Regulation 17 Article 18 (licensing of imports and exports)

(1)

Article 18 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 1, for “Commission” substitute “Environment Agency”.

(3)

In paragraph 3(i), for “competent authority of a Member State” substitute “Environment Agency”.

(4)

In paragraphs 4 to 6, for “Commission”, in each place it occurs, substitute “Environment Agency”.

(5)

Omit paragraph 7.

(6)

In paragraph 8—

(a)

for “Commission” substitute “Environment Agency”;

(b)

omit “and the Member State concerned”.

(7)

In paragraph 9—

(a)

in the first sentence, for “Commission may” substitute “Secretary of State may, by regulations,”;

(b)

omit the second sentence.