91.I1

United Kingdom

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 35/97 laying down provisions on the certification of pelts and goods covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 1—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “that for external transit” substitute “ a transit procedure ”;

(ii)

for “customs territory of the Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(iii)

in subparagraph (a), for the words from “a country appearing in the list” to “that country” substitute F1"an approved country or the United Kingdom";

(iv)

omit subparagraph (b);

(b)

in paragraph 2, for the words from “shall surrender” to “Community” substitute “ must, on the importation of goods into the United Kingdom, present to the border customs office a certificate ”;

(c)

after paragraph 2, insert—

“
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In this Article, “an approved country”, in relation to the pelts of any species (and goods incorporating such pelts) means a country listed in the Annex to Council Decision 97/602/EC concerning the list referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91 and in Article 1(1)(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 35/97.”.

(3)

In Article 2—

(a)

in paragraph 1, for the words from “one of the official languages” to the end substitute “ English ”;

(b)

omit paragraph 3.

(4)

In Article 3—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “Community” in each place where it occurs substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(ii)

before “re-export” insert the words “ export or ”;

(b)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

for “Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(ii)

for “Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82” in the first place where it occurs substitute “ Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein ”;

(iii)

for “Regulation (EEC) No 3262/82 in the second place where it occurs substitute “ Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 ”.

(5)

Omit Article 4.

(6)

After Article 4, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.

(7)

Omit the Annex.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 3(2)(a)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1590), regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 4(3)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1