Regulation 8 Amendments to Annex 8 to the Official Controls Regulation, as inserted by paragraph 15 of Annex 6 to that Regulation

(1)

The table in Annex 8 to the Official Controls Regulation^f1 (inserted by paragraph 15 of Annex 6) is amended as follows.

(2)

In the section headed “Parts of plants, other than fruit and seeds of:”—

(a)

at the beginning, after the heading insert—

“

Solanaceae Juss. and Ipomoea L. Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included, fresh. 7

”

(b)

in the row beginning with “Leafy vegetables of Apium graveolens L.”—

(i)

in the first column, for “and Ocimum L.” substitute “Ocimum L and Spinacia oleracea L.”; and

(ii)

in the second column, in the line beginning with “Other vegetables”, for “Other” substitute “Spinach and other”.

(3)

In the section headed “Fruits of:”—

(a)

in the row beginning with “Momordica L.”, in the second column, at the beginning insert a new line “Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta.”;

(b)

in the row beginning with “Carica papaya L.”—

(i)

in the first column, omit—

(aa)

“Carica papaya L., Cydonia Mill.”:

(bb)

“Prunus L.”;

(cc)

“Ribes L.”; and

(dd)

“Syzygium Gaertn.”;

(ii)

in the second column—

(aa)

omit “Papaws (papayas) fresh or chilled.”;

(bb)

for “, pears and quinces” substitute “and pears”;

(cc)

omit “Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh or chilled.”;

(dd)

omit “Black, white or red currants and gooseberries, fresh or chilled.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Annex 8, which modifies the application of the Official Controls Regulation during the transitional staging period, is introduced by paragraph 15 of Annex 6 to that Regulation, inserted by S.I. 2023/1131. Annex 8 was renumbered as such by a correction slip dated December 2023 and published as ISBN 978-0-34-825288-0.