means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1321/2013 establishing the Union list of authorised smoke flavouring primary products for use as such in or on foods and/or for the production of derived smoke flavourings;
means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 234/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings;
These Regulations may be cited as the Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on the later of exit day or the day after the day on which they are made.
(a)in Table 1 in the entry for Article 26.1 in the second column for “Commission” substitute “ Authority ”;
(b)in Table 2—
(i)in the entry for Article 21.1 (as read with Article 22) in the second column for “a language easily understandable to purchasers” substitute “ English, or in English and Welsh ”;
(ii)entry for Article 26.2 in the second column for “Commission” substitute “ Authority ”.
10Amendment of Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on foods#
Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on foods is amended as follows.
(ii)for point (b) substitute—“b a procedure for the establishment of a list of authorised primary smoke condensates and primary tar fractions and their conditions of use in or on foods.”
In Article 3 at the end insert—“5 “Authority” means—a as regards England and Wales , the Food Standards Agency;b as regards Scotland, Food Standards Scotland6 “prescribe”, means prescribe by regulations;7 “appropriate authority” means—a in relation to England, the Secretary of State;b in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;c in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 “Regulation 1321/2013” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1321/2013 establishing the Union list of authorised smoke flavouring primary products for use as such in or on foods and/or for the production of derived smoke flavourings;9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”
(ii)omit “in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 19(2)”;
(b)for paragraph 3 substitute—“3 “Following the establishment of the list referred to in paragraph 1, the appropriate authority may prescribe the addition of primary products to that list.”
(b)for point (b) substitute—“b The appropriate authority must acknowledge receipt of the application in writing to the applicant within 14 days of its receipt. The acknowledgement must state the date of receipt of the application;”
(c)for point (c) substitute—“c The appropriate authority must inform the Authority of the application without delay and make the application and any supporting information supplied by the applicant available to the Authority.”
(a)for paragraphs 1 and 2 substitute—“1 Within three months of receiving the opinion of the Authority, the appropriate authority must take the decision whether to include a primary product in the list referred to in Article 6(1), taking account of the opinion of the Authority, the requirements of Article 4(1), any relevant provisions of retained EU law and other legitimate factors relevant to the matter under consideration. The appropriate authority must inform the applicant of its decision without delay. Where the decision is not in accordance with the opinion of the Authority, the appropriate authority must provide an explanation for the differences to the Authority and to the applicant.2 Where the appropriate authority decides to include a primary product in the list referred to in Article 6(1) it must prescribe the addition of that product to the list together with the details referred to in Article 6(2) and amend Regulation 1321/2013.”
(b)in paragraph 3 omit “throughout the Community”;
(c)in paragraph 5 for “Commission” substitute “ Authority ”.
(a)in paragraph 2 omit “On its own initiative or following a request from a Member State or the Commission,”;
(b)for paragraph 3 substitute—“3 The appropriate authority must examine the opinion of the Authority without delay and take the decision whether to modify the entry for that authorisation.”
(c)for paragraph 4 substitute—“4 Where the appropriate authority decides to modify the entry for that authorisation it must prescribe the modification of the entry for that product on the list and amend Regulation 1321/2013.”
(d)omit paragraph 5;
(e)in paragraph 6 for “Commission” substitute “ Authority ”.
(c)for paragraph 3 substitute—“3 The appropriate authority may, taking account of available scientific evidence, supplement this Regulation by prescribing quality criteria for validated analytical methods referred to in point 4 of Annex 2, including substances to be measured.”
Insert a new Article 19A—“1 Any power to make regulations under this Regulation—a so far as exercisable by a Minister of the Crown, is exercisable by statutory instrument;b so far as exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, is exercisable by statutory instrument;c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Any power to make regulations under this Regulation includes power—a to make different provision in relation to different cases or classes of case (including different provision for different areas or different classes of business);b to provide for such exceptions, limitations and conditions, and to make such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions, as the appropriate authority considers necessary or expedient.3 Any statutory instrument or Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations under this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution—a in the case of England, of either House of Parliament;b in the case of Wales, of Senedd Cymru;c in the case of Scotland, of the Scottish Parliament;d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 In this Regulation, any power—a of the Secretary of State to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to England only;b of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Wales only;c of the Scottish Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Scotland only;d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”
In Annex 2 in point 6 for “Scientific Committee on Food given in its report on smoke flavourings of 25 June 1993 or its latest update” substitute “ Authority ”.
34Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 627/2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards quality criteria for validated analytical methods for sampling, identification and characterisation of primary smoke products#
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 627/2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards quality criteria for validated analytical methods for sampling, identification and characterisation of primary smoke products is amended as follows.
After Article 2 omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.
36Amendment of Regulation (EC) No. 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings#
Regulation (EC) No. 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings is amended as follows.
(a)for paragraph 1 substitute—“1 Within nine months of receiving the opinion of the Authority, the appropriate authority must take the decision whether to update the domestic list taking into account the opinion of the Authority, any relevant provisions of retained EU law and any other legitimate factors relevant to the matter under consideration.In those cases where the Authority has not given an opinion, the nine month period starts from the date the appropriate authority receives a valid application.”
(b)omit paragraph 2;
(c)for paragraph 3 substitute—“3 Where the decision is not in accordance with the opinion of the Authority, the appropriate authority must explain the reasons for its decision.”
(d)in paragraph 4 for “shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3)” substitute “ may be prescribed by the appropriate authority after seeking advice from the Authority ”;
(e)in paragraph 5—
(i)for “Community” substitute “ domestic ” in both places it occurs;
(ii)for “shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(4)” substitute “ may be prescribed by the appropriate authority after seeking advice from the Authority ”;
(i)omit “In accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 14(2), within a period of no longer than 24 months from the adoption of each sectoral food law,”;
(ii)for “shall be adopted by the Commission” substitute “ may be prescribed by the appropriate authority after seeking advice from the Authority ”;
In Article 11 for “shall ensure the transparency of its activities in accordance with Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. In particular, it shall” substitute “ must ”.
Insert a new Article 14A—“1 Any power to make regulations under this Regulation—a so far as exercisable by a Minister of the Crown, is exercisable by statutory instrument;b so far as exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, is exercisable by statutory instrument;c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Any power to make regulations under this Regulation includes power—a to make different provision in relation to different cases or classes of case (including different provision for different areas or different classes of business);b to provide for such exceptions, limitations and conditions, and to make such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions, as the appropriate authority considers necessary or expedient.3 Any statutory instrument or Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations under this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution—a in the case of England, of either House of Parliament;b in the case of Wales, of Senedd Cymru;c in the case of Scotland, of the Scottish Parliament;d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 In this Regulation, any power—a of the Secretary of State to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to England only;b of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Wales only;c of the Scottish Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Scotland only;d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”
After Article 16 omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.
55Amendment of Regulation (EC) No. 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food enzymes and amending Council Directive 83/417/EEC, Council Regulation (EC) No. 1493/1999, Directive 2000/13/EC, Council Directive 2001/112/EC and Regulation (EC) No. 258/97#
In Article 3(2) at the end insert—“c “Authority” means—i as regards England and Wales, the Food Standards Agency;ii as regards Scotland, Food Standards Scotland;”
Insert a new Article 15A—“1 Any power to make regulations under this Regulation—a so far as exercisable by a Minister of the Crown, is exercisable by statutory instrument;b so far as exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, is exercisable by statutory instrument;c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Any power to make regulations under this Regulation includes power—a to make different provision in relation to different cases or classes of case (including different provision for different areas or different classes of business);b to provide for such exceptions, limitations and conditions, and to make such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions, as the appropriate authority considers necessary or expedient.3 Any statutory instrument or Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations under this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution—a in the case of England, of either House of Parliament;b in the case of Wales, of Senedd Cymru;c in the case of Scotland, of the Scottish Parliament;d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 In this Regulation, any power—a of the Secretary of State to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to England only;b of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Wales only;c of the Scottish Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Scotland only;d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”
(e)in paragraph 5 for “shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 15(3)” substitute “ are to be prescribed by the appropriate authority ”.
At the end of Article 3 insert—“i “Authority” means—i as regards England and Wales, the Food Standards Agency;ii as regards Scotland, Food Standards Scotland;”
In Article 9(2) for “shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 28(3)” substitute “ are to be prescribed by the appropriate authority ”.
Insert a new Article 28A—“1 Any power to make regulations under this Regulation—a so far as exercisable by a Minister of the Crown, is exercisable by statutory instrument;b so far as exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, is exercisable by statutory instrument;c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Any power to make regulations under this Regulation includes power—a to make different provision in relation to different cases or classes of case (including different provision for different areas or different classes of business);b to provide for such exceptions, limitations and conditions, and to make such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions, as the appropriate authority considers necessary or expedient.3 Any statutory instrument or Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations under this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution—a in the case of England, of either House of Parliament;b in the case of Wales, of Senedd Cymru;c in the case of Scotland, of the Scottish Parliament;d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 In this Regulation, any power—a of the Secretary of State to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to England only;b of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Wales only;c of the Scottish Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Scotland only;d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”
(b)for “Annexes to Directives 94/35/EC, 94/36/EC and 95/2/EC” substitute “ existing lists ”;
(c)for “shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 28(4)” substitute “ are to be prescribed by the appropriate authority ”.
116Amendment to Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No. 2232/96 and (EC) No. 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC#
Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No. 2232/96 and (EC) No. 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC is amended as follows.
At the end of Article 3(2)(k) add—“l “Authority” means—i as regards England and Wales, the Food Standards Agency;ii as regards Scotland, Food Standards Scotland.”
Insert a new Article 21A—“1 Any power to make regulations under this Regulation—a so far as exercisable by a Minister of the Crown, is exercisable by statutory instrument;b so far as exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, is exercisable by statutory instrument;c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Any power to make regulations under this Regulation includes power—a to make different provision in relation to different cases or classes of case (including different provision for different areas or different classes of business);b to provide for such exceptions, limitations and conditions, and to make such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions, as the appropriate authority considers necessary or expedient.3 Any statutory instrument or Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations under this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution—a in the case of England, of either House of Parliament;b in the case of Wales, of Senedd Cymru;c in the case of Scotland, of the Scottish Parliament;d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 In this Regulation, any power—a of the Secretary of State to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to England only;b of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Wales only;c of the Scottish Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Scotland only;d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”
(a)In the first paragraph for “adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 21(3)” substitute “ prescribed by the appropriate authority ”;
In Annex 1, Part A, Section 1, in the paragraph that begins with the words “Column 8 (Footnotes):” for “Union” substitute “ domestic ”.
139Amendment to Regulation (EU) No. 234/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings#
Regulation (EU) No. 234/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings is amended as follows.
(ii)for the second sentence substitute “ The applicant must take into account any practical guidance on the submission of applications made available by the Authority. ”;
(b)for “in the European Union” substitute “ in the United Kingdom ”;
(c)for “EU list” substitute “ domestic list ”.
154Amendment to Commission Regulation (EU) No. 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes 2 and 3 to Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council#
Commission Regulation (EU) No. 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes 2 and 3 to Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council is amended as follows.
After Article 4 omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.
156Amendment to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 872/2012 adopting the list of flavouring substances provided for by Regulation (EC) No. 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing it in Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No.1565/2000 and Commission Decision 1999/217/EC#
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 872/2012 adopting the list of flavouring substances provided for by Regulation (EC) No. 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing it in Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No.1565/2000 and Commission Decision 1999/217/EC is amended as follows.
After Article 10 omit the words “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.
164Amendment to Commission Regulation (EU) No. 873/2012 on transitional measures concerning the Union list of flavourings and source materials set out in Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council#
Commission Regulation (EU) No. 873/2012 on transitional measures concerning the Union list of flavourings and source materials set out in Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council is amended as follows.
After Article 6 omit the words “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.
166Amendment to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1321/2013 establishing the Union list of authorised smoke flavouring primary products for use as such in or on foods and/or for the production of derived smoke flavourings#
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1321/2013 establishing the Union list of authorised smoke flavouring primary products for use as such in or on foods and/or for the production of derived smoke flavourings is amended as follows.
170Revocation of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 257/2010 setting up a programme for the re-evaluation of approved food additives in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives#
Commission Regulation (EU) No.257/2010 setting up a programme for the re-evaluation of approved food additives in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives is revoked.
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