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27.—(1) Each food authority must carry out periodic checks on any fluoride removal treatment which it has authorised to ensure that the requirements of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 continue to be satisfied.
(2) Each food authority must carry out periodic checks on any ozone-enriched air treatment which it has authorised to ensure that the requirements of paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 continue to be satisfied.
27A. For the purposes of these Regulations, a fluoride removal treatment means—
(a)a treatment of natural mineral water or water intended to be bottled and labelled as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language, with activated alumina in order to remove fluoride which is authorised in accordance with regulations 9(1)(a)(iii) or 15(a)(iii) and Schedule 2;
(b)in the case of natural mineral water or water intended to be bottled and labelled as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language, brought into Wales from another part of the United Kingdom or from another EEA State, a treatment which has been authorised by the responsible authority in the area in which the water is extracted as complying with the requirements of Articles 1 to 3 of Regulation 115/2010 and which does not have a disinfectant action; or
(c)in the case of natural mineral water or water intended to be bottled and labelled as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language, brought into Wales from a country other than an EEA State, a treatment that has been authorised by the responsible authority in that country in accordance with procedures for authorising fluoride removal treatment in that country which have been determined by the Agency or responsible authority in another part of the United Kingdom or in another EEA State to be equivalent to the requirements of Articles 1 to 3 of Regulation 115/2010 and which does not have a disinfectant action.]
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27B. For the purposes of these Regulations, an ozone-enriched air treatment means—
(a)a treatment of natural mineral water or water intended to be bottled and labelled as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language, with ozone-enriched air which is authorised in accordance with regulations 9(1)(a)(iv) or 15(a)(iv) and Schedule 3;
(b)in the case of natural mineral water or water intended to be bottled and labelled as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language, brought into Wales from another part of the United Kingdom or from another EEA State, a treatment which has been authorised by the responsible authority in the area in which the water is extracted as complying with Article 5 of Directive 2003/40, as read with Article 7 of that Directive in respect of its application to spring water, as implemented in that part of the United Kingdom or that EEA State, and which does not have a disinfectant action; or
(c)in the case of natural mineral water or water intended to be bottled and labelled as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language, brought into Wales from a country other than an EEA State, a treatment that has been authorised by the responsible authority in that country in accordance with procedures for authorising ozone-enriched air treatment in that country which have been determined by the Agency or responsible authority in another part of the United Kingdom or in another EEA State to be equivalent to the requirements of Article 5 of Directive 2003/40, as read with Article 7 of that Directive in respect of its application to spring water, and which does not have a disinfectant action.]
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