The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
2019 No. 814
Exiting The European Union
Animals
The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Made 4th April 2019
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21(b) of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 20181.
In accordance with paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on exit day.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/98
2.—(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/98laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97as regards the application of minimum administrative sanctions in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 3, for “Member States”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “the appropriate Minister”.
(3) After Article 5, omit the words from “This” to “States”.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/1999
3.—(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/1999concerning an extension of the maximum period laid down for the application of ear-tags to bison (Bison bison spp.) is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1, for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate Minister”.
(3) After Article 3, omit the words from “This” to “States”.
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council
4.—(1) Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000of 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)
(a) omit paragraph 1;
(b)
(b) in paragraph 2, for “Community rules” substitute “rules set out in retained direct EU legislation”.
(3) In Article 2—
(a)
(a) in the definition of “holding”, for “same Member State” substitute “United Kingdom”;
(b)
(b) in the definition of “competent authority”, for “central authority or authorities in a Member State” substitute “authority or authorities”;
(c)
(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)
(a) in paragraph 1, in the second subparagraph, for “intra-Union trade” substitute “export to a Member State”;
(b)
(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)
(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)
(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)
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) in the first subparagraph, in both places where it occurs, for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;
(ii) in the second subparagraph, for “Member State of destination” substitute “competent authority”;
(iii) in the third subparagraph, for “a Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph 2, in the first subparagraph, for “Member State in which the holding of destination is located” substitute “appropriate Minister”;
(c)
(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—
(a)
(a) in the heading, for “one Member State to another” substitute “a Member State to the United Kingdom”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph 1—
(i) in the first line—
(aa) for “one” substitute “a”;
(bb) for “another” substitute “the United Kingdom”;
(ii) omit “of the Member State of destination”;
(c)
(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)
(a) in the first paragraph, omit “of the Member States”;
(b)
(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)
(a) for “Member State” substitute “appropriate Minister”;
(b)
(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)
(a) in the first and third paragraphs for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate Minister”;
(b)
(b) omit the fourth paragraph.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1082/2003
5.—(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1082/2003laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the minimum level of controls to be carried out in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 2—
(a)
(a) in paragraph 4(g), for “Member States” substitute “appropriate Minister”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph 5, for “at national level” substitute “by the competent authority”.
(3) Omit Article 5.
(4) In Article 7, omit the second sentence.
(5) Omit Annex 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2004
6.—(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2004implementing Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eartags, passports and holding registers is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 6 of Article 1—
(a)
(a) omit “by a Member State”;
(b)
(b) for “another” substitute “a”.
(3) In Article 4, for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate Minister”.
(4) Omit Article 5.
(5) In Article 6—
(a)
(a) in paragraph 2, in the first subparagraph—
(i) for the words from “Chapter 1.A.1” to “during transport” substitute “Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005on the protection of animals during transport and related operations”;
(ii) for “Member States” substitute “the appropriate Minister”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph 3 omit the final sentence.
(6) In Article 9, for “Member States” substitute “the appropriate Minister”.
(7) Omit Article 10.
(8) In Article 12, omit the second sentence.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 644/2005
7.—(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 644/2005authorising a special identification system for bovine animals kept for cultural and historical purposes on approved premises as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000of the European Parliament and of the Council is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 2(4), in the second subparagraph, for “in the same Member State” substitute “in the United Kingdom”.
(3) After Article 5, omit the words from “This” to “States”.
Commission Decision (EC) No 2006/28
8.—(1) Commission Decision (EC) No 2006/28on extension of the maximum period for applying eartags to certain bovine animals is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1, for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate Minister”.
(3) In Article 2—
(a)
(a) in paragraphs 1 and 2 for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate Minister”;
(b)
(b) omit paragraph 3.
(4) Omit Article 7.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/949
9.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation EU No 2017/949laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the configuration of the identification code for bovine animals is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 2(a), after “country code” insert “of the United Kingdom or”.
(3) In Article 3, omit “of the Member State”.
(4) After Article 5, omit the words from “This” to “States”.
(5) In the Annex, the...
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