Translate the text from English to Welsh.



 
In a letter to the UK Government the Rural Affairs Minister has outlined the Welsh Government’s concerns on the impact of the further delay to import checks, which were due to begin in July.


In the letter the Rural Affairs Minister outlines the importance of high levels of biosecurity in order to protect from animal diseases such as foot and mouth.


The Minister said:



> Continued delays to the introduction of EU import checks are a risk to our collective biosecurity, a risk which grows with time. The lack of access to EU traceability, disease notification and emergency response systems further compounds this risk.
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> I am very concerned the farming sector in Wales will be disadvantaged and there will not be a level playing field for Welsh producers, who are subject to costly and time\-consuming EU export checks and regulatory requirements, whilst their EU competitors continue to benefit from the lack of any such regulatory checks.
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> I also share concerns voiced by the British Veterinary Association in relation to risks of incursion of exotic diseases to this country.


The Minister emphasised the importance of addressing biosecurity issues on a GB\-wide basis.


She said:



> Given the uncertainty following the UK Government’s announcement, we need our officials to urgently work together to collectively agree a risk\-based approach to managing biosecurity risks and take policy decisions on public, animal and plant health issues affecting the UK as a whole.


The Minister also reiterated the protection of biosecurity is a devolved matter and, whilst a GB\-wide approach is preferable given diseases do not respect borders, the future borders regime to protect public, animal and plant health must meet the needs of Wales.


The Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has also written to the UK Government to call for Welsh Ministers to be fully involved in discussions on import controls.  He also reiterated that any expenditure on border controls following EU Exit should be funded by the UK Treasury.







Translation:


 
Mewn llythyr at Lywodraeth y DU mae’r Gweinidog Materion Gwledig wedi amlinellu pryderon Llywodraeth Cymru ynghylch effaith rhagor o oedi wrth gyflwyno gwiriadau ar fewnforion, a oedd i fod i ddechrau ym mis Gorffennaf.


Yn y llythyr mae’r Gweinidog yn amlinellu pwysigrwydd lefelau uchel o fioddiogelwch er mwyn diogelu anifeiliaid rhag clefydau fel clwy’r traed a’r genau.


Dywedodd y Gweinidog:



> Mae’r oedi parhaus wrth gyflwyno gwiriadau ar fewnforion o’r UE yn peri risg i’n bioddiogelwch gyfunol, risg sy’n cynyddu gydag amser. Mae’r diffyg mynediad at systemau olrhain yr UE, hysbysiadau am glefydau a systemau ymateb ar frys yn gwaethygu’r risg ymhellach.
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> Rwy’n pryderu yn fawr iawn y bydd y sector ffermio yng Nghymru o dan anfantais, ac na fydd y sefyllfa yn deg ar gyfer cynrychiolwyr Cymru – sy’n gorfod mynd drwy wiriadau costus o ran arian ac amser wrth allforio i’r UE, wrth i gystadleuwyr yn yr UE barhau i fanteisio ar ddiffyg unrhyw wiriadau rheoleiddiol o’r fath.
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> Rwyf hefyd yn rhannu’r pryderon a leisiwyd gan Gymdeithas Milfeddygon Prydain mewn perthynas â chlefydau egsotig yn cyrraedd y wlad hon.


Tynnodd y Gweinidog sylw at bwysigrwydd mynd i’r afael â materion bioddiogelwch ar lefel Prydain Fawr gyfan.


Dywedodd hi:



> O ystyried yr ansicrwydd yn dilyn cyhoeddiad Llywodraeth y DU, mae angen i’n swyddogion gweithio gyda’i gilydd fel mater o frys i gytuno ar y cyd ar ddull sy’n seiliedig ar risg o reoli risgiau bioddiogelwch, a gwneud penderfyniadau polisi ynghylch materion iechyd y chyhoedd, iechyd anifeiliaid ac iechyd planhigion sy’n effeithio ar y DU gyfan.


Ailadroddodd y Gweinidog hefyd fod gwarchod bioddiogelwch yn fater datganoledig ac, er bod dull gweithredu ledled Prydain yn well o ystyried nad yw clefydau'n parchu ffiniau, rhaid i'r drefn ffiniau yn y dyfodol i warchod iechyd y cyhoedd, iechyd anifeiliaid a phlanhigion ddiwallu anghenion Cymru.


Mae Gweinidog yr Economi, Vaughan Gething, hefyd wedi ysgrifennu at Lywodraeth y DU i ofyn am i Weinidogion Cymru gael eu cynnwys yn y trafodaethau ynghylch rheoli mewnforion. Mae hefyd wedi ailadrodd y dylai unrhyw wariant ar reoli ar y ffin gael ei ariannu gan drysorlys y DU.