{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-163/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-163/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2011/163",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 16 March 2011 on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (notified under document C(2011) 1630) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/163/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-163",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) specify, in a document published for the purposes of this point—\n(a)) the relevant third countries who may submit relevant plans to the appropriate authority;\n(b)) the relevant animals and animal products for which those relevant plans are approved.\n(1A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1C.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1E.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1F.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1G.) In paragraph 1—\n“relevant third country” means the third countries listed in the table set out in the Annex;\n“relevant animals and animal products” means the animals and animal products set out in the table in the Annex;\n“relevant plans” means the plans provided for in Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC or under the correlating provisions of, or under, Regulation (EU) 2017/625.\n2. In this Decision, “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:\n(a) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n(b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.\n3. In this Decision, “third country” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 1 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 59(2) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 1(1)-(1G) substituted for Art. 1(1) (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 12(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 1(1) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 42(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 1(1A)-(1F) omitted (10.2.2025) by virtue of The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 42(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1(2) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 12(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}