Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

SECTION 2 U.K. Specific requirements

Article 11 U.K. Specific compositional and information requirements

1. F1 ... Taking into account relevant technical and scientific progress, [F2 and having regard to such scientific opinion as an appropriate authority considers appropriate, the appropriate authority may make regulations], with respect to the following:

(a) the specific compositional requirements applicable to food referred to in Article 1(1), with the exception of requirements as set out in the Annex;

(b) the specific requirements on the use of pesticides in products intended for the production of food referred to in Article 1(1) and on pesticide residues in such food. F3 ...

(c) the specific requirements on labelling, presentation and advertising of food referred to in Article 1(1), including the authorisation of nutrition and health claims in relation thereto;

(d) the notification requirements for the placing on the market of food referred to in Article 1(1), in order to facilitate the efficient official monitoring of such food, F4 ...;

(e) the requirements concerning promotional and commercial practices relating to infant formula;

(f) the requirements concerning information to be provided in relation to infant and young child feeding in order to ensure adequate information on appropriate feeding practices;

(g) the specific requirements for food for special medical purposes developed to satisfy the nutritional requirements of infants, including compositional requirements and requirements on the use of pesticides in products intended for the production of such food, pesticide residues, labelling, presentation, advertising, and promotional and commercial practices, as appropriate.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 11(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 11(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Art. 11(1)(b) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Art. 11(1)(d) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(a)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in Art. 11(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(a)(v); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Art. 11(2) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(9)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Article 12 U.K. Milk-based drinks and similar products intended for young children

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Textual Amendments

F7 Art. 12 omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(10); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 Article 13 U.K. Food intended for sportspeople

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Textual Amendments

F8 Art. 13 omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(10); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 14 U.K. Technical guidelines

[F9 The Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers] may adopt technical guidelines to facilitate compliance by food business operators, in particular [F10 small or medium sized enterprises as defined in the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises], with this Chapter and Chapter III [F11 , as it applies in their territory. For the purposes of this Article, the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises is to be read as if—

(a) in Article 2—

(i) in paragraph 1, for “EUR 50 million, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million” there were substituted “£44,000,000, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding £38,000,000”;

(ii) in paragraph 2, for “EUR 10 million” there were substituted “£8,800,000”;

(iii) in paragraph 3, for “EUR 2 million” there were substituted “£1,750,000”;

(b) in Article 3—

(i) in paragraph 2(a), for “EUR 1 250 000” there were substituted “£1,100,000”;

(ii) in paragraph 2(d), for “EUR 10 million” there were substituted “£8,800,000”;

(iii) in paragraph 5, for “by national or Community rules” there were substituted “under the law of Great Britain (or any part of it)”;

(c) in Article 5, in paragraph (b), for “national law” there were substituted “the law of Great Britain (or any part of it)”].

Textual Amendments

F9 Words in Art. 14 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(11)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1476, regs. 1(2), 5(4)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10 Words in Art. 14 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(11)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F11 Words in Art. 14 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 19(11)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1476, regs. 1(2), 5(4)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)