The Ceramic Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2006 No. 1704 (W. 166)

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“ceramic article” (“eitem geramig”) means an article—

(a)

manufactured from a mixture of inorganic materials with a generally high argillaceous or silicate content to which small quantities of organic materials may have been added. Such an article is first shaped and the shape thus obtained is permanently fixed by firing. It may be glazed, enamelled and/or decorated;

(b)

which, in its finished state, is intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, or which is in contact with foodstuffs, and is intended for that purpose;

but does not include an article which is supplied as an antique;

“the Community” (“y Gymuned”) means the member States and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein;

“enforcement authority” (“awdurdod gorfodi”) means an authority mentioned in regulation 5;

“import” (“mewnforio”) means the release into the UK for free circulation in the Community;

“place on the market” (“rhoi ar y farchnad”) means the holding of ceramic articles for sale, including offering for sale or any other form of transfer, whether free of charge or not, and the sale, distribution and other forms of transfer themselves.