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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.
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S.I. No.
438 of 2000.
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PURITY CRITERIA ON FOOD
ADDITIVES OTHER THAN COLOURS AND SWEETENERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000.
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S.I. No. 438 of 2000.
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PURITY CRITERIA ON
FOOD ADDITIVES OTHER THAN COLOURS AND SWEETENERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS,
2000.
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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 further effect to Commission
Directive 96/77/EC1 of 2
December 1996 laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other
than colours and sweeteners, as amended by Commission Directive 98/86/EC2
of 11 November 1998, hereby make the
following Regulations:
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1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European
Communities (Purity Criteria on Food Additives other than Colours and
Sweeteners) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000.
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(2) The European Communities (Purity Criteria on
Food Additives other than Colours and Sweeteners) Regulations, 1998 and these
Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Purity
Criteria on Food Additives other than Colours and Sweeteners) Regulations,
1998 and 2000.
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2. In these Regulations, “the
Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Purity Criteria on
Food Additives other than Colours and Sweeteners) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I.
No. 541 of 1998 ).
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3. The Principal
Regulations are hereby amended by:
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(1) In Regulation 2(1),
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(a) by the substitution for the
definition of “the Commission Directive” of the following:
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“‘the Commission Directive’ means Commission Directive 96/77/EC of 2
December 1996, as amended by Commission Directive 98/86/EC of 11 November
1998” and by the addition of the following footnote thereto:
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(2) The substitution for Regulation 3 of the
following:
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“3 These Regulations do not apply to products put
on the market or labelled before 1 July 1999,”.
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this
19th day of December, 2000.
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MICHEÁL MARTIN,
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Minister for Health and Children.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE.
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(This note is not part
of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
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These Regulations amend
the European Communities (Purity Criteria on Food Additives other than Colours
and Sweeteners) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No. 541 of 1998 ) and may be cited
as the European Communities (Purity Criteria on Food Additives other than
Colours and Sweeteners) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000.
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These Regulations implement
Commission Directive 98/86/EC which amends Commission Directive 96/77/EC
laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours
and sweeteners as set out in Council Directive 95/2/EC. This S.I.
establishes new purity criteria for some categories of additives listed in
Council Directive 95/2/EC (mainly emulsifiers and stabilisers) as an
addition to those purity criteria already established in the Annex to
Commission Directive 96/77/EC for various additives (mainly preservatives and
antioxidants).
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1 OJ.
No. L339, 30.12.1996 p.1
2 OJ.
No. L334, 9.12.1998 p.1
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