Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1926 of 5 November 2021 approving the checks on conformity to marketing standards for fruit and vegetables carried out by the United Kingdom and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors

Approval of conformity checks

Article 1

The checks on conformity to marketing standards for fruit and vegetables carried out by the United Kingdom prior to import into the Union are approved.

Official authority and inspection bodies

Article 2

1.   The Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is the official authority of the United Kingdom referred to in Article 15(2), second subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 under the responsibility of which the checks referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation are carried out. 2.   The Horticulture Marketing Inspectorate for England and Wales, the Scottish Government’s Horticulture and Marketing Unit for Scotland and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland are the inspection bodies of the United Kingdom in charge of the proper checks within the meaning of Article 15(2), second subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.

Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011

Article 3

Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Repeal

Article 4

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2102 is repealed.

Entry into force

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX ‘ANNEX IV Third countries where the conformity checks have been approved under Article 15 and the products concerned Country Products Switzerland Fresh fruit and vegetables Morocco Fresh fruit and vegetables South Africa Fresh fruit and vegetables Israel  ( *1 ) Fresh fruit and vegetables India Fresh fruit and vegetables New Zealand Apples, pears and kiwi fruit Senegal Fresh fruit and vegetables Kenya Fresh fruit and vegetables Turkey Fresh fruit and vegetables United Kingdom: — Great Britain — Northern Ireland  ( *2 ) Fresh fruit and vegetables ’ ( *1 )   The Commission’s approval under Article 15 is given to fruit and vegetables originating within the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank. ( *2 )   In accordance with Articles 6(3) and 7(1) of 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 and Articles 5(4) and 13(1) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to that Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Regulation references to Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. However, in accordance with Article 7(3) of that Protocol, in respect of the recognition in one Member State of technical regulations, assessments, registrations, certificates, approvals and authorisations issued or carried out by the authorities of another Member State, or by a body established in another Member State, references to Member States in provisions of Union law made applicable by that Protocol are not to be read as including the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland as regards technical regulations, assessments, registrations, certificates, approvals and authorisations issued or carried out by the authorities of the United Kingdom or by bodies established in the United Kingdom.