PART 2 Amendment of subordinate legislation

7 Amendment of the 2012 Regulations
Insert a new regulation 10A—

“10A 1 No person may place on the market a ceramic article that does not comply with the requirements of regulation 10(4) as read with regulation 10(5).
2 At the marketing stages up to and including the retail stage, ceramic articles which are not yet in contact with foodstuffs must be accompanied by a written declaration in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation 1935/2004. That declaration is to be issued by the manufacturer or by a seller in the United Kingdom and must contain the information laid down in Schedule 4.
3 Appropriate documentation to demonstrate that the ceramic articles comply with the migration limits for lead and cadmium set out in regulation 10 must be made available by the manufacturer or the importer to the competent authorities on request. That documentation must contain the results of the analysis carried out, the test conditions and the name and the address of the laboratory that performed the testing.
4 The documentation specified in paragraph (3) is not required where documentary evidence is provided to show that the materials used to make the ceramic article did not contain lead or cadmium.
5 Paragraphs (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to a ceramic article which is second-hand.”

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