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Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC
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[F11. For the groups of materials and articles listed in Annex I and, where appropriate, combinations of those materials and articles or recycled materials and articles used in the manufacture of those materials and articles, specific measures may be [F2prescribed by the appropriate authority].]
Those specific measures may include:
(a)[F3provision regulating] substances authorised for use in the manufacturing of materials and articles;
(b)[F4provision regulating] authorised substances incorporated in active or intelligent food contact materials and articles, or F5... active or intelligent materials and articles F6... and/or the materials and articles in which they are incorporated;
F7(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)F8... limits on the migration of certain constituents or groups of constituents into or on to food, taking due account of other possible sources of exposure to those constituents;
(f)an overall limit on the migration of constituents into or on to food;
(g)provisions aimed at protecting human health against hazards arising from oral contact with materials and articles;
(h)other rules to ensure compliance with Articles 3 and 4;
(i)basic rules for checking compliance with points (a) to (h);
(j)rules concerning the collection of samples and the methods of analysis to check compliance with points (a) to (h);
(k)specific provisions for ensuring the traceability of materials and articles including provisions regarding the duration for retention of records or provisions to allow, if necessary, for derogations from the requirements of Article 17;
(l)additional provisions of labelling for active and intelligent materials and articles;
[F9(m)[F10provision relating to the establishment and maintenance of] a publicly available Register [F11or list] of authorised substances, processes, or materials or articles;]
(n)specific procedural rules adapting, as necessary, the procedure referred to in Articles 8 to 12, or making it appropriate for the authorisation of certain types of materials and articles and/or processes used in their manufacture, including, where necessary, a procedure for an individual authorisation of a substance, process, or material or article through a decision addressed to an applicant.
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Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Four.
F2Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 15(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 5(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(a) (with reg. 23)
F4Words in Art. 5(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(b)(i) (with reg. 23)
F5Words in Art. 5(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(b)(ii) (with reg. 23)
F6Words in Art. 5(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(b)(iii) (with reg. 23)
F7Art. 5(1)(c)(d) omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(c) (with reg. 23)
F8Word in Art. 5(1)(e) omiited (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(d) (with reg. 23)
F9Art. 5(1)(m) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 15(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Words in Art. 5(1)(m) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(e)(i) (with reg. 23)
F11Words in Art. 5(1)(m) inserted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(e)(ii) (with reg. 23)
F12Words in Art. 5(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 15(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F13Art. 5(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 15(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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