CHAPTER IIU.K.COMPOSITIONAL AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 2U.K.Specific requirements

Article 11U.K.Specific compositional and information requirements

1.F1... Taking into account relevant technical and scientific progress, [F2and 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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F7Article 12U.K.Milk-based drinks and similar products intended for young children

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F8Article 13U.K.Food intended for sportspeople

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Article 14U.K.Technical guidelines

[F9The Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers] may adopt technical guidelines to facilitate compliance by food business operators, in particular [F10small 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)”].

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