S.I. No. 226/2018 - European Union (Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of Certain Other Substances to Foods) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th June, 2018. | ||
I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving partial effect to Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1203 of 5 July 20171 , hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of Certain Other Substances to Foods) (Amendment) Regulations 2018. | ||
(2) The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Union (Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of Certain Other Substances to Foods) Regulations 2017 and 2018. | ||
2. In these Regulations— | ||
“Principal Regulations” means the European Union (Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of Certain Other Substances to Foods) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 376 of 2017 ). | ||
3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting for the definition of “Annex II to EC Regulation 1925/2006” the following definition: | ||
“‘Annex II to EC Regulation 1925/2006’ means Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 20062 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1170/2009 of 30 November 20093 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1161/2011 of 14 November 20114 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 119/2014 of 7 February 20145 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1203 of 5 July 20171;”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
26 June 2018. | ||
SIMON HARRIS, | ||
Minister for Health. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation). | ||
These Regulations give partial effect to Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1203 of 5 July 2017 amending Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Under Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006, only those vitamins and minerals listed in Annex I thereto and in the forms set out in Annex II thereto, may be added to foods. Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1203 amends Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 by adding “calcium phosphoryl oligosaccharides” to the list of mineral substances which may be added to foods. | ||
These Regulations amend the European Union (Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of Certain Other Substances to Foods) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 376 of 2017 ) in the manner specified in these Regulations. | ||
These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of Certain Other Substances to Foods) (Amendment) Regulations 2018. | ||
1 OJ No. L 173, 6.7.2017, p.9. 2 OJ No. L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 26. 3 OJ No. L 314, 1.12.2009, p. 36. |