PART 2PRESENTATION AND COMPOSITION OF FEEDING STUFFS

Control of additives and premixtures20

1

No person may contravene or fail to comply with the provisions of the Additives Regulation specified in paragraph (2).

2

The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

a

Article 3 (placing on the market, processing and use of feed additives), paragraphs (1) to (4), as read with Article 10;

b

Article 12 (supervision);

c

Article 16, paragraphs (1) to (5), (labelling and packaging of additives and premixtures).

3

In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (2)(a) it is a defence to prove that the act giving rise to the offence—

a

is one to which Article 10 of the Additives Regulation applies; and

b

would not have been an offence if the 2001 Regulations had been in force at the time the act took place.

4

In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (2)(c) it is a defence to prove that the act giving rise to the offence—

a

is one to which Article 25.2 of the Additives Regulation applies; and

b

would not have been an offence if the 2001 Regulations had been in force at the time the act took place.

5

Notwithstanding the revocation referred to in regulation 7, where before the 18 October 2004 initial comments had been forwarded to the Commission in accordance with regulation 11(2) of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 200027 that application shall be treated in accordance with regulation 11 of those Regulations.