PART 3Enforcement of Regulation 1829/2003

Interpretation of this Part6

In this Part any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in Regulation 1829/2003.

Offence of failing to comply with a specified provision of Regulation 1829/20037

1

A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision specified in paragraph (2) commits an offence.

2

The specified provisions are —

a

Article 16(2) (prohibition on placing on the market, using or processing a product referred to in Article 15(1)16 unless it is covered by an authorisation and satisfies relevant conditions), as read with Article 20(6) (requirement that products in relation to which the Commission has adopted a measure under this Article must be withdrawn from the market);

b

Article 21(1) (requirement that the authorisation holder and the parties concerned must comply with conditions imposed in an authorisation for that product, and that the authorisation holder must comply with post-market monitoring requirements);

c

Article 21(3) (requirement that an authorisation holder inform the Commission of any new scientific or technical information about a product which might affect the evaluation of the safety of its use in feed, or of any prohibition or restriction on the feed in a third country); and

d

Article 25 (requirement for certain labelling indications).

Competent authority for the purposes of Regulation 1829/20038

The national competent authority for the purposes of Chapter III of Regulation 1829/2003 is the Agency.