The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020
These Regulations give effect to—Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants (OJ No. L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4) (“the EU Plant Health Regulation”), andRegulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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, in so far as it applies to the rules referred to in Article 1(2)(g) (OJ No. L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1) (“the Official Controls Regulation”).
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Department
Made
02 Mar 2020
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In force
27 Mar 2020
Enabling power
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and it appears expedient to the Welsh Ministers for the references to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and to the European Union instruments mentioned in regulation 3(1), to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
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