The Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) Regulations 2011

[F1 Offences under [F2 assimilated direct] legislation] E+W

4.—(1) Any person who fails to comply with any of the following provisions in [F3 assimilated direct] legislation is guilty of an offence—

(a) the following provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and the Council—

(i) Article 11 (requirement to label);

(ii) Article 13(1) (general rules);

(iii) Article 13(2) (indications on the label);

(iv) Article 13(5) (additional information on the label);

(v) Article 14 (labelling of minced beef);

(vi) Article 15 (beef from third countries) [F4 , as read with Article 15za (transitional provisions)];

F5 (vii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5 (viii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) the following provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000—

(i) Article 1 (traceability);

(ii) Article 2 (labelling) [F6 (but see paragraph (4))];

(iii) Article 4 (size and composition of a group);

(iv) Article 5(2) (minced beef);

(v) Article 5a (trimmings);

(vi) Article 5b (pre-packaged cut meat);

(vii) Article 5c (non-pre-packaged cut meat);

F7 (viii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ix) Article 7 (access to premises and records);

[F8 (c) The following provisions of [F9 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products], as amended from time to time—

(i) i)Article 78 and paragraph II of Part I of Annex VII (classification at the slaughterhouse);

(ii) Article 78 and paragraph III of Part I of Annex VII (sales descriptions);

(iii) Article 78 and paragraph IV of Part I of Annex VII (compulsory indication on the label);

(iv) Article 78 and paragraph V of Part I of Annex VII (recording).]

(d) the following provision of Commission Regulation (EC) No 566/2008—

(i) Article 4(1) (compulsory information on the label);

(ii) Article 4(2) (indication of age);

(iii) Article 5 (recording information).

(2) For the purposes of [F10 [F11 point 4(2) of Part 1 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products], as amended from time to time], the required information must be displayed near the meat so as to allow the final consumer to readily identify the information which must be clearly legible.

(3) Records (including electronic records) must be retained for a period of 12 months from the end of the calendar year in which the record was made.

[F12 (4) Paragraphs (1)(a)(vi) and (1)(b)(ii) do not apply if the matter constituting the alleged contravention—

(a) relates to a product that was placed on the market before 1 January 2024, and

(b) would not have constituted a contravention—

(i) in the case of paragraph (1)(a)(vi), of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as that Regulation had effect in EU law immediately before IP completion day; or

(ii) in the case of paragraph (1)(b)(ii), of Article 2(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as that Regulation had effect in EU law immediately before IP completion day.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/732), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in reg. 4 heading substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1332), regs. 1(2), 11(a)

F3 Words in reg. 4(1) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1332), regs. 1(2), 11(b)

F4 Words in reg. 4(1)(a)(vi) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/732), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Reg. 4(1)(a)(vii)(viii) omitted (7.12.2018) by virtue of The Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1188), regs. 1(2), 4(a)(i)

F6 Words in reg. 4(1)(b)(ii) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/732), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Reg. 4(1)(b)(viii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/732), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 Reg. 4(1)(c) substituted (1.1.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3270), regs. 1(c), 3(3)

F9 Words in reg. 4(1)(c) substituted (7.12.2018) by The Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1188), regs. 1(2), 4(a)(ii)

F10 Words in reg. 4(2) substituted (1.1.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3270), regs. 1(c), 3(4)

F11 Words in reg. 4(2) substituted (7.12.2018) by The Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1188), regs. 1(2), 4(b)

F12 Reg. 4(4) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Food Information (Amendment of Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/939), regs. 1(2), 5(2)