The Honey (Wales) Regulations 2015

General interpretation E+W

3.—(1) In these Regulations—

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

“bulk containers” (“cynwysyddion swmpus”) has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;

“FIC” (“FIC”) means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004(1);

“food authority” (“awdurdod bwyd”) means—

(a)

a county council;

(b)

a county borough council;

“the Honey Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Mêl”) means Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey(2);

“ingredient” (“cynhwysyn”) has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(f) of FIC, as read with Article 2(5) of the Honey Directive;

“in trade” (“mewn masnach”) has the same meaning as in the Honey Directive and “trade in” and “trading in” are to be construed accordingly;

“label” (“label”) has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(i) of FIC;

“packs” (“pecynnau”) has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;

“trade documents” (“dogfennau masnach”) has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;

“specific quality criteria” (“meini prawf ansawdd penodol”) has the same meaning as in the third indented paragraph of paragraph (b) of the second sub-paragraph of point 2 of Article 2 of the Honey Directive.

(2) Any other expression used in both these Regulations and in the Honey Directive has the same meaning in these Regulations as in that Directive.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 3.8.2015, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

OJ No L 304, 22.11.2011, p 18, last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 78/2014 (OJ No L 27, 30.1.2014, p 7).

(2)

OJ No L 10, 12.1.2002, p 47, last amended by Directive 2014/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No 164, 3.6.2014, p 1).