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The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2012

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Regulation 14(1)

SCHEDULE 1SPECIFIED PROVISIONS OF REGULATION 10/2011

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Article 4(e) as read with Articles 17 and 18Prohibition on placing on the market plastic materials or articles if they do not meet specified compositional and declaration requirements
Article 5(1) and Annex I, as read with Article 6Requirement, subject to certain derogations, to use only authorised substances in the manufacture of plastic layers in plastic materials and articles
Article 8, first sentenceGeneral quality and purity standards that must be observed for substances used in the manufacture of plastic layers in plastic materials and articles
Article 9 as read with Annex IParticular restrictions and specifications for substances used in the manufacture of plastic layers in plastic materials and articles
Article 10 as read with Annex IIGeneral restrictions on plastic materials and articles
Article 11(1) and (2) and Annex I, as read with Article 11(3)Specific limits on the degree to which constituents of plastic materials and articles are permitted to migrate into foods
Article 12Overall limits on the permitted level of migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles into food simulants
Article 13(1),(3),(4) and (5) and Annex I, as read with Article 13(2)Particular restrictions and specifications for the composition of each plastic layer in plastic multi-layer materials and articles
Article 14(1) and (5) and Annex 1, as read with Article 14(2), (3) and (4)Particular restrictions and specifications for the composition of each plastic layer in multi-material multi-layer materials and articles
Article 15 and Annex IVRequirements that written declaration of compliance for plastic materials and articles, for products from the intermediate stages of their manufacture and for substances intended for the manufacture of those materials or articles should be available at the marketing stages other than the retail stage

Regulation 30

SCHEDULE 2REVOCATIONS

Regulations revoked

References

The Ceramic Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2006S.S.I. 2006/230
The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008S.S.I. 2008/261
The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2009S.S.I. 2009/30
The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2010S.S.I. 2010/327
The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011S.S.I. 2011/100

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