The Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

PART 3 N.I.Enforcement of Regulation 1829/2003

Interpretation of this PartN.I.

6.  In this Part any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in Regulation 1829/2003.

Offence of failing to comply with any specified provision of Regulation 1829/2003N.I.

7.—(1) Any person who fails to comply with any provision specified in paragraph (2) commits an offence.

(2) The specified provisions are —

(a)Article 16(2) (prohibition on placing on the market, using or processing a product referred to in Article 15(1) M1 unless it is covered by an authorisation and satisfies relevant conditions), as read with Article 20(6) (requirement that products in relation to which the Commission has adopted a measure under this Article must be withdrawn from the market);

(b)Article 21(1) (requirement that the authorisation holder and the parties concerned must comply with conditions imposed in an authorisation for that product, and that the authorisation holder must comply with post-market monitoring requirements);

(c)Article 21(3) (requirement that an authorisation holder inform the Commission of any new scientific or technical information about a product which might affect the evaluation of the safety of its use in feed, or of any prohibition or restriction on the feed in a third country); and

(d)Article 25 (requirement for certain labelling indications).

Marginal Citations

M1The products referred to in Article 15(1) are genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for feed use, feed containing or consisting of GMOs and feed produced from GMOs

Competent authority for the purposes of Regulation 1829/2003N.I.

8.  The national competent authority for the purposes of Chapter III of Regulation 1829/2003 is the Agency.