The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013

Amendments to the Spreadable Fats, Milk and Milk Products (Scotland) Regulations 2008

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17.—(1) The Spreadable Fats, Milk and Milk Products (Scotland) Regulations 2008(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “the Act” insert—

“Council Regulation 2013” means the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adopted on 16 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007;.

(3) In regulation 6(2) (offences and penalty for breach of any EU provision)-

(a)in sub-paragraph (a) for “Annex XII to that Regulation” substitute “Part III of Annex VII to Council Regulation 2013”;

(b)for sub-paragraph (b)(i) substitute “(i) points 1,3,5 and 6 of Part II and point 2 of Part IV of Annex XV to the Council Regulation”;

(c)after sub-paragraph (b) insert “(bc) Article 78(1)(f) and (2) of Council Regulation 2013 (definitions, designations and sales descriptions applying to spreadable fats) as read with Part VII of Annex VII to Council Regulation 2013; and”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2008/216, as relevantly amended by S.I. 2011/1043 and S.I. 2012/1809.