The Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) Regulations 2011 E+W

4.—(1) The Beef and Veal Labelling (Wales) Regulations 2011 M1 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) before “EU legislation” insert “ retained direct ”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a)(vi), after “third countries)” insert “ , as read with Article 15za (transitional provisions) ”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii), after “(labelling)” insert “ (but see paragraph (4)) ”;

(iv) omit sub-paragraph (b)(viii);

[F1 (b) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) Paragraph (1)(b)(ii) does not apply in relation to a failure to comply with Article 2(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 of the European Parliament and the Council if the matter constituting the alleged contravention—

(a) relates to a product that was placed on the market before the end of the period of 21 months beginning on the day on which IP completion day falls, and

(b) would not have constituted a contravention of that Regulation as it applied immediately before IP completion day.”;]

(c) the heading becomes “ Offences under retained direct EU legislation ”.

(3) In regulation 6(2), omit “, including any representative of the European Commission”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 4(2)(b) substituted (10.12.2020) by The Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1308), regs. 1(2), 3(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2011/991 (W. 145) as amended by S.I. 2013/3270 (W. 320) and S.I. 2018/1188 (W. 242).