The Kava-kava in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Interpretation N.I.

2.  In these Regulations –

“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992(1) as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993(2);

“EEA State” means a State, which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement;

“free circulation in member States” has the same meaning as in Article 23.2, as read with Article 24, of the Treaty establishing the European Community;

“Kava-kava” means a plant, or any part of or an extract from a plant, belonging to the species Piper methysticum;

“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in operation at 11.7.2005, see reg. 1

(1)

O.J. No. L1, 3.1.1994, p. 3

(2)

O.J. No. L1, 3.1.1994, p. 572