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The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

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The Regulations provide for the implementation of the following Directives and the enforcement of the following EU Regulations —Council Directive 78/142/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles which contain vinyl chloride monomer and are intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (OJ No. L44, 15.2.1978, p.15) (“Directive 78/142”);Council Directive 84/500/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to ceramic articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (OJ No. L277, 20.10.1984, p.12) (“Directive 84/500”);Commission Directive 2007/42/EC relating to materials and articles made of regenerated cellulose film intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (OJ No. L172, 30.6.2007, p.71) (“Directive 2007/42”);Regulation (EC) No.1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC (OJ No. L338, 13.11.2004, p.4) (“Regulation 1935/2004”);Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1895/2005 on the restriction of use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.28) (“Regulation 1895/2005”);Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L384, 29.12.2006, p.75) (“Regulation 2023/2006”);Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L135, 30.5.2009, p.3) (“Regulation 450/2009”); andCommission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L12, 15.1.2011, p.1) (“Regulation 10/2011”).

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The Regulated Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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PART 6Requirements for Plastic Materials and Articles

Interpretation of Part 6 and the Schedule13

In this Part and in the Schedule any reference to a numbered Article or Annex is a reference to that Article of or Annex to Regulation 10/2011.

Offences of contravening specified provisions of Regulation 10/201114

1

Subject to the transitional arrangements set out in Article 22(4) and (5) and Article 2315, any person who places on the market a plastic material or article that fails to comply with a requirement of Regulation 10/2011 specified in column 1 of the Schedule is guilty of an offence.

2

Any person who fails to comply with the second sentence of Article 8 (general requirements on substances) or, subject to transitional arrangements set out in Article 22(1), (2) and (3)16, with Article 16 (supporting documents) is guilty of an offence.

Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 10/201115

The competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 10/2011 are —

a

in respect of Article 8, the Food Standards Agency and each district council in its district; and

b

in respect of Article 16(1), the Food Standards Agency.