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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-feedingstuffs-from-belgium-control-england-and-wales-no-2-regulations-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2333",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (England and Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-feedingstuffs-from-belgium-control-england-and-wales-no-2-regulations-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which apply to England and Wales, revoke, and re-enact with certain changes, the Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2026 “the revoked Regulations\") and implement in England and Wales, in relation to products for animal feeding—\nCommission Decision 1999/449/EC on protective measures with regard to contamination by dioxins of certain products of animal origin intended for human or animal consumption (OJ No. L175, 10.7.1999, p. 70), and\nCommission Decision 1999/551/EC amending Decision 1999/449/EC on protective measures with regard to contamination by dioxins of certain products of animal origin intended for human or animal consumption (OJ No. L209, 7.8.1999, p. 42).\nLike the revoked Regulations, these Regulations define “controlled entity\" (regulation 1(2)), prohibit (subject to exceptions (regulation 2)) the carrying out of specified operations in relation to them (regulation 3), specify the enforcement authorities (regulation 4) and apply with modifications provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (regulation 5).\nIn addition to making minor and drafting changes to the revoked Regulations, these Regulations, by referring to Decision 1999/449/EC and Decision 1999/551/EC, make the following changes of substance—\n(a) the definition of “controlled entity\" now reflects the following changes made by Decision 1999/551/EC—\n(i) the extension of the coverage of Commission Decision 1999/449/EC so that it applies controls not just (as before) to live domestic fowls, hatching eggs, pigs and bovine animals and products derived from domestic fowls, pigs and bovine animals, but also to all other poultry, and hatching eggs and products derived therefrom;\n(ii) alteration of the rearing periods on the basis of which the controls described in paragraph (i) apply, and the disapplication of the closure dates previously applicable to pigs and bovine animals, and products derived from them (3rd June 1999) and to live domestic fowls, and hatching eggs and products derived from them (1st June 1999); and\n(iii) the removal of the controls contained in Commission Decision 1999/449/EC as amended from live animals covered by that Decision where analysis shows absence of contamination by dioxins or a level for PCBs not exceeding the relevant maximum level set out in Annex A to that Decision as amended; and\n(b) they reflect changes in the certification requirements relating to the importation of products from Belgium covered by these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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