The Trade and Official Controls (Transitional Arrangements for Prior Notifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Jurisdiction: UK

Commencement: 31^st March 2021

Amends: 

• Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
• Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products

Mini Summary
The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 amends the following pieces of legislation:

• The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 – These Regulations allow competent authorities in England to enforce EU Regulations in relation to plant health and genetically modified organisms.
• The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015 – The Regulations implement fees applying to England and Scotland only.
• GB Retained: Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants – This Regulation implements controls on the movement of certain plants, plant pests and other material into, from and within Great Britain to help protect the environment from the spread of harmful pests and diseases.

The GB Retained Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products set out the official controls to be carried out on animals and relevant goods entering Great Britain by the relevant competent authorities.

Amendment
Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
This amendment changes the date of exports and imports that apply in regulation 52 of The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (as an amendment).

This regulation now relates to plants, plant products and other objects which originate in, or are dispatched from, an EU Member State, other than qualifying Northern Ireland goods, introduced into Great Britain during the period commencing on IP completion day and ending on 31st December 2021.

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GB Retained Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products
The date when operators must begin giving prior notification of the arrival of all plants, plant products and other objects to protect against pests of plants, is extended to 31st July 2021.

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