# The Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (Amendment) Regulations 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) Regulations 1999 (“the principal Regulations") to provide for the implementation in Great Britain, in relation to products for animal feeding, of–
(a) Commission Decision 1999/363/EC on protective measures with regards to consumption by dioxins of certain animal products intended for human or animal consumption (OJ No. L141, 4.6.1999, p. 24) and Commission Decision 1999/389/EC on protective measures with regards to contamination by dioxins of products intended for human consumption derived from bovine animals and pigs and revoking Decision 1999/368/EEC (OJ No. L147, 12.6.1999, p. 26) in so far as those Decisions extend to products containing products of Belgian origin;
(b) Commission Decision 1999/390/EC on protective measures with regards to contamination by dioxins of certain products of animal origin intended for human or animal consumption and amending Decision 1999/363/EC and Decision 1999/389/EC (OJ No. L147, 12.6.1999, p. 29); and
(c) Commission Decision 1999/419/EC amending Decisions 1999/363/EC and 1999/389/EC as regards protective measures with regard to contamination of certain products by dioxins (OJ No. L159, 25.6.1999, p. 60).
The Regulations–
(a) correct a reference to the Food (Animals and Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) Order 1999 (regulation 3);
(b) extend the prohibition on imports and exports to imports and exports for any purpose but provide for exemptions in respect of imports which are accompanied by appropriate certification and return of products to Belgium under cover of an official certificate signed on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State or a food authority (regulations 4, 5 and 6);
(c) amend the offence provision in regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (regulation 5); and
(d) provide–
(i) that the Minister and the Secretary of State shall, in addition to food authorities and port health authorities, enforce and execute the principal Regulations and in consequence thereof further modify the application of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990; and
(ii) for the food authorities and port health authorities to give assistance and information to the Minister or the Secretary of State for the purposes of implementing the Decisions in question (regulations 6 and 7).
No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1764/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animal-feedingstuffs-from-belgium-control-amendment-regulations-1999/note
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.