Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on plant health controls and reporting obligations

Proposed Replacement EU Act

This law is a proposed 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.

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Category	Proposed Replacement EU Act
Procedure	Article 13(3)
Proposed EU law	Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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, the use of plant passports and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pest [External link]
Further information	Information considered by the Democratic Scrutiny Committee
Date of notification of the proposed EU Act to the Democratic Scrutiny Committee (DSC)	The DSC has not been 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.
Date of publication in Official Journal of the EU 2-month scrutiny period starts	N/A
Date of notification of published EU act to the DSC	N/A
Deadline for DSC decision on an inquiry	N/A
Decision to hold an inquiry	N/A
Deadline for publication of DSC Report	N/A
DSC report	N/A
Stormont Brake notification deadline	N/A
Stormont Brake notification	N/A
Consideration by UK Government (UKG)	N/A
UKG notification to European Commission	N/A
End of two-month scrutiny period	N/A