Your World of Legal Intelligence
 United Kingdom | +44 (0) 20 7284 8080

Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Wales) (No.5) Regulations 2001

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 13 Cited in Amendments 3 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionWales
CitationSI 2001/1500 (W103)
Year2001
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Wales) (No.5) Regulations 2001; they apply to Wales and come into force at 11.45 p.m. on 19th April 2001.(2) These Regulations apply until midnight on 18th May 2001.
  • In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
    • (1) No person shall export any live animal of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or any other biungulate.(2) By way of derogation from the preceding paragraph, the National Assembly or the Minister may by licence in writing authorise the export of biungulate animals originating outside the United Kingdom if the animals travelled through the United Kingdom in direct and uninterrupted transit on main roads or by rail or sea.(3) No person shall import any live animal of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease into Wales from another member State.(1) No person shall export any fresh meat of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or other biungulate.fresh meat obtained before 1st February 2001, provided that the meat is clearly identified and since that date has been transported and stored separately from meat which is not destined for dispatch outside the United Kingdom; orthe only meat processed in the establishment is fresh meat described in sub-paragraph (a) ; fresh meat from animals reared outside the Great Britain or Northern Ireland, transported directly and under official control in sealed means of transport to a slaughterhouse for immediate slaughter; or fresh meat from animals reared and slaughtered outside the United Kingdom;all the meat must bear the health mark in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex I to Council Directive 64/433/EEC (on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin ) ;the plant is operated under strict veterinary control; andthe meat is clearly identified and transported and stored separately from meat which is not destined for export.(3) Meat consigned to another member State shall be accompanied by an official certificate prepared by the National Assembly and signed by a person appointed as an officer of the kind specified in the certificate which bears the following words—
      Meat conforming to Commission Decision 2001/172/EC of 1st March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom
    .    (1) No person shall export meat products of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or any other biungulate coming from the United Kingdom.(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply to meat products which have undergone one of the treatments laid down in Article 4(1) of Council Directive 80/215/EEC (on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products ) ) , or to meat products as defined in Council Directive 77/99/EEC which have been subjected during preparation uniformly throughout the substance to a pH value of less than 6 or to meat products heat treated in hermetically sealed containers so as to ensure that they are shelf stable.meat products prepared before 1st February 2001, provided that the meat products are clearly identified and since that date have been transported and stored separately from meat products which are not destined for export; orall fresh meat used in the establishment must conform to the conditions in regulation 4(2) ;all meat products used in the final product must conform to the conditions in sub-paragraph (a) or be made from fresh meat obtained from animals reared and slaughtered outside Great Britain or Northern Ireland;all meat products must bear the health mark in accordance with Chapter VI of Annex B to Directive 77/99/EEC;the establishment must be operated under strict veterinary control; andthe meat products must be clearly identified and transported and stored separately from meat and other meat products which are not destined for export.(4) Meat products consigned to another member State shall be accompanied by an official certificate prepared by the National Assembly and signed by a person appointed as an officer of the kind specified in the certificate which bears the following words—
      Meat products conforming to Commission Decision 2001/172/EC of 1st March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom
    .    (5) Paragraph (4) shall not apply to meat products which conform to the requirements of paragraph (2) if such compliance is stated in the commercial document accompanying the consignment, endorsed in accordance with regulation 12, and the products have been processed in an establishment operating HACCP and an auditable standard operating procedure which ensures that standards for treatment are met and recorded.(6) Paragraph (4) shall not apply to meat products heat treated in hermetically sealed containers so as to ensure that they are shelf stable if they are accompanied by a commercial document stating the heat treatment applied.(1) No person shall export milk.an initial pasteurisation in accordance with the norms defined in paragraph 3(b) of Chapter 1 in Annex I to Council Directive 92/118/EEC (laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 1989/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 1990/425/EEC) followed by a second heat treatment by high temperature pasteurisation , UHT, sterilisation or by a drying process which includes a heat treatment with an equivalent effect to one of the above; oran initial pasteurisation in accordance with the norms defined in paragraph 3(b) of Chapter 1 in Annex I to Council Directive 92/118/EEC,

    To continue reading

    Request your trial
    Navigation index

    VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT