The Food Labelling (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

3.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) –

(a) after the definition of “advertisement” there shall be inserted –

““allergenic ingredient” means an ingredient referred to in Schedule AA1;”;

(b) for the definition of “Directive 2000/13” there shall be substituted –

““Directive 2000/13” means Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs, as amended by –

(a)

Commission Directive 2001/101/EC(2), which was itself amended by Commission Directive 2002/86/EC(3);

(b)

the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the treaties on which the European Union is founded(4); and

(c)

Directive 2003/89/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(5),

and as read with Commission Directive 99/10/EC(6) providing for derogations from the provisions of Article 7 of Directive 2000/13/EC and Commission Directive 2002/67/EC(7) on the labelling of foodstuffs containing quinine, and of foodstuffs containing caffeine;”.

(1)

O.J. No. L109, 6.5.2000, p. 29, as corrected by Corrigendum (O.J. No. L124, 25.5.2000, p. 66)

(2)

O.J. No. L310, 28.11.2001, p. 19

(3)

O.J. No. L305, 7.11.2002, p. 19

(4)

O.J. No. L236, 23.9.2003, p. 33

(5)

O.J. No. L308, 25.11.2003, p. 15

(6)

O.J. No. L69, 16.3.1999, p. 22

(7)

O.J. No. L191, 19.7.2002, p. 20