|
|
|
Statutory Instrument
|
|
|
|
S.I. No.
342 of 2001
|
|
|
|
European Communities (Additives,
Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001
|
|
|
|
Dublin
|
|
|
|
Published
by the Stationery Office
|
|
|
|
S.I. No. 342 of 2001
|
|
|
|
European Communities (Additives,
Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001
|
|
|
|
I, Micheál Martin,
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 2000/51/EC1
of 26 July 2000 amending Directive
95/31/EC2 laying down
specific criteria of purity 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) Regulations, 2001.
|
|
|
|
(2) The European
Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) Regulations,
2000 and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities
(Additives, Colours and Sweeteners) Regulations, 2000 and 2001.
|
|
|
|
2. In
these Regulations, “the 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 hereby amended by:
|
|
|
|
(1) in Regulation
2(1),
|
|
|
|
(a) by the
substitution for the definition of “the Directives” of the following:
|
|
|
|
“the Directives” means Council Directive 89/107/EEC10 of
21 December 1988 (as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive
94/34/EC of 30 June 1994), European Parliament and Council Directive
94/35/EC of 30 June 1994 (as amended by Directive 96/83/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996), European Parliament and
Council Directive 94/36/EC of 30 June 1994, Commission Directive 95/31/EC of
5 July 1995 (as amended by Commission Directive 98/66/EC of 4 September 1998
and Commission Directive 2000/51/EC10A of 26 July 2000) and Commission Directive 95/45/EC of 26
July 1995 (as amended by Commission Directive 1999/75/EC of 22 July 1999)”
|
|
|
|
and by the addition of the following footnote thereto:
|
|
|
|
(a) by the
substitution for the definition of “Directive 95/31/EC” of the following:
|
|
|
|
“‘Directive 95/31/EC’ means Commission Directive 95/31/EC of 5 July
1995 laying down specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use
in foodstuffs as amended by Commission Directive 98/66/EC of 4 September
1998 and Commission Directive 2000/51/EC of 26 July 2000.
|
|
|
|
|
|
GIVEN under my official seal this 24th day of July, 2001
|
|
Micheál
Martin,
TD
|
|
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 amend the European
Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) Regulations,
2000 ( S.I. No. 437 of 2000 ) and may be cited as the European Communities
(Additives, Colours and Sweetners in Foodstuffs)
(Amendment) Regulations, 2001.
|
|
|
|
These Regulations implement Commission
Directive 2000/51/EC of 26 July 2000 amending Directive 95/31/EC laying down
specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs.
|
|
|
|
Purity criteria concern the specifications
and analytical techniques for all approved additives. This S.I. replaces the
purity criteria specification for the sweeteners Mannitol
(E421) and Maltitol Syrup (E965(ii)) which had
originally been laid down in Directive 95/31/EC.
|
|
|
|
1 OJ No
L198, 4.8.2000, p.41
2 OJ No
L178, 28.7.1995, p.1
“10A OJ No. L198, 4.8.2000, p.41”;
|