PLACING ON THE MARKET AND USE OF ANIMAL FEED RULES

PLACING ON THE MARKET AND

USE OF ANIMAL FEED RULES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.117

PLACING ON THE MARKET AND USE OF ANIMAL

FEED RULES

18th February, 2025

LEGAL NOTICE 36 of 2025.

(1)

The title of these rules is the Placing on the Market

and Use of Animal Feed Rules.

(2)

The scope of these rules is to implement the requirements

of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 13 July 2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed,

amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/

2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission

Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC,

93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/

217/EC, as in force from time to time.

(1)

In these rules, unless the context otherwise

requires

"Act" means the Veterinary Services Act;

"competent authority"

means

the

Department

of

Veterinary Services;

"Director" means the Director of Veterinary Services; and

"Regulation (EC) No 767/2009" means Regulation (EC)

No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of

13 July 2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed,

amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC)

No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC,

Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/

EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and

Commission Decision 2004/217/EC, as in force from time to

time.

(2)

Unless the context otherwise requires, words and phrases

used in these rules which are not defined herein, shall have the same

meaning as assigned to them in Article 3 of the Regulation (EC) No

767/2009 and in article 2 of the Act.

Without prejudice to any other power or responsibility in

accordance with the law, and to its application in any other manner in

PLACING ON THE MARKET AND

USE OF ANIMAL FEED RULES

accordance with the law, Part IX of the Act shall also apply mutatis

mutandis to these rules.

(1)

Without prejudice to rule 3, any person who

breaches the provisions of these rules or any obligation in accordance

with these rules, or breaches a provision of Regulation (EC) No 767/

2009, or hinders any person responsible for their implementation, shall

on conviction, be liable to the punishments established in the Act.

(2)

Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-rule (1), the

Court may also order any person guilty of an offence, to pay for the

expenses incurred by the competent authority and the Director as a

result of the said offence, as well as the revocation of any permit or

certification issued under these rules and the confiscation, retention or

destruction or other disposal of the animals involved.