{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-767/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-767/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/767",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-767",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "1. This Regulation lays down rules on the placing on the market and use of feed for both food-producing and non-food producing animals within Great Britain, including requirements for labelling, packaging and presentation.\n2. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to other ... provisions applicable in the field of animal nutrition, in particular:\n(a) Directive 90/167/EEC;\n(b) Directive 2002/32/EC;\n(c) Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies;\n(d) Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption;\n(e) Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed;\n(f) Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms;\n(g) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003; ...\n(h) Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products.\n(i) in relation to England, the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 and regulations made under it.\n3. This Regulation shall not apply to water, either taken in directly by the animals or intentionally incorporated into feed. It shall, however, apply to feed designed to be administered in water.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 94(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 12(17)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 2(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 94(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 2(2)(g) omitted (13.11.2025) by virtue of The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/581), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 7(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 2(2)(i) inserted (13.11.2025) by The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/581), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 7(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/767/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:19.286515+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}