EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1. These Regulations provide for the execution and enforcement in England of the Commission Regulation amending Commission Regulation (EC) No. 372/2007 laying down transitional migration limits for plasticisers in gaskets in lids intended to come into contact with foods, (“the new Commission Regulation”). The new Commission Regulation extends the relevant deadline for such materials and articles to 30th April 2009. It had not been published in the Official Journal at the time this instrument was made, but was adopted on 20th May 2008 under the document reference SANCO/2008/01414-00-00.
2. These Regulations provide for the execution and enforcement of the new Commission Regulation by amending regulation 22(3)(a) of the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2008 (“the principal Regulations”) (regulation 3), and omitting regulation 29(c) of those Regulations (regulation 4).
3. These Regulations also correct two errors in the principal Regulations (regulations 3 and 5), and make a consequential amendment (regulation 6).
4. A full impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations because no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.