Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2622 of 30 July 2024 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/1231 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the addition of Regulation (EU) 2023/2419 of the European Parliament and of the Council to the list in that Annex
Date: 2024-07-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, consumer information, domestic animal, labelling, market approval, organic farming, organic product, pet food, protocol to an agreement




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2024/2622


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            COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2024/2622
of 30 July 2024
         
amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/1231 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the addition of Regulation (EU) 2023/2419 of the European Parliament and of the Council to the list in that Annex
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/1231 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on specific rules relating to the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom of certain consignments of retail goods, plants for planting, seed potatoes, machinery and certain vehicles operated for agricultural or forestry purposes, as well as non-commercial movements of certain pet animals into Northern Ireland (1), and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework (2) lists the provisions of Union law which are to apply to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.












(2)


Decision No 2/2024 of the Joint Committee (3) added Regulation (EU) 2023/2419 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), under point 34 ‘Feed – products and hygiene’ to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework. Decision No 2/2024 entered into force on 17 May 2024.












(3)


Regulation (EU) 2023/1231 lays down specific rules relating to the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom of certain consignments of retail goods for placing on the market in Northern Ireland for the final consumer. Annex I to that Regulation lists the provisions of Union law that are not to apply with respect to consignments of retail goods entering into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom for placing on the market in Northern Ireland.












(4)


Taking into account the responsibility of the United Kingdom to protect public health and consumers in Northern Ireland in respect of retail goods entering into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom, Regulation (EU) 2023/2419 should, in view of its content, be added to the list in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/1231.












(5)


Regulation (EU) 2023/1231 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(6)


In the interest of legal certainty and to avoid any unnecessary disruption to trade, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency and apply retroactively from 17 May 2024,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/1231, the following point is added:






‘68.


*Regulation (EU) 2023/2419 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the labelling of organic pet food (*1)







Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 17 May 2024.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 July 2024.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 165, 29.6.2023, p. 103, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1231/oj.

(2)  See Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87).

(3)  Decision No 2/2024 of the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 16 May 2024 adding a newly adopted Union act to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework [not yet published in the Official Journal].

(4)  Regulation (EU) 2023/2419 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the labelling of organic pet food (OJ L, 2023/2419, 27.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2419/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/2622/oj
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