Regulation 3 The Country of Origin of Certain Meats (Wales) Regulations 2015

In the Country of Origin of Certain Meats (Wales) Regulations 2015^f1, after regulation 6 insert—

“Transitional provision: withdrawal from the EU

7.

(1)

An authorised officer must not serve on a person an improvement notice relating to a failure to comply with the second subparagraph of Article 5(1), Article 6 or Article 7 if—

(a)

the improvement notice would relate to a product that was placed on the market before IP completion day; and

(b)

the matter constituting the alleged failure to comply would not have constituted a failure to comply with those provisions as they had effect immediately before IP completion day.

(2)

An authorised officer must not serve on a person an improvement notice relating to a failure to comply with the second subparagraph of Article 5(1), Article 6 or Article 7 if—

(a)

the improvement notice would relate to a product placed on the market on or before 30 September 2022;

(b)

the product bears one of the indications provided for in those provisions as they had effect immediately before IP completion day; and

(c)

the use of the indication would not constitute a failure to comply with those provisions as they had effect immediately before IP completion day.

(3)

In this regulation, “improvement notice” (“hysbysiad gwella”) means an improvement notice pursuant to regulation 6(1) as read with Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations.”