The Food (Emergency Control) (Revocation) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 2830 (W.251)

FOOD, WALES

The Food (Emergency Control) (Revocation) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Made

24 October 2006

Coming into force

27 October 2006

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1).

The National Assembly for Wales has been designated(2) for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food.

There has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of the Regulations as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety(3).

Title, commencement and application

1.  These Regulations—

(a) are called the Food (Emergency Control) (Revocation) (Wales) Regulations 2006;

(b) come into force on 27 October 2006; and

(c) apply in relation to Wales.

Revocations

2.  The instruments specified in column 1 of the Schedule are revoked.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(4)

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

24 October 2006

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE Regulations Revoked

Title	S.I. No.
The Food (Peanuts from China) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002	2002/2295 (W.224)
The Food (Peanuts from China) (Emergency Control) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003	2003/2299 (W.229)
The Food (Figs, Hazelnuts and Pistachios from Turkey) (Emergency Control) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002	2002/1726 (W.161)
The Food (Figs, Hazelnuts and Pistachios from Turkey) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002	2002/2296 (W.225)
The Food (Figs, Hazelnuts and Pistachios from Turkey) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2003	2003/2292 (W.228)
The Food (Brazil Nuts) (Emergency Control) (Wales) Regulations 2003	2003/2254 (W.224)
The Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2003	2003/2288 (W.227)
The Food Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (No.2) (Amendment) Regulations 2005	2005/257 (W.23)
The Food (Peanuts from Egypt) (Emergency Control) (Wales) Regulations 2003	2003/2910 (W.276)

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply in relation to Wales, provide for the revocation of specified instruments which implemented Commission Decisions imposing conditions on the import of specific products that could be contaminated with excessive levels of aflatoxins.

A full regulatory appraisal has been prepared for these Regulations and has been placed in the Library of the National Assembly for Wales along with a copy of the transposition note relating to these Regulations. Copies are also available from the Food Standards Agency, 11th Floor, Southgate House, Cardiff CF10 1EW.

(1)

1972 c. 68.

(2)

S.I. 2005/1971.

(3)

OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1. That Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No.1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L245, 29.9.2003, p.4).

(4)

1998 c. 38.