Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

CHAPTER VII U.K. TRANSITIONAL MEASURES AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 33 U.K. Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011

Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 is amended as follows:

(1)

In Article 2(1) the following point is added:

‘(h) the definition of “engineered nanomaterials” as established by point (f) of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1).’.

(2)

Point (t) of Article 2(2) is deleted.

References to the deleted point (t) of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 shall be construed as references to point (f) of Article 3(2) of this Regulation.

(3)

In Article 18, paragraph 5 is deleted.

Article 34 U.K. Repeal

Regulation (EC) No 258/97 and Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 are hereby repealed from 1 January 2018. References to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

Article 35 U.K. Transitional measures

F1 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F2 2. A novel food, which is the subject of an application for authorisation submitted in accordance with Article 10, and which is received by the appropriate authority on or before 31 December 2023, may remain on the market in Great Britain until the application concludes, if—

(a) it did not fall within scope of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 before that Regulation was repealed;

(b) it was lawfully placed on the market in the European Union or the United Kingdom before 1 January 2018; and

(c) it was the subject of an application for authorisation or notification of a traditional food from a third country received by the European Commission on or before 1 January 2019.

2A. For the purpose of paragraph 2, an application concludes when—

(a) the appropriate authority informs the applicant, in accordance with Article 6(5) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2469, that the application is not considered valid;

(b) the appropriate authority terminates the procedure in accordance with Article 10(6);

(c) the applicant withdraws the application; or

(d) the list established in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is updated to authorise the novel food in accordance with Article 12(1) of this Regulation.]

F3 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 35(1) omitted (31.12.2022) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 20(a)

F2 Art. 35(2)(2A) substituted for Art. 35(2) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 20(b)

F3 Art. 35(3) omitted (31.12.2022) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 20(c)

Article 36 U.K. Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2018, except for the following provisions:

(a)

Article 4(4), Articles 8, 13 and 20, Article 23(8), Article 30 and Article 35(3) shall apply from 31 December 2015;

(b)

Article 4(2) and (3) shall apply from the date of application of the implementing acts referred to in Article 4(4);

(c)

Article 5 shall apply from 31 December 2015. However, implementing acts adopted under Article 5 shall not apply before 1 January 2018;

(d)

Articles 31 and 32 shall apply from 31 December 2015. However, delegated acts adopted under those Articles shall not apply before 1 January 2018.

(1)

Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 (OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p. 1).’.