S.I. No. 171/2007 - European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

S.I. No. 171 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ADDITIVES, COLOURS AND SWEETENERS IN FOODSTUFFS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st May, 2007.

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 2006/33/EC ¹ of 20 March 2006 amending Directive 95/45/EC ² as regards sunset yellow FCF (E 110) and titanium dioxide (E 171), hereby make the following regulations—

1.

• (2) The Principal Regulations, the Regulations of 2001, the Regulations of 2002, the Regulations of 2005 and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2000 to 2007.

2.

“Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 437 of 2000 );

“Regulations of 2001” means the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 342 of 2001 );

“Regulations of 2002” means the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 344 of 2002 ) and the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 380 of 2002 ), and

“Regulations of 2005” means the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 61 of 2005 ), the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 192 of 2005 ) and the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 193 of 2005 ).

3.

• (a) in Regulation 2(1), in the definition of “the Directives”, by substituting “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 and Commission Directive 2006/33/EC9C of 20 March 2006)”

for

“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)”

and by the addition of the following footnote to the definition of “the Directives”:

“9COJ L 82, 21.3.2006, p. 10,”

• (b) in Regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of “Directive 95/45/EC” the following definition:

“ ‘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 and Commission Directive 2006/33/EC9C of 20 March 2006)”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 April 2007

MARY HARNEY

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 ). These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

These Regulations implement Commission Directive 2006/33/EC of 20 March 2006 amending Directive 95/45/EC as regards sunset yellow FCF (E 110) and titanium dioxide (E 171).

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