Explanatory note

These Regulations amend assimilated Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (EUR 2001/999), so as to remove a requirement for intensified monitoring, for two years from the date of the detection of the last atypical scrapie case, of holdings where an atypical scrapie case in sheep or goats has been confirmed.

Regulation 2 removes three linked provisions from Annex 7 to that Regulation, which imposed that monitoring requirement.

These Regulations apply in England only.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or community bodies is foreseen.