Food (Peanuts from China) (Emergency Control) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. No. 419 of 2003).

The principal Regulations, here amended, implement Commission Decision 2002/79/EC imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in, or consigned from China as amended by Commission Decision 2002/233/EC and Commission Decision 2002/678/EC. These Regulations implement Commission Decision 2003/550/EC which further amends Commission Decision 2002/79/EC. The principal changes effected by these Regulations are that: (a) the period for which consignments subject to sampling and analysis may be detained is increased from 10 to 15 working days; and (b) where a consignment is split, copies of the health certificate and analysis certificate must accompany each part of the consignment (reg. 2).