CHAPTER II U.K. GENERAL FOOD LAW

SECTION 3 U.K. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF FOOD TRADE

Article 13 U.K. International standards

[F1 The appropriate authorities must—]

(a)

contribute to the development of international technical standards for food and feed and sanitary and phytosanitary standards;

(b)

promote the coordination of work on food and feed standards undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organisations;

(c)

contribute, where relevant and appropriate, to the development of agreements on recognition of the equivalence of specific food and feed-related measures;

(d)

give particular attention to the special development, financial and trade needs of developing countries, with a view to ensuring that international standards do not create unnecessary obstacles to exports from developing countries;

(e)

promote consistency between international technical standards and food law while ensuring that the high level of protection adopted in [F2 Great Britain] is not reduced.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 13 substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 15(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 13(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 15(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)