Scottish Statutory Instruments
Agriculture
Food
Made
12th May 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
16th May 2022
Coming into force
25th June 2022
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Articles 53(1)(b)(ii) and 57a(6) of 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(1), and all other powers enabling them to do so.
There has been consultation as required by Article 9 of that Regulation.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Food and Feed Safety (Fukushima Restrictions) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2022, and come into force on 25 June 2022.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
2. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/6 of 5 January 2016 imposing special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 322/2014(2) is revoked.
3. Declaration OFFC 2019/S/003(3) is revoked.
MAREE TODD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
12th May 2022
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations which extend to Scotland only revoke Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/6 which imposes enhanced controls on the import of certain food and feed from Japan as a result of the Fukushima nuclear accident. These Regulations also revoke Declaration OFFC 2019/S/003 which was made in terms of regulation 35 of the Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and which also imposed controls on the import of certain food and feed from Japan as a result of the Fukushima nuclear accident.
Impact assessments have been prepared in relation to these Regulations and will be published online at www.gov.scot.
EUR 178/2002, as amended by S.I. 2019/641 and S.I. 2020/1504.
EUR 2016/6, as amended by S.I. 2020/1504.
As saved by regulation 42A of S.S.I. 2009/446 and which is found at https://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/publications-and-research/publications/japan-trade-in-animal-and-related-products-declaration-and-official-feed-an.