Amendment of the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2012

4.  In regulation 14(1) (offences of contravening specified provisions of Regulation 10/2011), for “and Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/831,” substitute “, Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/831(1) and Article 6 of Regulation 2018/213(2),”.

(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/831 amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No L 140, 6.6.2018, p. 35). Article 2 provides that plastic materials and articles complying with Regulation 10/2011 as applicable before the entry into force of Regulation 2018/831 on 26 June 2018 may be placed on the market until 26 June 2019 and may remain on the market after that date until the exhaustion of stocks.

(2)

Article 6 provides that plastic materials and articles that were lawfully placed on the market before 6 September 2018 may remain on the market until the exhaustion of stocks.