Regulation 4 Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 1—

(a)

omit paragraph 1;

(b)

in paragraph 2, for “Community rules” substitute “ rules set out in retained direct EU legislation ”.

(3)

In Article 2—

F1(a)

in the definition of “holding”, for “the same Member State” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b)

in the definition of “competent authority”, for “central authority or authorities in a Member State” substitute “ authority or authorities ”;

(c)

after the definition of “competent authority” insert—

“— ‘third country’ means any country or territory other than:
(a)
the United Kingdom;
(b)
the Bailiwick of Jersey;
(c)
the Bailiwick of Guernsey;
(d)
the Isle of Man; or
(e)
a Member State.”

(4)

In Article 3, for the final paragraph substitute—

“The appropriate Minister and the competent authority shall have access to all the information covered by this title. The appropriate Minister shall take the measures necessary to ensure access to these data for all parties concerned, including consumer organisations having an interest which are recognised by the appropriate Minister, provided that the data confidentiality and protection prescribed by law are ensured.”.

(5)

In Article 4—

(a)

in paragraph 1, in the second subparagraph, for “intra-Union trade” substitute “ export to a Member State ”;

(b)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

for “Member State concerned” substitute “ appropriate Minister ”;

(ii)

in point (d), for “intra-Union trade” substitute “ export to a Member State ”;

(c)

in paragraph 4—

(i)

in the first subparagraph, for “Member States” substitute “ appropriate Minister ”;

(ii)

for the second subparagraph substitute—

“The appropriate Minister may not make the use of an electronic identifier compulsory as one of the two means of identification provided for in paragraph 1 before 18 July 2019.”;

(iii)

omit the third subparagraph;

(d)

omit paragraph 6.

(6)

In Article 4a, for “Member State in which the animal was born” substitute “ appropriate Minister ”.

(7)

In Article 4b—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

F2(i)

in the first sub-paragraph, for “the Union”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;

(ii)

in the second subparagraph, for “Member State of destination” substitute “ competent authority ”;

F3(iii)

in the third sub-paragraph, for “a Member State” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b)

in paragraph 2, in the first subparagraph, for “Member State in which the holding of destination is located” substitute “ appropriate Minister ”;

(c)

in paragraph 3, in the first subparagraph—

(i)

for “holding of destination is situated in a Member State that” substitute “ appropriate Minister ”;

(ii)

omit “national”;

(iii)

omit “in the Union”;

(iv)

for “Member State of destination” substitute “ appropriate Minister ”.

(8)

In Article 4c—

F4(a)

in the heading, for “one Member State to another” substitute “a Member State to Great Britain”;

(b)

in paragraph 1—

F5(i)

for “one Member State to another” substitute “a Member State to Great Britain”;

(ii)

omit “of the Member State of destination”;

(c)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

for “holding of destination is situated in a Member State that” substitute “ appropriate Minister ”;

(ii)

omit “national”, in both places it occurs;

(iii)

for “Member State where that holding of destination is located” substitute “ appropriate Minister ”;

(iv)

for “situated in the territory of the Member State that” substitute “ where the appropriate Minister ”.

(9)

In Article 5—

(a)

in the first paragraph, omit “of the Member States”;

(b)

omit the second, third and fourth paragraphs.

(10)

Omit Articles 6 and 6a.

(11)

In Article 7, in the second indent of paragraph 1—

(a)

for “Member State” substitute “ appropriate Minister ”;

(b)

omit “Member States may request the Commission to extend the maximum period of seven days”.

(12)

In Article 9, for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate Minister ”.

(13)

In Article 9a—

(a)

in the first and third paragraphs for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate Minister ”;

(b)

omit the fourth paragraph.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 4(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 33(2)(a)
F2: Reg. 4(7)(a)(i) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 33(2)(b)(i)
F3: Reg. 4(7)(a)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 33(2)(b)(ii)
F4: Reg. 4(8)(a) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 33(2)(c)(i)
F5: Reg. 4(8)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 33(2)(c)(ii)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1