ENFORCEMENT OF EUROPEAN UNION LEGISLATION FOR THE IMPORTATION OF FOODSTUFFS FROM NON-EU MEMBER STATES

ENFORCEMENT OF EUROPEAN UNION LEGISLATION

FOR THE IMPORTATION OF FOODSTUFFS FROM

NON-EU MEMBER STATES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 449.58

ENFORCEMENT OF EUROPEAN UNION

LEGISLATION FOR THE IMPORTATION OF

FOODSTUFFS FROM NON-EU MEMBER STATES

REGULATIONS

5th November, 2010

LEGAL NOTICE 475 of 2010.

The title of these regulations is the Enforcement of

European Union Legislation for the Importation of Foodstuffs from

Non-EU Member States Regulations.

In these regulations, "the Act" means the Food Safety Act.

These regulations apply to the following European Union

legislation

(a) Commission Decision of 8 June 2010 repealing

Decision 2006/601/EC on emergency measures

regarding the non-authorised genetically modified

organism ‘LL RICE 601’ in rice products, and

providing for random testing for the absence of that

organism in rice products (Commission Decision

2010/315/EU);

(b) Commission Decision of 20 December 2007 approving

the pre-export checks carried out by the United States

of America on peanuts and derived products thereof as

regards the presence of aflatoxins (Commission

Decision 2008/47/EC);

(c) Commission Decision of 3 April 2008 on emergency

measures regarding the unauthorised genetically

modified organism ‘Bt 63’ in rice products

(Commission Decision 2008/289/EC);

(d) Commission Regulation (EU) No 258/2010 of 25

March 2010 imposing special conditions on the

imports of guar gum originating in or consigned from

India due to contamination risks by pentachlorophenol

and dioxins, and repealing Decision 2008/352/EC;

(e)

(i)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 of 24

July 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No

882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the

Council as regards the increased level of official

controls on imports of certain feed and food of

non-animal origin and amending Decision 2006/

504/EC; and

(ii) Commission Regulation (EU) No 212/2010 of

12 March 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No

669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No

ENFORCEMENT OF EUROPEAN UNION LEGISLATION

FOR THE IMPORTATION OF FOODSTUFFS FROM

NON-EU MEMBER STATES

882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the

Council as regards the increased level of official

controls on imports of certain feed and food of

non-animal origin;

(iii) Commission Regulation (EU) No 878/2010 of 6

October 2010 amending Annex I to Regulation

(EC) No 669/2009 implementing Regulation

(EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament

and of the Council as regards the increased level

of official controls on imports of certain feed

and food of non-animal origin;

(f)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 of 25

November 2009 imposing special conditions

governing the import of certain products originating in

or consigned from China, and repealing Commission

Decision 2008/798/EC;

(g) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1151/2009 of 27

November 2009 imposing special conditions

governing the import of sunflower oil originating in or

consigned from Ukraine due to contamination risks by

mineral oil and repealing Decision 2008/433/EC; and

(h) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1152/2009 of 27

November 2009 imposing special conditions

governing the import of certain foodstuffs from certain

third countries due to contamination risk by aflatoxins

and repealing Decision 2006/504/EC.

Any person who violates the provisions of the Decisions

and Regulations of the European Union to which these regulations

apply shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations and the

provisions of the Act concerning the violation of the provisions of

regulations made under the Act shall apply to the violation of the

said European Union Decisions and Regulations.