Food (Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Food (Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 13th March 2000.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1991 Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

“the Commission Decision” means Commission Decision 1999/788/EC on protective measures with regard to contamination by dioxins of certain products of animal origin intended for human or animal consumption(1) as amended by Commission Decision 2000/150/EC(2);

“free circulation” shall be constructed in accordance with Article 23.2 of the Treaty establishing the European Community;

“member State” means a member State of the European Community other than Belgium or the United Kingdom;

“relevant animal product” means an entity coming within any of the following descriptions—

(a)

products of Belgium origin covered by Article 1.3 of the Commission Decision, and

(b)

products which contain any of the products referred to in sub- paragraph (a),

but only includes food.

(3) Other expressions used both in this Order and in the Commission Decision have the same meaning in this Order as they bear in that Decision.

(1)

O.J. No. L310, 4.12.99, p. 62

(2)

O.J. No. L50, 23.2.00, p. 25