Article 4

United Kingdom

With effect from the relevant date, references to the Directives referred to in Article 2 or to Annex II to Directive 92/118/EEC shall be construed as being made, as the context demands, to:

(a)

Regulation (EC) No .../2003^f1;

(b)

Regulation (EC) No ... 72003^f2 or

(c)

Directive 2002/99/EC.

Pending the adoption of microbiological criteria and temperature control requirements in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No .../2003^f3, any such criteria or requirements laid down in the Directives referred to in Article 2, Annex II to Directive 92/118/EEC, or their implementing rules shall continue to apply.

Pending the adoption of the necessary provisions on the basis of Regulations (EC) No ... /2003^f4, No ... /2003^f5, No ... 72003^f6, or Directive 2002/99/EC, the following acts shall continue to apply mutatis mutandis:

(a)

implementing rules adopted on the basis of the Directives referred to in Article 2;

(b)

implementing rules adopted on the basis of Annex II to Directive 92/118/EEC, with the exception of Decision 94/371/EC^f7;

(c)

implementing rules adopted on the basis of Directive 72/462/EEC; and

(d)

provisional lists of third countries and third country establishments drawn up in accordance with Decision 95/408/EC.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Note for Official Journal: Please insert here the No. of the Regulation in second indent of recital (2).
f2: Note for Official Journal: Please insert here the No. of the Regulation in third indent of recital (2).
f3: Note for the Official Journal: Please insert here the No. of the Regulation in the first indent of recital (2).
f4: Note for Official Journal: Please insert here the No. of Regulation in first indent of recital (2).
f5: Note for Official Journal: Please insert here the No. of Regulation in second indent of recital (2).
f6: Note for Official Journal: Please insert here the No. of Regulation in third indent of recital (2).
f7: OJ L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 34.