Date: 2020-09-29Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1341 of 28 September 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 as regards the period of application of temporary measures (Text with EEA relevance)
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
**Executive Summary:**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1341 amends Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466, prolonging the period of application of temporary measures related to official controls due to COVID-19 disruptions. This extension allows Member States to continue applying temporary measures regarding official controls and activities. The regulation takes effect on October 2, 2020, and applies until February 1, 2021.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Extension of Temporary Measures:**
* Extends the application of temporary measures outlined in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466.
* These measures address disruptions in Member States' control systems due to the COVID-19 crisis.
* **Period of Application:**
* The measures are extended until February 1, 2021, replacing the original end date of October 1, 2020.
* **Legal Basis:**
* The regulation is based on Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls.
* It empowers the Commission to adopt temporary measures to contain risks to human, animal, and plant health.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The regulation entered into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
* It applies from October 2, 2020.
**Impact Analysis:**
* **Member States:**
* *Impact:* Member states are permitted to continue implementing temporary measures concerning official controls and other official activities due to COVID-19 related disruptions.
* *Action Required:* Continue applying temporary measures as needed, ensuring alignment with the extended period of application until February 1, 2021.
* **European Commission:**
* *Impact:* The Commission is responsible for overseeing the implementation and application of the extended temporary measures.
* *Action Required:* Monitor the effectiveness of the temporary measures and provide guidance to Member States as needed.
* **Operators involved in the movement of animals and goods:**
* *Impact:* Operators continue to be subjected to temporary measures affecting the movement of animals and goods.
* *Action Required:* Remain informed and compliant with any continued temporary measures.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Commission: An institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
Regulation EU 2017/625: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2020/1341: Amending Implementing Regulation EU 2020/466 as regards the period of application of temporary measures.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2020/466: Regulation on temporary measures to contain risks to human, animal and plant health and animal welfare during certain serious disruptions of Member States control systems due to coronavirus disease COVID-19.
COVID-19: Coronavirus disease, which caused disruptions in Member States' control systems.
Brussels: The location where the regulation was adopted.
Ursula VON DER LEYEN: The President of the European Commission.
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1341
of 28 September 2020
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 as regards the period of application of temporary
measures
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official
controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and
welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the
European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council
Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC)
No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC,
89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official
Controls Regulation)(1), and in particular Article 141(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 lays down rules for, inter alia, the performance of official controls and of other official
activities by the competent authorities of Member States. It also empowers the Commission to adopt, by means of
an implementing act, appropriate temporary measures necessary to contain risks to human, animal and plant
health and animal welfare, if it has evidence of a serious disruption in a Member State’s control system.
(2) In order to address the specific circumstances due to the ongoing crisis related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466(2) allows Member States to apply temporary measures in
relation to official controls and other official activities.
(3) Member States have informed the Commission that, in view of the crisis linked to COVID-19, certain serious
disruptions in the functioning of their control systems, difficulties to perform official controls and other official
activities on official certificates and official attestations with respect to movements of animals and goods into the
Union and within the Union and difficulties to organise physical meetings with operators and their staff in the
context of official controls will persist beyond 1 October 2020. In order to address these serious disruptions, which
are likely to persist in the coming months, and to facilitate the planning and the performance of official controls and
other official activities during the crisis linked to COVID-19, the period of application of Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2020/466 should be prolonged until 1 February 2021.
(4) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In the second paragraph of Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466, the date ‘1 October 2020’ is replaced by
the date ‘1 February 2021’.
(1) OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 of 30 March 2020 on temporary measures to contain risks to human, animal
and plant health and animal welfare during certain serious disruptions of Member States’ control systems due to coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) (OJ L 98, 31.3.2020, p. 30).29.9.2020 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n Union L 314/3
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
It shall apply from 2 October 2020.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 September 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN