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Statutory Instrument
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S.I. No. 193 of 2005
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European
Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment)
(No. 3) Regulations 2005
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Statutory Instrument
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S.I. No.
193 of 2005
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European
Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment)
(No. 3) Regulations 2005
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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 2004/47/EC1
of 16 April 2004 amending Directive
95/45/EC2 as regards mixed
carotenes (E 160 a (i)) and beta-carotene (E 160 a
(ii)), 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 2005.
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(2) The collective citation “the European Communities (Additives,
Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2000 to 2005” 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 -
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(a) in Regulation 2(1), in the definition of “the Directives”, by
substituting
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“Commission Directive 95/45/EC8 of 26 July 1995 (as
amended by Commission Directive 1999/75/EC9 of 22 July 1999 and
Commission Directive 2001/50/EC9A of 3 July 2001 and Commission
Directive 2004/47/EC9B of 16 April 2004)”
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for
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“Commission Directive 95/45/EC8 of 26 July 1995 (as
amended by Commission Directive 1999/75/EC9 of 22 July 1999 and
Commission Directive 2001/50/EC9A of 3 July 2001)”
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and by the addition of the following footnote to the definition of
“the Directives”:
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9B OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 24,
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(b) in Regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of
“Directive 95/45/EC” the following definition:
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“‘Directive 95/45/EC’ means Commission Directive 95/45/EC8
of 26 July 1995 laying down specific purity criteria concerning colours for
use in foodstuffs (as amended by Commission Directive 1999/75/EC9
of 22 July 1999 and Commission Directive 2001/50/EC9A of 3 July
2001 and Commission Directive 2004/47/EC9B of 16 April 2004)”,
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(c) in Regulation 21, by deleting the words “(as amended by
Directive 1995/75/EC and as amended by Directive 2001/50/EC)” in each place
where they occur.
4. (1)
Products on the market or labelled before 1 April 2005 which do not comply
with the provisions of Directive 2004/47/EC may be marketed until stocks are
exhausted.
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(2) Such provisions of these Regulations as give effect to Directive
2004/47/EC shall not apply to the stocks referred to in paragraph (1).
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(3) In this Regulation, “Directive 2004/47/EC” means Commission
Directive 2004/47/EC1 of 16
April 2004 amending Directive 95/45/EC2 as regards mixed carotenes (E 160 a (i))
and beta-carotene (E 160 a (ii)).
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GIVEN under my Official Seal,
This 12TH day of April 2005,
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Mary Harney
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 (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) Regulations
2000 ( S.I. No. 437 of 2000 ). These Regulations may be cited as the
European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs)
(Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2005.
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These Regulations implement Commission
Directive 2004/47/EC1 of 16
April 2004 amending Directive 95/45/EC2 laying down specific purity criteria concerning colours
for use in foodstuffs.
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Purity criteria concern the specification and
analytical techniques for all approved additives. These Regulations replace
the purity criteria specification for all colours mixed carotenes (E 160 a (i)) and beta-carotene (E 160 a (ii)) which had been laid
down in Directive 95/45/EC.2
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1 OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p.
24.
2 OJ L 226, 22.9.1995, p.
1.
1 OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p.
24.
2 OJ L 226, 22.9.1995, p.
1.
1 OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p.
24.
2 OJ L 226, 22.9.1995, p.
1.
2 OJ L 226, 22.9.1995, p.
1.
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