{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-594/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/594",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 594/2012 of 5 July 2012 amending Regulation (EC) 1881/2006 as regards the maximum levels of the contaminants ochratoxin A, non dioxin-like PCBs and melamine in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-594",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Amending provisions",
  "text": "Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows:\n(1) In Article 11, the first paragraph is amended as follows:\n(a) the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:\n“This Regulation shall not apply to products that were placed on the market before the dates referred to in points (a) to (f) in conformity with the provisions applicable at the respective date:”\n(b) the following points (e) and (f) are added:\n(e) “01 January 2012 as regards the maximum levels for non dioxin-like PCBs laid down in section 5 of the Annex;\n(f) 01 January 2015 as regards the maximum level for Ochratoxin A in Capsicum spp. laid down in point 2.2.11. of the Annex.”\n(2) The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/594/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:20.698503+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."
}