Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke the Curd Cheese (Restriction on Placing on the Market) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No.415) and the Curd Cheese (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No.493).
Those Regulations implemented Commission Decision 2006/694/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of curd cheese manufactured in a dairy establishment in the United Kingdom (OJ No. L283, 14.10.2006, p.59). Commission Decision 2006/694/EC has been repealed by the Commission Decision of 2nd March 2007 repealing Commission Decision 2006/694/EC of 13th October 2006 prohibiting the placing on the market of curd cheese manufactured in a dairy establishment in the United Kingdom.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this rule as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.