Hard Brexit Impact Analysis

Page 16 of 106 Category If no agreement is reached: Consequence EU Document Agriculture Plant variety rights According to Article 82 of the Basic Regulation, persons who are not domiciled or do not have a seat or an establishment within the EU territory may participate as party to proceedings before the Office only if they have designated a procedural representative who is domiciled or has his seat or an establishment within the EU territory. All interested breeders who are currently domiciled or have a seat in the United Kingdom only should consider the need to designate in a timely manner a procedural representative in an EU 27 member state to comply with the provisions of that Article. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF UNION PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS Agriculture Plant variety rights Actions to be taken by the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO): The Examination Offices in the United Kingdom are entrusted for 864 botanical taxa. Out of those, there are 678 botanical taxa for which no other Examination Office is entrusted in the Union. The CPVO is managing the transfer of responsibilities to Examination offices in the EU 27 countries. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF UNION PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS Agriculture Slaughterhouse operators As of the withdrawal date, Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing no longer applies to the United Kingdom. THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS AT THE TIME OF KILLING, TO SLAUGHTERHOUSE OPERATORS Agriculture Slaughterhouse operators Certificate of competence: As of the withdrawal date Certificates of competence delivered in the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 21 of the Regulation will no longer be valid in the European Union from the moment the United Kingdom becomes a third country. THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS AT THE TIME OF KILLING, TO SLAUGHTERHOUSE OPERATORS Agriculture Slaughterhouse operators As of the withdrawal date Persons who hold such a certificate of competence and want to continue their professional activities in the European Union will have to apply for a new certificate in an EU 27 Member State. THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS AT THE TIME OF KILLING, TO SLAUGHTERHOUSE OPERATORS