The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Wales) Regulations 2015

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

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

“advertisement” (“hysbyseb”) means a representation in any form in connection with a trade or business in order to promote the supply of goods, and “advertise” (“hysbysebu”) is to be construed accordingly;

“the Agency” (“yr Asiantaeth”) means the Food Standards Agency;

“bottle” (“potel”) where used as a noun, means a closed container of any kind in which water is sold for drinking by humans or from which water sold for drinking by humans is derived, and “bottle” (“potelu”), where used as a verb, and cognate expressions, are to be construed accordingly;

“Directive 98/83” (“Cyfarwyddeb 98/83”) means Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption(1);

“Directive 2003/40” (“Cyfarwyddeb 2003/40”) means Commission Directive 2003/40/EC establishing the list, concentration limits and labelling requirements for the constituents of natural mineral waters and the conditions for using ozone-enriched air for the treatment of natural mineral waters and spring waters(2);

“Directive 2009/54” (“Cyfarwyddeb 2009/54”) means Directive 2009/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters(3);

“Directive 2013/51” (“Cyfarwyddeb 2013/51”) means Council Directive 2013/51/EURATOM laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption(4);

“drinking water” (“dŵr yfed”) means water which is intended for sale for drinking by humans other than—

(a)

natural mineral water, or

(b)

water intended to be labelled and sold as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language;

“effervescent natural mineral water” (“dŵr mwynol naturiol eferw”) means natural mineral water which, at source or after bottling, gives off carbon dioxide spontaneously and in a clearly visible manner under normal conditions of temperature and pressure;

“fluoride removal treatment” (“triniaeth tynnu fflworid”) means—

(a)

a treatment of natural mineral water or water intended to be bottled and labelled as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language, with activated alumina in order to remove fluoride which is authorised in accordance with regulations 9(1)(a)(iii) or 15(a)(iii) and Schedule 2, or

(b)

in the case of water brought into Wales from another part of the United Kingdom or from another EEA state, a treatment which complies with Articles 1 to 3 of Regulation 115/2010;

“label” (“label”) means any tag, brand, mark, pictorial or other descriptive matter, which is written, printed, stencilled, marked, embossed or impressed on, or attached to the bottle of water, and “labelled” (“wedi’i labelu”) and “labelling” (“labelu”) are to be construed accordingly;

“natural mineral water” (“dŵr mwynol naturiol”) means water which—

(a)

is microbiologically wholesome within the meaning of Article 5 of Directive 2009/54,

(b)

originates in an underground water table or deposit and emerges from a spring tapped at one or more natural or bore exits,

(c)

can be clearly distinguished from drinking water on account of the following characteristics having been preserved intact because of the underground origin of the water, which has been protected from all risk of pollution—

(i)

its nature, which is characterised by its mineral content, trace elements or other constituents and, where appropriate, by certain effects, and

(ii)

its original purity, and

(d)

is for the time being recognised pursuant to and in accordance with regulation 4;

“ozone-enriched air treatment” (“triniaeth aer a gyfoethogir ag osôn”) means—

(a)

a treatment of natural mineral water or water intended to be bottled and labelled as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language, with ozone-enriched air which is authorised in accordance with regulations 9(1)(a)(iv) or 15(a)(iv) and Schedule 3, or

(b)

in the case of water brought into Wales from other parts of the United Kingdom or from another EEA State, a treatment which complies with Article 5 of Directive 2003/40, as implemented in that part of the United Kingdom or that EEA State;

“parameter” (“paramedr”) means a property, element, organism or substance listed in the second column of any table in Part 2, Part 3 or Part 4 of Schedule 7;

“Regulation 115/2010” (“Rheoliad 115/2010”) means Commission Regulation (EU) No 115/2010 laying down the conditions for use of activated alumina for the removal of fluoride from natural mineral waters and spring waters(5); and

“sell” (“gwerthu”) includes possess for sale and offer, expose or advertise for sale, and “sale” (“gwerthiant”) is to be construed accordingly.

(2) Expressions used in these Regulations that are also used in Directive 98/83, Directive 2009/54, Regulation 115/2010 or Directive 2013/51 have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in those Directives or that Regulation.

(3) References to the Annexes to Directive 98/83, Directive 2003/40, Directive 2009/54, Regulation 115/2010 and Directive 2013/51 are references to those Annexes as amended from time to time.

(4) Any reference in these Regulations to the labelling of a bottle includes labelling done before any water is bottled and labelling after bottling.

(1)

OJ No L 330, 5.12.1998 p 32, last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787 (OJ No L 260 7.10.2015, p 6).

(2)

OJ No L 126, 22.5.2003, p 34.

(3)

OJ No L 164, 26.6.2009, p 45.

(4)

OJ No L 296, 7.11.2013, p 12.

(5)

OJ No L 37, 10.2.2010, p 13.