# The Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 13: Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 767/2009


(1) DARD is the competent authority for the purposes of —
(a) Article 5(3), 13(1)(a) and 17(3) and Annex VII, Chapter 1, paragraph 8; and
(b) Article 13(1)(b) as the competent authority that may request scientific substantiation of the claim to whose attention purchasers have the right to bring doubts regarding the truthfulness of a claim.
(2) The Agency is the competent authority for the purposes of —
(a) Article 26(1)(b); and
(b) Article 13(1)(b) as the competent authority that may submit to the Commission doubts concerning the scientific substantiation of a claim.
(3) The Agency and DARD is a competent authority for the purposes of Article 5(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/4/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animal-feed-composition-marketing-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-13
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