The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013

Amendments to the Beef and Veal Labelling (Scotland) Regulations 2010

21.—(1) The Beef and Veal Labelling (Scotland) Regulations 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 “Commission Regulation 566/2008” insert—

““the EU Regulation” means the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adopted on 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) For regulation 3(1)(c) (authorities responsible for enforcement) substitute—

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

(4) In regulation 4 (offences under European legislation)—

(a) for paragraph (1)(c) substitute—

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

(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 information on the label);

(iv) Article 78 and paragraph V of Part I of Annex VII (recording); and

(v) paragraph VI(5) of Part I of Annex VII (official checks);”; and

(b) in paragraph (2), for “paragraph IV(2) of Annex XIa to Council Regulation 1234/2007,” substitute “paragraph IV(2) of Part I of Annex VII to the EU Regulation 2013,”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2010/402.