Welsh Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 1080 (W.114)
AGRICULTURE, WALES
FOOD, WALES
The Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Wales) Regulations 2008
Made
14 April 2008
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
14 April 2008
Coming into force
15 April 2008
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1).
The Welsh Ministers have been designated for the purpose of that section in relation to measures in respect of food (including drink) including the primary production of food and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals(2).
As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety(3) there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of these Regulations.
S.I. 2005/1971.
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the permanent Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority (OJ No. L100, 8.4.2006, p.3).