English: Diolch, Llywydd. Thank you for the opportunity to briefly give some background for today's debate on the Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021. These regulations are made using the made affirmative procedure under powers conferred on the Welsh Ministers by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. They were laid before the Senedd on 23 December and came into force 30 December. The original Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021, approved by the Senedd early last year, changed the original date from which prior notification for imports into Wales of products of animal origin applied from 1 April 2021 to 31 July 2021. In line with the phased introduction of border controls, the requirements were again delayed twice last year from 31 July 2021 to 1 October 2021 and later until 1 January 2022. All these previous changes were made in line with corresponding amendments in the English and Scottish legislation, and were approved by the Senedd. My officials will continue to monitor the situation and work with other devolved Governments to ensure a harmonised import regime across Great Britain. These regulations amend the 2011 regulations to remove the requirement for products of animal origin and animal by-products to be accompanied by the appropriate health certificate for third-country imports before the end of the transitional staging period. The regulations waive the need for most animal product imports from the island of Ireland to be pre-notified from 1 January 2022 until 1 July, with a few exceptions. These regulations also amend Schedule 5 to the 2011 regulations to enable enforcement powers to remain available during the extended transitional staging period other than at border control posts in respect of animals and animal products in Wales. The regulations also amend 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 extended transitional staging period.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Diolch am y cyfle i roi rhywfaint o gefndir yn fyr ar gyfer y ddadl heddiw ar Reoliadau Rheolaethau Swyddogol (Estyn Cyfnodau Trosiannol a Diwygiadau Amrywiol) (Cymru) (Ymadael â'r UE) 2021. Gwneir y rheoliadau hyn gan ddefnyddio'r weithdrefn gadarnhaol 'gwnaed' o dan bwerau a roddwyd i Weinidogion Cymru gan Ddeddf yr Undeb Ewropeaidd (Ymadael) 2018. Fe'u gosodwyd gerbron y Senedd ar 23 Rhagfyr a daethant i rym ar 30 Rhagfyr. Newidiodd Rheoliadau gwreiddiol y Fasnach mewn Anifeiliaid a Chynhyrchion Perthynol (Cymru) 2011, a gymeradwywyd gan y Senedd ddechrau'r llynedd, y dyddiad gwreiddiol ar gyfer hysbysu ymlaen llaw am fewnforion i Gymru o gynhyrchion sy'n dod o anifeiliaid o 1 Ebrill 2021 i 31 Gorffennaf 2021. Yn unol â chyflwyno rheolaethau ar y ffin yn raddol, gohiriwyd y gofynion ddwywaith y llynedd eto o 31 Gorffennaf 2021 i 1 Hydref 2021 ac yn ddiweddarach tan 1 Ionawr 2022. Gwnaed yr holl newidiadau blaenorol hyn yn unol â diwygiadau cyfatebol yn neddfwriaeth Lloegr a'r Alban, ac fe'u cymeradwywyd gan y Senedd. Bydd fy swyddogion yn parhau i fonitro'r sefyllfa ac yn gweithio gyda Llywodraethau datganoledig eraill i sicrhau trefn fewnforio gyson ledled Prydain Fawr. Mae'r rheoliadau hyn yn diwygio rheoliadau 2011 i ddileu'r gofyniad i gynhyrchion sy'n dod o anifeiliaid a sgil-gynhyrchion anifeiliaid gael eu hategu gan y dystysgrif iechyd briodol ar gyfer mewnforion trydydd gwlad cyn diwedd y cyfnod graddoli trosiannol. Mae'r rheoliadau'n hepgor yr angen i'r rhan fwyaf o fewnforion cynnyrch anifeiliaid o ynys Iwerddon gael eu hysbysu ymlaen llaw o 1 Ionawr 2022 tan 1 Gorffennaf, gydag ambell eithriad. Mae'r rheoliadau hyn hefyd yn diwygio Atodlen 5 i reoliadau 2011 i alluogi pwerau gorfodi i barhau i fod ar gael yn ystod y cyfnod graddoli trosiannol estynedig ac eithrio mewn mannau rheoli ar y ffin mewn perthynas ag anifeiliaid a chynhyrchion anifeiliaid yng Nghymru. Mae'r rheoliadau hefyd yn diwygio Rheoliadau Paratoadau Cig (Diwygio ac Addasiadau Darfodol) (Cymru) (Ymadael â'r UE) 2021 i ymestyn y gwaharddiad dros dro ar y gofyniad bod paratoadau cig wedi'u rhewi'n ddwfn pan gânt eu mewnforio i Gymru o aelod-wladwriaethau'r AEE, Ynysoedd Faroe, yr Ynys Las neu'r Swistir, gan sicrhau ei fod yn cyd-fynd â'r cyfnod graddoli trosiannol estynedig.