LegalizeS.I. No. 391/2002 - European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2002
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2 amending acts · 2005-12-22, S.I. No. 910/2005 - European Communities (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2005
I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, 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 Council Directive No. 77/99/EEC of 21 December 1976 as updated and amended by Council Directive No. 92/5/EEC of 10 February 1992 (and subsequently amended by Council Directive No. 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992, Council Directive No. 92/116/EEC of 17 December 1992, Council Directive No. 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992, Council Directive No. 92/120/EEC of 17 December 1992, Council Directive 95/68/EC of 22 December 1995), Commission Decision No. 94/383/EC of 3 June 1994, the European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 126 of 1995) and the European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin (Amendment) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 175 of 1997 ) hereby make the following Regulations:
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2002.
2.
Regulation 9(1) of the European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 126 of 1995) is hereby amended as follows:
‘A person shall not place on the market meat products unless they bear one of the following marks-
- (a) the EC health mark, in the case of establishments approved under Regulation 4
- (b) in the case of establishments without an industrial structure or production capacity, a national health mark.’
3.
Regulation 10(4)(a) of the European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 175 of 1997 ) is hereby amended by the replacement of the words ‘health mark’ by ‘EC health mark’.
4.
Where meat products are to be marketed bearing the national health mark, that mark shall consist of a triangular mark containing in legible form and in printed capital letters a county reference prescribed by the Minister and the approval number of the premises.
| Given under my Official Seal, this 16^th day of July 2002. | |
| Joe Walsh Minister for Agriculture and Food |
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
The purpose of these Regulations is to permit the approval of low capacity meat products premises under the European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 126 of 1995). These Regulations make provision for the use of a national health mark by operators of such meat products premises.
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