2010 No. 248
Agriculture
Food

The Rice Products from the United States of America (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2010

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Rice Products from the United States of America (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2010 and come into force on 18th June 2010.

Revocation2.

The Rice Products from the United States of America (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 20082 are revoked.
SHONA ROBISON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the Rice Products from the United States of America (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/87).

Those Regulations implemented Commission Decision 2006/601/EC on emergency measures regarding the non-authorised genetically modified organism “LL RICE 601” in rice products (O.J. No. L 244, 7.9.2006, p.27), as last amended by Commission Decision 2008/162/EC. Commission Decision 2006/601/EC, as amended, was repealed by Commission Decision 2010/315/EU (O.J. No. L 141, 9.6.2010, p.10).

A full business and regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.