The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Commission Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU U.K.

9.—(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU on the organisation of a temporary experiment providing for certain derogations for the marketing of populations of the plant species wheat, barley, oats and maize pursuant to Council Directive 66/402/EEC is amended as follows.

(2) Before Article 1 insert—

“Article A1 U.K.

In this Decision--

“the appropriate authority” means—

(a)

in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b)

in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c)

in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(d)

F1 ...

“responsible authority” means any authority who, in relation to any part of [F2 Great Britain], is the appropriate authority.”.

(3) In Article 1(1) omit “at Union level”.

(4) In Article 3—

(a) in the heading omit “of Member States”;

(b) for “Member State” substitute “ responsible authority ”;

(c) for “Member States”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ responsible authorities ”;

(d) in paragraph 2, omit “the Commission and”;

(e) in paragraph 3, for “Commission” substitute “ other responsible authorities ”.

(5) In Articles 4, 6, 7, 10, 12 [F3 , 13], 17 and 18—

(a) for “Member State”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

(b) for “Member States”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ responsible authorities ”;

(c) for “seed certification authority”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ appropriate authority ”.

(6) In Article 7(4) omit “and the Commission”.

(7) In Article 8(1), for “Article 9(6) of Council Directive 2002/53/EC” substitute “the Plant Breeders' Rights (Naming and Fees) Regulations 2006”.

(8) In Article 12(1), for “in the participating Member State” substitute “ in the territory for which the responsible authority in question is the appropriate authority ”.

(9) In Article 14, in the words before point (a), for the words from “seed” to “States” substitute “ appropriate authority ”.

(10) In Article 18, in paragraphs 1 and 2, omit “the Commission and”.

(11) Omit Article 20.

(12) In Annex 1—

[F4 (za) in point 1, for “EU” substitute “GB”;]

(a) in point 2, for “seed certification authority and the Member state” substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

(b) in point 9, for “Member State” substitute “ Country ”.

(13) In Annex 2, in the last subparagraph, for “Member States” substitute “ responsible authorities ”.

(14) In Annex 3—

(a) in point (c), for “Member State” substitute “ country ”;

(b) in point (d), for “Member States” substitute “ responsible authorities ”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 9(2) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 30(6)(a)(i)

F2 Words in reg. 9(2) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 30(6)(a)(ii)

F3 Word in reg. 9(5) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 30(6)(b)

F4 Reg. 9(12)(za) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 30(6)(c)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 9 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)(b)