S.I. No. 226/2018 - European Union (Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of Certain Other Substances to Foods) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

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 2006

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, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1170/2009 of 30 November 2009

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1161/2011 of 14 November 2011

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 119/2014 of 7 February 2014

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and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1203 of 5 July 2017

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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.

4 OJ No. L 296, 15.11.2011, p. 29.

5 OJ No. L 39, 8.2.2014, p. 44.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

29

th 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 2017

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, hereby make the following regulations