The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under section 8(2)(a), (c) and (e)) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

These Regulations make amendments to legislation relating to—

agricultural products and foodstuffs;

Part 2 and the Schedules amend retained direct EU legislation relating to those products.

Part 3 amends domestic legislation relating to those products and to trade marks and organic products, amending provisions in subordinate legislation that were included to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, including amendments which update previous amendments to take account of the transition period.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.