The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Agricultural Products) (Consequential Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025

Made: 18th December 2025

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 22nd December 2025

Coming into force: 14th February 2026

There has been a public consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety[^f00002].

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Agricultural Products) (Consequential Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 14 February 2026.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007

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Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)[^f00003] is amended as follows—

• (a) in Article 114(2) (marketing standards for milk and milk products), for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”,

• (b) in Annex 15 (marketing standards applying to spreadable fats referred to in Article 115), in Point 2 (labelling and presentation), paragraph 3, for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”.

The Eggs and Chicks (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2008

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The Eggs and Chicks (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2008[^f00004] are amended as follows—

• (a) in schedule 1 (retained EU provisions relating to eggs for hatching and chicks contravention of which is an offence), in the schedule heading, for “RETAINED EU” substitute “ASSIMILATED”,

• (b) in schedule 2 (retained EU provisions relating to eggs in shell for consumption contravention of which is an offence)—

• (i) in the schedule heading, for “RETAINED EU” substitute “ASSIMILATED”,

• (ii) in Part 2, in the Table, in the final row (Article 30(3)), in column 3, for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”.

The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Regulations 2010

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The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Regulations 2010[^f00005] are amended as follows—

• (a) in regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in each place where it occurs, for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”,

• (b) in regulation 5(3) (application of these Regulations to small-scale bovine operators), for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”,

• (c) in regulation 19 (offences: retained EU beef provisions)—

• (i) in the heading, for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”,

• (ii) in paragraphs (a) and (b), for “a retained EU” substitute “an assimilated”,

• (d) in regulation 20 (offences: retained EU pig provisions)—

• (i) in the heading, for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”,

• (ii) in paragraphs (a) and (b), for “a retained EU” substitute “an assimilated”,

• (e) in regulation 28(1) (offences: punishment), in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”,

• (f) in schedule 1 (retained EU beef provisions: bovine carcases)—

• (i) in the schedule heading, for “retained EU” substitute “Assimilated”,

• (ii) in the heading of column 1 of the table, for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”,

• (g) in schedule 2 (retained EU pig provisions: pig carcases)—

• (i) in the schedule heading, for “retained EU” substitute “Assimilated”,

• (ii) in the heading of column 1 of the table, for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”.

The Poultrymeat (Scotland) Regulations 2011

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The Poultrymeat (Scotland) Regulations 2011[^f00006] are amended as follows—

• (a) in regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”,

• (b) in regulation 3 (offences), for “a retained EU” substitute “an assimilated”,

• (c) in regulation 8 (enforcement), in each place where it occurs in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”,

• (d) in regulation 13 (compliance notices)—

• (i) in paragraph (1) for “a retained EU” substitute “an assimilated”,

• (ii) in paragraph (2)(b) and (c) for “retained EU” substitute “assimilated”,

• (e) in schedule 1 (retained EU poultrymeat provisions contravention of which is an offence), in the schedule heading, for “RETAINED EU” substitute “ASSIMILATED”.

Signed

JIM FAIRLIE — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 18th December 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations make amendments to domestic legislation in consequence of the renaming of retained EU law (and related terms) as assimilated law (and related terms), as set out in section 5(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2023 c. 28. Under section 21(1) the definition of “relevant national authority” includes a “devolved authority”. The Scottish Ministers are defined (also by section 21(1)) as a “devolved authority”.

[^f00002]: EUR 2002/178.

[^f00003]: EUR 2007/1234, repealed by EUR 2013/1308. The provisions of EUR 2007/1234 amended by regulation 2 continue to apply by virtue of Article 230(1)(c) of EUR 2013/1308, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2022/361.

[^f00004]: S.S.I. 2008/395, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2019/347.

[^f00005]: S.S.I. 2010/330, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2019/73.

[^f00006]: S.S.I. 2011/318, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2019/347.