Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

SECTION 3 U.K. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF FOOD TRADE

Article 11 U.K. Food and feed imported into the Community

Food and feed imported into the Community for placing on the market within the Community shall comply with the relevant requirements of food law or conditions recognised by the Community to be at least equivalent thereto or, where a specific agreement exists between the Community and the exporting country, with requirements contained therein.

Article 12 U.K. Food and feed exported from the Community

1. Food and feed exported or re-exported from the Community for placing on the market of a third country shall comply with the relevant requirements of food law, unless otherwise requested by the authorities of the importing country or established by the laws, regulations, standards, codes of practice and other legal and administrative procedures as may be in force in the importing country.

In other circumstances, except in the case where foods are injurious to health or feeds are unsafe, food and feed can only be exported or re-exported if the competent authorities of the country of destination have expressly agreed, after having been fully informed of the reasons for which and the circumstances in which the food or feed concerned could not be placed on the market in the Community.

2. Where the provisions of a bilateral agreement concluded between the Community or one of its Member States and a third country are applicable, food and feed exported from the Community or that Member State to that third country shall comply with the said provisions.

Article 13 U.K. International standards

Without prejudice to their rights and obligations, the Community and the Member States shall:

(a)

contribute to the development of international technical standards for food and feed and sanitary and phytosanitary standards;

(b)

promote the coordination of work on food and feed standards undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organisations;

(c)

contribute, where relevant and appropriate, to the development of agreements on recognition of the equivalence of specific food and feed-related measures;

(d)

give particular attention to the special development, financial and trade needs of developing countries, with a view to ensuring that international standards do not create unnecessary obstacles to exports from developing countries;

(e)

promote consistency between international technical standards and food law while ensuring that the high level of protection adopted in the Community is not reduced.