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

PART 1 E+W Introductory and general

Title, commencement and application E+W

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) (Wales) Regulations 2016.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 12 May 2016 and apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation and scope E+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

• “the Agency” (“yr Asiantaeth”) means the Food Standards Agency;

• “Directive 82/475” (“Cyfarwyddeb 82/475”) means Commission Directive 82/475/EEC laying down the categories of feed materials which may be used for the purposes of labelling compound feedingstuffs for pet animals M1 ;

• “Directive 2002/32” (“Cyfarwyddeb 2002/32”) means Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed M2 ;

• “Directive 2008/38” (“Cyfarwyddeb 2008/38”) means Commission Directive 2008/38/EC establishing a list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes M3 ;

• “feed authority” (“awdurdod bwyd anifeiliaid”) means an authority identified in section 67(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970 as having the duty to enforce Part IV of that Act within its area;

• “Regulation 178/2002” (“Rheoliad 178/2002”) means Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety M4 ;

• “Regulation 1829/2003” (“Rheoliad 1829/2003”) means Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed M5 ;

• “Regulation 1831/2003” (“Rheoliad 1831/2003”) means Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition M6 ;

• “Regulation 767/2009” (“Rheoliad 767/2009”) means Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 M7 ;

(2) Any expression used in these Regulations and in Regulation 178/2002, Regulation 1831/2003 or Regulation 767/2009 has the meaning in these Regulations that it bears in the EU Regulation concerned.

(3) Any reference in these Regulations to an Annex to Directive 82/475, Directive 2002/32, Directive 2008/38, Regulation 1831/2003 or Regulation 767/2009 is a reference to that Annex as it may be amended from time to time.

(4) These Regulations do not apply to any feed additive in category (d) or (e) of Article 6(1) of Regulation 1831/2003, with the exception of those in the functional groups listed in paragraph 4(a), (b) and (c) of Annex 1 to that Regulation M8 .

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ No L 213, 21.7.1982, p 27. This Directive was last amended by Commission Directive 98/67/EC (OJ No L 261, 24.9.1998, p 10).

M2 OJ No L 140, 30.5.2002, p 10. This Directive was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 2015/186 (OJ No L 31, 7.2.2015, p 11).

M3 OJ No L 62, 6.3.2008, p 9. This Directive was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1123/2014 (OJ No L 304, 23.10.2014, p 81).

M4 OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p 1. This Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p 1).

M5 OJ No L 268, 18.10.2003, p 1. This Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 97, 9.4.2008, p 64).

M6 OJ No L 268, 18.10.2003, p 29. This Regulation was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 2015/2294 (OJ No L 324, 10.12.2015, p 3).

M7 OJ No L 229, 1.9.2009, p 1. This Regulation was last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/2010 (OJ No L 277, 21.10.2010, p 4).

M8 Categories (d) and (e) of Article 6(1) comprise, respectively, zootechnical additives, and coccidiostats and histomonostats. Functional groups listed in paragraphs 4(a), (b) and (c) of Annex I comprise digestibility enhancers, gut flora stabilisers and substances which favourably affect the environment.