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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-575/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/575",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 of 7 April 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the permanent Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-575",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006\nof 7 April 2006\namending Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the permanent Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 28(4) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe protection of plant health is an essential factor in the security of the food chain, and recent developments entail an increasing number of scientific assessments of plant health risks.\n(2)\nThe expertise currently available in the European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Panel responsible for opinions concerning plant health, plant protection products and their residues allows for scientific assessments in the area of plant health to be carried out on a limited, case-by-case basis only. Accordingly, so as to deal with the increasing number of requests for scientific opinions in the area of plant health, the European Food Safety Authority has formally requested the Commission to establish a new permanent Scientific Panel bringing together a wide range of expertise in the various fields relevant to plant health, such as entomology, mycology, virology, bacteriology, botany, agronomy, plant quarantine and epidemiology of plant diseases.\n(3)\nAs a result of the creation of an additional Scientific Panel on plant health, the name of the ‘Panel on plant health, plant protection products and their residues’ must be changed.\n(4)\nRegulation (EC) No 178/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1642/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 4)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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