The Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 1188 (W. 242)

Agriculture, Wales

The Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Made

15 November 2018

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

16 November 2018

Coming into force

7 December 2018

The Welsh Ministers are designated(1) for the purposes of making regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to measures in respect of food (including drink) including the primary production of food.

The Welsh Ministers have carried out an open and transparent public consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety(3), and make these Regulations in exercise of the powers in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

Title and commencement

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 7 December 2018.

Amendment of the Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) Regulations 2011

2.  The Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) Regulations 2011(4) are amended in accordance with the following regulations.

Amendment of regulation 2

3.  In regulation 2(1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), at the end insert “, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c), for the words from “Part I” to “1234/2007” substitute “Part 1 of Annex 7 to, Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products(6)”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (d), at the end insert “, as last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 565/2013(7)”.

Amendment of regulation 4

4.  In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), omit paragraphs (vii) and (viii); and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), in the words before paragraph (i), for the words from “the Regulation” to “1234/2007” substitute “Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for the words from “point IV(2)” to “1234/2007” substitute “point 4(2) of Part 1 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products”.

Lesley Griffiths

Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers

15 November 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/991 (W. 145)) to reflect provisions in Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 as regards electronic identification of bovine animals and labelling of beef (OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 33).

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations as the amendments are technical in nature.

(1)

S.I. 2005/1971. By virtue of sections 59(1) and 162 of, and paragraphs 28 and 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), functions conferred on the National Assembly for Wales are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.

(2)

1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).

(3)

OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/228 (OJ No L 35, 10.2.2017, p. 10).

(4)

S.I. 2011/991 (W. 145), amended by S.I. 2013/3270 (W. 320).

(5)

OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 33.

(6)

OJ No L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 2017/2393 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 350, 29.12.2017, p. 15).

(7)

OJ No L 167, 18.6.2013, p. 26.