Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 1667

The Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000

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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food being a Minister designated[1] for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community makes the following Regulations:

Title, extent and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000; they extend to England only and come into force on 17th July 2000.

Amendments to the Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations 1999
  2.  - (1) Insofar as they extend to England, the Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations 1999[3] are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

    (2) In the definition of "export dedicated establishment" in paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation), the phrase "and may include such establishments which prepare DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom" is inserted after the word "below".

    (3) In paragraph (a) of the definition of "export eligible goods" in paragraph (1) of regulation 2, the phrase "(other than any such goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom)" is inserted after the word "goods" where it appears first.

    (4) In paragraph (1)(b) of regulation 12 (approval of establishments for the preparation or despatch of foreign origin export eligible goods, DBES and ECHS goods and foreign origin bovine by-products), the word "origin" is substituted for the word "original".

    (5) In paragraph (3)(a) of regulation 12, the phrase "or DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom" is inserted after the word "goods" where it appears last.

    (6) In paragraph (3)(c)(i) of regulation 12, the phrase ", other than DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom," is inserted after the word "abroad".

    (7) In paragraph (3)(c)(ii) of regulation 12, the phrase "other than DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom" is inserted at the end.

    (8) In paragraph (3)(a) of regulation 13 (requirements imposed on the operator of an establishment approved under regulation 12), the phrase ", DBES goods" is omitted.

    (9) In paragraph (6) of regulation 13, the phrase "or DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom" is inserted after the word "goods".

    (10) In paragraph (13) of regulation 13, the word "become" is substituted for the word "are".

    (11) In requirement 5 in the first column of Schedule 2 (required methods of operation for the preparation of export eligible goods in export dedicated establishments), the phrase "or DBES goods destined for placing on the market in the United Kingdom" is inserted at the end.
 

Hayman
Minister of State, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

20th June 2000
 

These Regulations amend the Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1103, as amended - "the Principal Regulations") insofar as they extend to England. The Principal Regulations give effect to Commission Decisions 98/692/EC (OJ No. L328, 4.12.98, p. 28) and 98/564/EC (OJ No. L273, 9.10.98. p. 37) which amended Council Decision 98/256/EC (OJ No. L113, 15.4.98, p. 32).

The effect of the amendments is to permit the despatch of bone-in beef from premises approved under the Date Based Export Scheme to the domestic market.

A Regulatory impact assessment has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Beef Export Task Force in the Animal Health (BSE &IT) Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1A Page Street, London SW1P 4PQ.

[1] S.I. 1972/1811.back

[2] 1972 c. 68.back

[3] S.I. 1999/1103, amended by S.I. 1999/1554 and S.I. 2000/656.back