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These Regulations, which apply to England and Wales, revoke the Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/588) (“the revoked Regulations”), and implement in England and Wales, in relation to products for animal feeding, Commission Decision 2000/301/EC repealing the protective measures with regard to contamination by dioxins of certain products of porcine and poultry origin intended for human or animal consumption (OJ No. L97, 19.04.2000, p.16). (The protective measures concerned were contained in Commission Decision 1999/788/EC (OJ No. L310, 4.12.1999, p.62) as amended by Commission Decision 2000/150/EC (OJ No. L50, 23.2.2000, p.25) and were implemented in England and Wales, in relation to products for animal feeding, by the revoked Regulations).