Regulation 3 Scope of the RegulationsI1

Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations apply to coffee extracts and chicory extracts which are ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment.

These Regulations do not apply to the product known as café torrefacto soluble.

In this regulation—

• “catering establishment” means a restaurant, canteen, club, public house, school, hospital or similar establishment (including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall) where, in the course of a business, food is prepared for delivery to the ultimate consumer and is ready for consumption without further preparation;

• “preparation” includes manufacture and any form of processing or treatment; and

• “ultimate consumer” means any person who buys otherwise than—

  1. (a)

     for the purpose of resale,

  2. (b)

     for the purposes of a catering establishment, or

  3. (c)

     for the purposes of a manufacturing business.