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The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2006

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2.—(1) In these Regulations —

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Food Safety Act 1990;

“authorised officer” (“swyddog awdurdodedig”) means any person, whether or not an officer of the enforcement authority, who is authorised by it in writing to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

“BADGE” (“BADGE”) has the meaning given in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation 1895/2005;

“BFDGE” (“BFDGE”) has the meaning given in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation 1895/2005;

“business” (“busnes”) is to be construed in accordance with section 1(3) of the Act;

“capable” (“yn gallu”) means capable as established under regulation 11;

“Directive 82/711” (“Cyfarwyddeb 82/711”) means Council Directive 82/711/EEC(1) laying down the basic rules necessary for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, as last amended by Commission Directive 97/48/EC(2);

“Directive 85/572” (“Cyfarwyddeb 85/572”) means Council Directive 85/572/EEC laying down the list of simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs(3);

“Directive 88/388” (“Cyfarwyddeb 88/388”) means Council Directive 88/388/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production(4);

“Directive 89/107” (“Cyfarwyddeb 89/107”) means Council Directive 89/107/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorised in foodstuffs intended for human consumption(5);

“the Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb”) means Commission Directive 2002/72/EC(6) relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/19/EC(7) and Commission Directive 2005/79/EC(8);

“EEA State” (“Gwladwriaeth AEE”) means a member State (other than the United Kingdom), Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein;

“EFSA” (“EFSA”) means the European Food Safety Authority;

“enforcement authority” (“awdurdod gorfodi”) means an authority having responsibility under regulation 14 for executing and enforcing these Regulations;

“food” (“ bwyd”) is to be construed in accordance with section 16(5) of the Act;

“good technical quality” (“ansawdd technegol da”) means good technical quality as regards the purity criteria;

“handling of food” (“trin bwyd”) means use in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, sale or serving of food;

“import” (“mewnforio”) means import in the course of a business;

“material or article” (“deunydd neu eitem”) means a material or article falling within the definition of materials and articles in Article 1(2) of Regulation 1895/2005;

“monomer” (“monomer”) means any substance that is included for the purposes of the Directive among monomers and other starting substances;

“NOGE” (“NOGE”) has the meaning given in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation 1895/2005;

“the 1998 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1998”) means the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1998(9);

“the 2005 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2005”) means the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2005(10);

“plastic material or article” (“ deunydd neu eitem plastig”) means anything which for the purposes of the Directive is included among those plastic materials and articles and parts thereof to which the Directive applies;

“the Purity Directives” (“ y Cyfarwyddebau Purdeb”) means Commission Directive 95/31/EC laying down specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs(11), Commission Directive 95/45/EC laying down purity criteria concerning colours for use in foodstuffs(12) and Commission Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria for food additives other than colours or sweeteners(13);

“Regulation 1895/2005” (“Rheoliad 1895/2005”) means Commission Regulation (EC) No 1895/2005 on the restriction of use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food(14);

“sell” (“gwerthu”) includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for sale, and “sale” (“gwerthiant”) is construed accordingly;

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations the supply otherwise than on sale, in the course of a business, of any material or article is deemed to be a sale.

(3) Any other expression used in these Regulations and in the Directive, Directive 82/711, Directive 85/572 or Regulation 1895/2005 bears the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in that Directive or Regulation.

(4) Except in Part 5 of Schedule 3, any reference to a numbered Annex is a reference to that Annex to the Directive.

(1)

OJ No. L297, 23.10.1982, p.26.

(2)

OJ No. L222, 12.8.1997, p.10.

(3)

OJ No. L372, 31.12.1985, p.14.

(4)

OJ No. L184, 15.7.1988, p.61.

(5)

OJ No. L40, 11.2.1989, p.27.

(6)

OJ No. L220, 15.8.2002, p.18.

(7)

OJ No. L71, 10.3.2004, p.8.

(8)

OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005. p.35.

(11)

OJ No. L178, 28.7.97, p.1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/46, OJ No. L114, 21.4.2004, p.15.

(12)

OJ No. L226, 22.9.95, p.1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/47, OJ No. L113, 20.4.2004, p.24.

(13)

OJ No. L339, 30.12.96, p.1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2003/95, OJ No. L283, 31.10.2003, p.71.

(14)

OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.28.

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