S.I. No. 620/2025 - European Union (Marketing of Fruit Jams, Jellies, Marmalades and Sweetened Chestnut Purée) Regulations 2025

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 2025-12-26
State In force
Text As published
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 26th December, 2025.

I, MARTIN HEYDON, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 2001/113/EC of 20 December 20011 , as amended by Council Directive 2004/84/EC of 10 June 20042 , Council Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 of 26 September 20073 , Regulation (EU) No 1021/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 20134 and Directive (EU) 2024/1438 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 20245 , hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

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These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Marketing of Fruit Jams, Jellies, Marmalades and Sweetened Chestnut Purée) Regulations 2025.

Interpretation

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(1) In these Regulations-

“authorised officer” means -

“Council Directive” means Council Directive 2001/113/EC of 20 December 2001 as amended by Council Directive 2004/84/EC of 10 June 2004, Council Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 of 26 September 2007, Regulation (EU) No 1021/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 and Directive (EU) 2024/1438 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024;

“Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;

“place on the market” includes to advertise, barter, offer or expose for sale by wholesale or retail or have in possession for sale by wholesale or retail and invite to buy;

“premises” includes any place, vehicle, ship or other vessel, aircraft, railway wagon or other means of transport or any container used to transport a relevant product;

“relevant product” means a product defined in Annex 1 to the Council Directive;

“vehicle” means any form of transport conveyance including a trailer.

Application

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(1) These Regulations do not apply to a relevant product intended for or used for the manufacture of fine bakery wares, pastries or biscuits.

Placing on the market

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(1) A person shall not place on the market, manufacture, process or label a relevant product except in accordance with the Council Directive.

Appointment of authorised officer

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(1) The Minister may appoint in writing such persons or classes of persons as he or she considers appropriate to be authorised officers for the exercise of all or any of the functions conferred on an authorised officer under these Regulations, as specified in the appointment.

Functions of authorised officer

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(1) For the purposes of the Council Directive or these Regulations, an authorised officer may—

the officer may, in addition to the powers exercisable by him or her under paragraph (1):

in his or her possession or under his or her control, or information or a record relating to any of them, shall give such—

Search warrant

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(1) If a judge of the District Court is satisfied by information on oath of an authorised officer that there are reasonable grounds for believing–

the judge may issue a search warrant.

Compliance notice

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(1) Where an authorised officer is of the opinion that—

the officer may serve a notice (“compliance notice”) stating that opinion to the person—

Appeal against compliance notice

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(1) A person to whom a compliance notice is served may, within 7 days from the date of service of the notice, appeal the notice to the Judge of the District Court having jurisdiction in the District Court district—

on the grounds that the notice is unreasonable having regard to the Council Directive or these Regulations.

Seizure and detention for non-compliance with a compliance notice

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(1) Without prejudice to an appeal under Regulation 9, if—

an authorised officer may at any time seize the relevant product or other thing to which a compliance notice relates, or seize the vessel, vehicle, equipment, machinery (including any computerised information management system) or other thing used in connection with the relevant product to which a compliance notice relates.

Obstruction and false statements

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(1) A person shall not—

Penalties and prosecutions

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(1) A person who contravenes Regulations 4(1) (2) (3) or (4), 8(4), 9(5), 11(1) or 14(3) commits an offence.

Costs

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Where a person is convicted of an offence under these Regulations, the court shall, unless it is satisfied that there are special and substantial reasons for not so doing, order the person to pay to the prosecutor the costs and expenses, measured by the court, incurred by the prosecutor or other person in relation to the investigation, detection and prosecution of the offence, including costs and expenses incurred in the taking of samples and the carrying out of tests, examinations and analyses.

Service

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(1) A compliance notice shall, subject to paragraph (2), be addressed to the person concerned by name and may be served on or given to the person—

Fixed Payment Notice

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(1) If an officer of the Minister, authorised by the Minister in that behalf, or an officer of the Health Service Executive, authorised by the Chief Executive in that behalf, has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is committing or has committed an offence under these Regulations, he or she may serve a notice in writing (“fixed payment notice”) on that person stating that—

Revocations, savers etc

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(1) The European Communities (Marketing of Fruit Jams, Jellies and Marmalades and Sweetened Chestnut Purée) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 294 of 2003 ) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

12 December, 2025.

MARTIN HEYDON,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

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 give legal effect to Directive 2011/113/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended by Directive (EU) 2024/1438 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 which establishes quality factors and aligns standards for the composition and labelling of fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée within the European Union, taking into account developments in relevant international standards.

These Regulations should be read in conjunction with Directive 2001/113/EC and amending Directive (EU) 2024/1438.

Footnotes

1

O.J. No. L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 67

2

O.J. L 219, 19.6.2004, p. 8

3

O.J. L 273, 17.10.2007, p. 1

4

O.J. No. L. 287, 29.10.2013, p. 1

5

O.J. L, 2024/1438, 24.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1438/oj

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