PART 5AMENDMENT OF EU TERTIARY LEGISLATION

Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 307/2012I143

1

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 307/2012 of 11 April 2012 establishing implementing rules for the application of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods is amended as follows.

2

In Article 2 (definitions)—

a

omit the definition of “request”;

b

in the definition of “file”, for “the Authority”, substitute “ an expert committee ”.

c

after the definition of “placing on the market” insert–

d

‘appropriate authority’ and ‘expert committee’ have the same meaning as in Regulation (EC) 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to food.

3

In Article 3 (conditions to be met for the request)—

a

in paragraph 1—

i

for “the assessment of” substitute “ assessing ”;

ii

for “Member States” substitute “ parts of F1Great Britain ”;

b

in paragraph 2, for “Member States may submit a request to the Commission when the assessment referred to in paragraph 1” substitute “ The power to make regulations under Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 may be exercised where the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 ”;

c

omit paragraph 4.

4

In Article 4 (content of the Request)—

a

for the heading substitute “ Evidence required for the purposes of advice by an expert committee under Article 8 of Regulation 1925/2006 ”;

b

in paragraph 1—

i

for “The request shall contain” substitute “In preparing advice for the purpose of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, the Committee shall consider ;

ii

for “and shall include” substitute “ , including ”;

iii

omit the final sentence of point (b).

c

omit paragraph 2;

d

for paragraph 3 substitute—

3

Where an expert committee is asked to provide advice for the purposes of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, it shall make public the evidence referred to in paragraph 1.

e

in paragraph 4—

i

omit the first sentence;

ii

for “Authority” substitute “ expert committee ”;

f

in paragraph 5—

i

for “Commission” substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

ii

for “Authority” substitute “ expert committee ”;

iii

after “opinion” insert “ , except in cases of urgency ”.

5

In Article 5 (substance included in Annex III, Part C)—

a

for “Authority” in each place it appears substitute “ expert committee ”;

b

for “Commission” substitute “ appropriate authority ”.

6

In Article 6 (opinion of the Authority)—

a

for “Authority” in the heading and in each place it appears in paragraphs 1 and 2, substitute “ expert committee ”;

b

for “Authority's” substitute “expert committee's”.

7

Omit Article 7.