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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-irradiation-england-amendment-regulations-2010/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2312",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Irradiation (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-irradiation-england-amendment-regulations-2010",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\n1 These Regulations amend the Food Irradiation (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1584).\n2 These Regulations give effect to the provisions of—\n(a) Commission Decision 2010/172/EU amending Decision 2002/840/EC as regards the list of approved facilities in third countries for the irradiation of foods (OJ No. L75, 23.3.2010, p.33); and\n(b) undated Commission list of approved facilities for the treatment of foods and food ingredients with ionising radiation in the member States replacing Commission list of such facilities of 3 September 2004.\n3 These Regulations amend the Food Irradiation (England) Regulations 2009 by—\n(a) substituting for sub-paragraph (1)(b) of paragraph 9 of Part 3 (requirements and prohibitions to be observed by a licensee) of Schedule 2 (licences) a revised sub-paragraph (1)(b) (regulation 3);\n(b) substituting for Schedule 3 (list of approved facilities in member States) a revised Schedule 3 containing a modified list of approved facilities in member States (regulation 4); and\n(c) substituting for Schedule 4 (list of facilities in a country outside the European Community) a revised Schedule 4 adding three new facilities to the list of the approved facilities in countries outside the European Union (regulation 5).\n4 A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the public or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Published on the Commission website via http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/irradiation/comm_legisl_en.htm. A hard copy may be obtained from the European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Consumers, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium."
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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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