parliament 23rd June 2000

Coming into force 17th July 2000

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food being a Minister designatedf1 for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1972/1811.

f2

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Title, extent and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations 1999
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title, extent and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000; they extend to England only and come into force on 17th July 2000.

2Amendments to the Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations 1999

(1)

Insofar as they extend to England, the Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations 1999f1 are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2)

In the definition of “export dedicated establishment” in paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation), the phrase “and may include such establishments which prepare DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom” is inserted after the word “below”.

(3)

In paragraph (a) of the definition of “export eligible goods” in paragraph (1) of regulation 2, the phrase “(other than any such goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom)” is inserted after the word “goods” where it appears first.

(4)

In paragraph (1)(b) of regulation 12 (approval of establishments for the preparation or despatch of foreign origin export eligible goods, DBES and ECHS goods and foreign origin bovine by-products), the word “origin” is substituted for the word “original”.

(5)

In paragraph (3)(a) of regulation 12, the phrase “or DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom” is inserted after the word “goods” where it appears last.

(6)

In paragraph (3)(c)(i) of regulation 12, the phrase “, other than DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom,” is inserted after the word “abroad”.

(7)

In paragraph (3)(c)(ii) of regulation 12, the phrase “other than DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom” is inserted at the end.

(8)

In paragraph (3)(a) of regulation 13 (requirements imposed on the operator of an establishment approved under regulation 12), the phrase “, DBES goods” is omitted.

(9)

In paragraph (6) of regulation 13, the phrase “or DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom” is inserted after the word “goods”.

(10)

In paragraph (13) of regulation 13, the word “become” is substituted for the word “are”.

(11)

In requirement 5 in the first column of Schedule 2 (required methods of operation for the preparation of export eligible goods in export dedicated establishments), the phrase “or DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom” is inserted at the end.

Signature

Hayman

Minister of State, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

20th June 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1103, as amended—“the Principal Regulations”) insofar as they extend to England. The Principal Regulations give effect to Commission Decisions 98/692/EC (OJ No. L328, 4.12.98, p. 28) and 98/564/EC (OJ No. L273, 9.10.98. p. 37) which amended Council Decision 98/256/EC (OJ No. L113, 15.4.98, p. 32).

The effect of the amendments is to permit the despatch of bone-in beef from premises approved under the Date Based Export Scheme to the domestic market.

A Regulatory impact assessment has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Beef Export Task Force in the Animal Health (BSE & IT) Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1A Page Street, London SW1P 4PQ.