The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022 / Rheoliadau Rheolaethau Swyddogol (Estyn Cyfnodau Trosiannol) (Diwygio) (Cymru) 2022

Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend the Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021 and the Meat Preparations (Amendment and Transitory Modification) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021.

Regulation 2 amends the Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021 to extend, in relation to Wales, the end date of the “transitional staging period” from 31 December 2022 to 31 January 2024.

Regulation 3 amends the Meat Preparations (Amendment and Transitory Modification) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 to extend the temporary suspension of the requirement for meat preparations to be deep frozen where they are imported into Wales from EEA member States, the Faroe Islands, Greenland or Switzerland, bringing it into line with the date appointed as the extended end date of the “ transitional staging period ” (regulation 2).

The Welsh Ministers’ code of practice on the carrying out of regulatory impact assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.