Regulation (EU) 2024/3115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on plant health controls and reporting obligations

Published Replacement EU Act

This law is a published replacement EU law: Article 13(3a) applies and the Stormont Brake could be used under certain circumstances. Read more about the procedure for new and amending/replacement EU laws and how they apply in Northern Ireland.

The table below sets out the main procedural steps and the work of the Democratic Scrutiny Committee (DSC) in relation to this act.

 

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""Category
  Published Replacement EU Act
""Procedure  Article 13(3)
"" EU law

Regulation (EU) 2024/3115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and establishment of procedures for granting them, temporary import requirements for high-risk plants, plant products and other objects, the establishment of procedures for the listing of high-risk plants, the content of phytosanitary certificates and the use of plant passports, and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pests and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards certain notifications of non-compliance [External link]
""UK Government assessment and further information

UK Government Explanatory Memorandum on the proposed EU act - 6 February 2024

 

UK Government Explanatory Memorandum on the published EU Act - 9 January 2025

 

Information considered by the Democratic Scrutiny Committee
""Date of notification of the proposed EU act to the DSC

The DSC was not notified of the proposed EU act.

 

The proposed act was identified as a priority during the Committee's forward work planning exercise on 12 September 2024, when it considered proposed EU acts which had started their legislative passage before the Committee was established.
""Consideration by the DSC of the proposed EU act

The DSC considered written departmental evidence on the proposed EU act on 24 October 2024.

 

Read the evidence gathered as part of the DSC's examination of the proposed EU act.
""Date of publication in Official Journal of the EU
2-month scrutiny period starts

16/12/2024
""Date of notification of published EU act to the DSC

02/01/2025
""Deadline for DSC decision on an inquiry

09/01/2025
""Decision to hold an inquiry

At its meeting on 9 January 2025, the Committee decided to hold an inquiry into the replacement EU act.
""Deadline for publication of DSC Report 27/01/2025
""DSC report

DSC report on Regulation (EU) 2024/3115
""Stormont Brake notification deadline

03/02/2025
""Stormont Brake notification

A notification was not received by the Speaker.
""Consideration by UK Government (UKG)  N/A
""UKG notification to European Commission  N/A
""End of two-month scrutiny period 16/02/2025