Miscellaneous Products of Animal Origin (Import Conditions) Regulations 1999
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1999/157 |
1999 No. 157
AGRICULTURE
The Miscellaneous Products of Animal Origin (Import Conditions) Regulations 1999
Made 26th January 1999
Laid before Parliament 3rd February 1999
Coming into force 1st March 1999
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated1for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Regulations:
Title, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Products of Animal Origin (Import Conditions) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to Northern Ireland.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any expression used in Directive 92/118/EECshall have the same meaning as in that directive;
“appropriate Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and in relation to Scotland or to Wales, the Secretary of State;
“Directive 92/118/EEC” means Council Directive 92/118/EEClaying down animal 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 89/662/EECand, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC3;
“frogs legs” means the back part of the body divided by a transversal cut behind the front limbs, eviscerated and skinned, of a frog of the speciesRana spp. (family Ranidae) presented fresh, frozen or processed and intended for human consumption;
“honey” means honey which is not included in the definition of apiculture products;
“miscellaneous product of animal origin” means–
(a) apiculture products;
(b) snails;
(c) frogs legs; and
(d) honey;
“snail” means a terrestrial gastropod of the speciesHelix pomatia Linne, Helix aspersa Muller, Helix lucorum and species of the family Achatinidae which is intended for human consumption.
Miscellaneous products of animal origin originating in another member State
3. No person shall import into Great Britain from another member State any miscellaneous product of animal origin originating in another member State unless–
(a) it originated in an establishment which complies with the requirements of article 4.2 of Directive 92/118/EEC;
(b) it satisfies the following requirements of Directive 92/118/EEC–
(i) in the case of apiculture products, Chapter 12 of Annex I;
(ii) in the case of snails, Paragraphs A and B of Part I of Chapter 3 of Annex II;
(iii) in the case of frogs legs, Paragraphs A and B of Part II of Chapter 3 of Annex II; and
(c) where the miscellaneous product of animal origin has passed through a third country, it is accompanied by a certificate certifying that it complies with the relevant requirements of Directive 92/118/EEC.
Miscellaneous products of animal origin originating in a third country
4.—(1) No person shall import into Great Britain any miscellaneous product of animal origin originating in a third country unless it complies with the conditions applicable to that product set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) above shall not apply in relation to the import of a trade sample provided that the import takes place under a...
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