Regulation 13 Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 767/2009

England and Wales

(1)

Each feed authority in its area 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 a claim and 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—

F1(a)

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(b)

Article 13(1)(b) as the competent authority that may submit to the F2Welsh Ministers doubts concerning the scientific substantiation of a claim.

(3)

The Agency and each feed authority in its area is a competent authority for the purposes of Article 5(2).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 13(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1046), regs. 1(3), 9(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in reg. 13(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1362), regs. 1, 4(4)