S.I. No. 369/2008 - European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2008
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ADDITIVES, COLOURS AND SWEETENERS IN FOODSTUFFS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 3) REGULATIONS 2008 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 19th September, 2008. | ||
I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive 2008/60/EC 1 of 17 June 2008 laying down specific purity criteria concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs, hereby make the following regulations— | ||
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2008. | ||
(2) The collective citation “the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2000 to 2008” includes these Regulations. | ||
2. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 437 of 2000 ). | ||
3. The Principal Regulations are amended– | ||
(a) in Regulation 2(1), in the definition of “the Directives”, by substituting— | ||
“Commission Directive 2008/60/EC7A of 17 June 2008” | ||
for | ||
“Commission Directive 95/31/EC6 of 5 July 1995 (as amended by Commission Directive 98/66/EC7 of 4 September 1998, Commission Directive 2000/51/EC7A of 26 July 2000, Commission Directive 2001/52/EC7B of 3 July 2001, Commission Directive 2004/46/EC7C of 16 April 2004 and Commission Directive 2006/128/EC7D of 8 December 2006)” | ||
and by the deletion of all previous footnotes to that part of the definition of “the Directives”, | ||
and by the addition of the following footnote— | ||
“7A OJ L 158, 18.6.2008, p. 17”, | ||
(b) in Regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of “Directive 95/31/EC” the following definition: | ||
“‘Directive 2008/60/EC’ means Commission Directive 2008/60/EC7A of 17 June 2008 laying down specific purity criteria concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs”, and | ||
(c) and by substituting for Regulation 16 the following Regulation: | ||
“16. (1) The manufacturer of a product containing a sweetener shall comply with the purity criteria for the relevant sweetener as set out in Annex I to Directive 2008/60/EC. | ||
(2) A person shall not place on the market any product which contains a sweetener which, he or she knows or in the circumstances ought to know, does not comply with purity criteria for the sweetener as set out in Annex I to Directive 2008/60/EC.”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
11 September 2008 | ||
MARY HARNEY | ||
Minister for Health and Children. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation). | ||
These Regulations give effect to Commission Directive 2008/60/EC1 of 17 June 2008 laying down specific purity criteria concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs. | ||
These Regulations amend the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 437 of 2000 ) in the manner specified in these Regulations. | ||
These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2008. | ||
