Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 and come into force on 4th July 2013.

Amendment of the Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2008

2.-(1) The Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2008(2) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after "Decision 2008/289/EC" insert ", as amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2013/287/EU(3)".

(3) In regulation 3(1)(a) (restriction on placing on the market of rice products) after "specified in" insert "Article 3 and".

(4) For regulation 8 substitute-

"Transitional provision

8.-(1) Until 5th August 2013, the prohibition in regulation 3(1) does not apply in relation to any rice product, other than a rice product which corresponds to CN Codes 1905 90 60, 1905 90 90 or 2103 90 90, provided that-

(a)the product arrived in the Union before 4th July 2013; and

(b)the placing on the market of the product would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations as they stood immediately before the coming into force of the Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013.

(2) Until 5th October 2013, the prohibition in regulation 3(1) does not apply in relation to a rice product which corresponds to CN Codes 1905 90 60, 1905 90 90 or 2103 90 90."

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 4th July 2013, amend the Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (the "2008 Regulations") in order to implement Commission Implementing Decision 2013/287/EU amending Implementing Decision 2011/884/EU on emergency measures regarding unauthorised genetically modified rice in rice products originating from China.

Decision 2013/287/EU adds additional categories of rice products to those that are subject to import restrictions and modifies those restrictions.

In particular, these Regulations amend the 2008 Regulations by-

(a)in regulation 2, modifying the definition of the Commission Decision to take account of Decision 2013/287/EU (regulation 2(2));

(b)amending regulation 3(1), which concerns the conditions under which rice products originating from China may be placed on the market (regulation 2(3));

(c)as regulation 8, adding a provision implementing the transitional arrangements contained in Article 9 of Decision 2011/884/EU as amended by Article 1 of Decision 2013/287/EU (regulation 2(4)).

A business and regulatory impact assessment is being prepared for this instrument and will be published once complete. Due to the emergency nature of this instrument, the Food Standards Agency was unable to complete the impact assessment before the coming into force of the instrument.