2.—(1) In these Regulations–
“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001(1) setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 2375/2001(2), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 221/2002(3), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 257/2002(4), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 472/2002(5) as corrected by a corrigendum published on 23rd March 2002(6) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 563/2002(7);
“Directive 85/591/EEC” means Council Directive 85/591/EEC concerning the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the monitoring of foodstuffs intended for human consumption(8);
“Directive 93/99/EEC” means Council Directive 93/99/EEC on the subject of additional measures concerning the official control of foodstuffs(9);
“Directive 98/53/EC” means Commission Directive 98/53/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs(10) as amended by Commission Directive 2002/27/EC(11);
“Directive 2001/22/EC” means Commission Directive 2001/22/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and 3–MCPD in foodstuffs(12), as corrected by Commission Decision 2001/873/EC(13);
“Directive 2002/26/EC” means Commission Directive 2002/26/EC laying down sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of ochratoxin A in foodstuffs(14);
“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993; and
“EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement.
(2) Other expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as in the Commission Regulation.
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