The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Amendments to the Beef and Veal Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

3.—(1) The Beef and Veal Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) omit the definition of “Council Regulation 1234/2007”;

(b) after the definition of “Regulation 1760/2000” insert—

““Regulation (EU) 2013” means Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council adopted on the 16 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, as amended from time to time;”.

(3) In regulation 3 (competent authority), for the words “Article 113b of and Annex Xia to, Council Regulation 1234/2007)” substitute—

“Article 78 of, and Part I of Annex VII to, Regulation (EU) 2013;”.

(4) In regulation 5 (offences)—

(a) for paragraph (1)(c) substitute—

“(c) the following provisions of the Regulation (EU) 2013—

(i) Article 78 and paragraph II of Part I of Annex VII (classification of bovine animals aged less than 12 months 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).”.

(b) in paragraph (2), for “paragraph IV(2) of Annex XIa to Council Regulation (EC) No.1234/2007” substitute “paragraph IV(2) of Part I of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013,”.

(1)

S.R. 2010 No. 155.