Welsh Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 3461 (W.280)

      The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2001 No. 3461 (W.280)

AGRICULTURE, WALES

The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

  Made 16th October 2001  
  Coming into force 3rd November 2001  

In exercise of the powers conferred on Ministers of the Crown by sections 66(1), 68(1) and (1A), 69(1), 74A and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970[1],which are now exercisable in Wales by the National Assembly for Wales[2], and after consultation as required by section 84(1) of that Act with the persons or organisations appearing to represent the interests concerned, and being designated[3] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[4] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2)[5] (in so far as these Regulations cannot be made under the powers in the Agriculture Act 1970 specified above), the National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations:

Title, application and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001, shall apply to Wales only and shall come into force on 3rd November 2001.

Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001
    
2. The Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001[6] shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 16 below.

     3. In regulation 2 (interpretation)  - 

    (a) in paragraph (1)  - 

      (i) after the definition of "European Economic Area Agreement" there shall be inserted the following definitions - 

      " "European Economic Area approved Article 2.2(d) establishment" ("sefydliad a gymeradwywyd gan Ardal Economaidd Ewrop ar gyfer Erthyg 2.2(d)") means an establishment listed on a register of approved establishments, maintained by a competent authority in a European Economic Area state which is neither the United Kingdom nor a member State, in implementation of Article 5 of the Establishments Directive, as an establishment on which a compound feeding stuff, of any kind the manufacture of which is regulated by Article 2.2(d) of that Directive, may be manufactured with a view to putting it into circulation;

      "European Economic Area approved Article 2.2(f) establishment" ("sefydliad a gymeradwywyd gan Ardal Economaidd Ewrop ar gyfer Erthygl 2.2(f)") means an establishment listed on a register of approved establishments, maintained by a competent authority in a European Economic Area state which is neither the United Kingdom nor a member State, in implementation of Article 5 of the Establishments Directive, as an establishment on which a compound feeding stuff, of any kind the production of which is regulated by Article 2.2(f) of that Directive, may be produced for the exclusive requirements of the producer's holding;

      "European Economic Area permitted Article 2.2(d) establishment" ("sefydliad a ganiateir gan Ardal Economaidd Ewrop ar gyfer Erthygl 2.2(d)") means an establishment located in a European Economic Area state which is neither the United Kingdom nor a member State (other than an European Economic Area approved Article 2.2(d) establishment or an establishment which a competent authority in that European Economic Area state has declined to approve as such an establishment)  - 

      (a) on which a compound feeding stuff, of any kind the manufacture of which is regulated by Article 2.2(d) of the Establishments Directive, was being manufactured, with a view to putting it into circulation, on 10th March 2000, and

      (b) in respect of which, before 10th August 2000, an application (which is pending) was made to a competent authority in the European Economic Area state concerned, in accordance with any requirements in that State for the making of such applications, to approve the establishment, pursuant to the Establishments Directive, as an establishment on which a compound feeding stuff of any such kind may be manufactured with a view to putting it into circulation;

      "European Economic Area permitted Article 2.2(f) establishment" ("sefydliad a ganiateir gan Ardal Economaidd Ewrop ar gyfer Erthygl 2.2(f)") means an establishment located in a European Economic Area state which is neither the United Kingdom nor a member State (other than a European Economic Area approved Article 2.2(f) establishment or an establishment which a competent authority in that European Economic Area state has declined to approve as such an establishment)  - 

      (a) on which a compound feeding stuff, of any kind the production of which is regulated by Article 2.2(f) of the Establishments Directive, was being produced, for the exclusive requirements of the producer's holding, on 10th March 2000, and

      (b) in respect of which before 10th August 2000, an application (which is pending) was made to a competent authority in the European Economic Area state concerned, in accordance with any requirements in that State for the making of such applications, to approve the establishment, pursuant to the Establishments Directive, as an establishment on which a compound feeding stuff of any such kind may be produced for the exclusive requirements of the producer's holding;";

      (ii) for the definition of "put into circulation", there shall be substituted the following definition  - 

      " "put into circulation" ("rhoi mewn cylchrediad") means sell or otherwise transfer, have in possession with a view to selling or otherwise transferring, or offer for sale, to a third party, but, in regulation 14(3), (4) and (7), also means import into Wales from a country which is neither an European Economic Area state nor part of an European Economic Area state;"; and

      (iii) for the definition of "third country" there shall be substituted the following definition  - 

      " "third country" ("trydedd wlad") means a country other than an European Economic Area state;";

    (b) paragraph (2) shall be omitted; and

    (c) in paragraph (8), for the words "these Regulations are made" there shall be substituted the words "the Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 are made".

     4.  - (1) In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) below, after the words "the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001" there shall be added the words "as amended by the Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001".

    (2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) above are regulations 7(1), 24(1) and 25(b).

    
5. In regulation 7 (limits of variation), for paragraph (3)(a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs  - 

     6. In regulation 9 (manner of packaging and sealing compound feeding stuffs, additives and premixtures)  - 

     7.  - (1) In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) below, for the words "sell, or have in possession with a view to sale" there shall be substituted the words "put into circulation".

    (2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) above are regulations 10(3)(b) and (4), 13(1), 15, 16(1) and 17(1).

    
8. In regulation 10 (control of feed materials) for paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs  - 

     9. In regulation 12 (control of feeding stuffs and feed materials containing undesirable substances)  - 

     10. In regulation 13 (control of compound feeding stuffs containing prohibited materials)  - 

        " (3) For the purposes of paragraph 1(e) above, the term "waste water" shall be construed in accordance with the second paragraph of point 5 of the Annex to Commission Decision 91/516/EEC establishing a list of ingredients whose use is prohibited in compound feeding stuffs.".[9]

     11. In regulation 16(2) (control of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid in compound feeding stuffs)  - 

     12. In regulation 24(2), for the word "regulations" to the end there shall be substituted the following provisions - 

     13. Regulation 27(a), (c) and (d)(ii) shall be revoked.

    
14. In Schedule 3 (permitted additives and provisions relating to their use)  - 

         " 3.  - (1) Subject to subparagraph (2) below, no material shall contain any added colourant named or described in columns 2 and 3 of Part II unless  - 

      (a) the material is intended for a species or category of animal listed opposite the colourant in question in column 4 of that Part,

      (b) taking into account any such colourant as is naturally present, the maximum content (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 5 of that Part is not exceeded; and

      (c) the material complies with the conditions (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 6 of that Part.

        (2) Subparagraph (1) above shall not apply to any added colourant which is intended for use in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2697/2000 concerning the provisional authorisations of additives in feedingstuffs.";

    (b) for the footnote to Part II of the Table (permitted colourants) there shall be substituted the following footnote  - 

        " (2) Note also that certain colourants are permitted by virtue of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2697/2000 as referred to in Part IX of this Table.",

    (c) for the entries in columns 1 to 7 of Part V of the Table (trace elements) relating to the element "Copper-Cu", there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, and

    (d) for the provisions in Part IX of the Table (European Community Regulations by which additives are controlled) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

     15. In Schedule 4 (contents of the statutory statement or other declaration (except for additives and premixtures not contained in feeding stuffs))  - 

         " 1. The expression "in the case of any compound feeding stuff", wherever it appears in this Schedule, shall be construed as referring to any compound feeding stuff which is sold or otherwise put into circulation.";

     16.  - (1) In Schedule 5, in each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) below, for the word "Community" there shall be substituted the words "Economic Area".

    (2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) above are subparagraph 1(a)(iii), (e)(iv) and (f)(v) in Part I of Schedule 5 and subparagraph 2(a)(iv) in Part II of that Schedule.

Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999
    
17. The Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999[12] shall be amended as follows in relation to Wales  - 

    (a) in regulation 7(2) and (4), for the references to "the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995" there shall be substituted references to "the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 as amended by the Feeding Stuffs and Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001";

    (b) for regulation 9, there shall be substituted the following provisions:



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[14]


D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

16th October 2001



SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 14(c)


PROVISIONS SUBSTITUTED FOR THE PROVISIONS IN PART V OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE FEEDING STUFFS (WALES) REGULATIONS 2001 RELATING TO THE ELEMENT COPPER-Cu


    

"E4 Copper-Cu Cupric acetate, monohydrate

Basic cupric carbonate, monohydrate

Cupric chloride, dihydrate

Cupric methionate

Cupric oxide

Cupric sulphate, pentahydrate

Cu(CH3.COO)2.H2O      }

CuCO3.Cu(OH)2.H2O)      }

CuCI2.2H2O      }

Cu(C3H10NO2S)2      }

CuO      }

CuSO4.5H2O      }

Pigs for fattening:

 -  up to 16 weeks

 -  from 17th week to six months

 -  over six months

Breeding pigs:

    

Calves:

 -  milk replacers:

 -  other complete feeding stuffs:

Ovines:

Other species of animals:

    

175 (total)

100 (total)

35 (total)

35 (total)

    

    

30 (total)

50 (total)

15 (total)

35 (total)

    

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

    

    

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

    Cupric sulphate, monohydrate

    

    

    

    

Cupric sulphate, pentahydrate

CuSO4.H2O      }

    

    

    

    

CuSO4.5H2O

Pigs for fattening:

 -  up to 16 weeks

 -  from 17th week to six months

 -  over six months

Breeding pigs:

    

Ovines:

Other species of animals with the exception of calves:

    

175 (total)

100 (total)

35 (total)

35 (total)

    

15 (total)

35 (total)

Denatured skimmed milk powder and compound feeding stuffs manufactured from denatured skimmed milk powder:

     -  Subject to the relevant provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No.368/77 and (EEC) No. 443/77.

 -  Declaration of the amount of copper added, expressed as the element on the label or package or the container of denatured skimmed milk powder.

"




    SCHEDULE 2

    Regulation 14(d)



    PROVISIONS SUBSTITUTED FOR PART IX OF THE TABLE TO SCHEDULE 3 TO THE FEEDING STUFFS (WALES) REGULATIONS 2001


        

      " PART IXEUROPEAN COMMUNITY REGULATIONS BY WHICH ADDITIVES ARE CONTROLLED[15]

      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2316/98 concerning authorisation of new additives and amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives already authorised in feedingstuffs[16].

      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999 amending the conditions for the authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs[17].

      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2439/1999 on the conditions for authorisation of additives belonging to the group "binders, anti-caking agents and coagulants" in feedingstuffs[18].

      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1353/2000 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive and the provisional authorisation of new additives, new additive uses and new preparations in feedingstuffs[19].

      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2437/2000 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive and the provisional authorisation of new additives in feedingstuffs[20].

      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2697/2000 concerning the provisional authorisations of additives in feedingstuffs[21].

      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 418/2001 concerning the authorisations of new additives and uses of additives in feedingstuffs[22]."



    EXPLANATORY NOTE

    (This note does not form part of the Regulations)


         1. These Regulations, which apply to Wales only and come into force on 3rd November 2001, amend the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999 insofar as they apply to Wales.

         2. The Regulations implement  - 

      (a) Commission Decision 2000/285/EC amending Decision 91/516/EC which established a list of ingredients whose use is prohibited in feedingstuffs (OJ No. L94, 14.4.2000, p. 43), and

      (b) Directive 2000/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 79/373/EC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs (OJ No. L105, 3.5.2000, p. 36), and

      (c) Council Directive 96/25/EC on the circulation of feed materials (OJ No. 125, 23.5.1996, p.35).

         3. The Regulations  - 

      (a) modify measures on the marketing of compound feed stuffs and the circulation of feed materials (regulation 6);

      (b) modify measures on the control of compound feeding stuffs to prohibit the use of material from waste treatment processes (regulation 10);

      (c) add the three new (directly applicable) Commission Regulations specified below to the list, in Part IX of Schedule 3 to the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 (regulation 14). The new Commission Regulations are  - 

             Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2437/2000, (OJ No. L280, 4.11.2000, p.28).

             Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2697/2000, (OJ No. L319, 16.12.2000, p.1).

             Commission Regulation (EC) No. 418/2001, (OJ No. L62, 2.3.2001, p.3).

      (d) make minor typographical and other miscellaneous amendments to existing legislation.

         4. A regulatory appraisal for these Regulations has been prepared pursuant to section 65 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 and placed in the library of the National Assembly for Wales. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 1st Floor, Southgate House, Cardiff CF10 1EW.


    Notes:

    [1] 1970 c. 40; section 74A was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972, c. 68, Schedule 4, paragraph 6, and the Act was amended by the Agriculture Act 1970 Amendment Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/980). Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions "the Ministers", "prescribed" and "regulations"; the definition of "the Ministers" was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), Schedule 5, paragraph 1.back

    [2] By virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).back

    [3] By virtue of the European Communities (Designation)(No. 3) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2788).back

    [4] 1972 c.68.back

    [5] As read with section 2(5) of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51).back

    [6] S.I. 2001/343.back

    [7] Sections 73 and 73A of the Agriculture Act 1970 were modified, in relation to Wales, by S.I. 2001/343.back

    [8] OJ No.L135, 30.5.1991, p.40.back

    [9] OJ No. L281, 9.10.91, p.23. Last amended by Commission Decision 2000/285/EC amending Decision 91/516/EEC establishing a list of ingredients whose use is prohibited in compound feeding stuffs (OJ No. L94, 14.4.2000, p.43).back

    [10] OJ No. L319, 16.12.2000, p. 1.back

    [11] OJ No. L363, 27.12.90, p.51. Last amended by the 1994 Act of Accession (OJ No. C41, 29.8.94, p.155).back

    [12] S.I. 1999/2325. Modified (in relation to England and Wales) by S.I. 2000/656 and (in relation to Wales) by S.I. 2001/343.back

    [13] The reference for Council Directive 95/53/EC is OJ No. L265, 8.11.95, p.17. The reference for Council Directive 1999/20/EC is OJ No. L80, 25.3.99, p.20.back

    [14] 1998 c.38.back

    [15] Certain of the listed Regulations relate to categories of additive which also include additives controlled by the Additives Directive, and which are thus listed in the relevant Part of Parts I to VIII of the Table to this Schedule (e.g. the preservative formic acid is covered by Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999 (above), whereas certain other preservatives are covered by Part VII of the Table).back

    [16] OJ No. L289, 28.10.98, p.4.back

    [17] OJ No. L188, 21.7.1999, p.35.back

    [18] OJ No. L297, 18.11.1999, p.8. The Annex to this Regulation is now replaced by the Annex to Regulation (EC) No. 739/2000 (OJ No. L87, 8.4.2000, p.14).back

    [19] OJ No. L155, 28.6.2000, p.15. As regards the additives specified in Annexes III and IV of this Regulation, see now the corresponding entries in Regulation (EC) No. 2697/2000 above.back

    [20] OJ No. L280, 4.11.2000, p.28.back

    [21] OJ No. L319, 16.12.2000, p.1.back

    [22] OJ No. L62, 2.3. 2001, p.3.back



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