The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2012 No. 2705 (W. 291)

PART 2 E+W General Requirements for Materials and Articles

Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 1935/2004 and Regulation 2023/2006 E+W

6.—(1) The following bodies are designated as the competent authorities for the purposes of the provisions of Regulation 1935/2004 specified below—

F1 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) in respect of Articles [F2 16] (declaration of compliance) and 17(2) (traceability), the Food Standards Agency, each food authority in its area and each port health authority in its district.

(2) The competent authority for the purposes of Article 6(2) (quality control system) and 7(3) (documentation) of Regulation 2023/2006 is each food authority in its area.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 6(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/425, reg. 3(2B)(a) (as inserted by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving Provision) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1581), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a))

F2 Word in reg. 6(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/425, reg. 3(2B)(b) (as inserted by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving Provision) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1581), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a))