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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-supplements-wales-amendment-regulations-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2007/1076",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Supplements (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-supplements-wales-amendment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\n1 These Regulations amend the Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 which implement in Wales Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements (OJ No. L183, 12.7.2002, p.51). These Regulations implement in Wales Commission Directive 2006 / 37 /EC (OJ No. L 94, 1.4.2006, p.32) amending Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC as regards the inclusion of certain substances.\n2 The 2003 Regulations prohibit the sale of a food supplement in the manufacture of which a vitamin or mineral has been used unless that vitamin or mineral is listed in Schedule 1 to those Regulations and is in a form listed in Schedule 2 (the positive lists), subject to a transitional provision (regulation 5 and Schedules to those Regulations).\n3 These Regulations—\n(a) add another form of the vitamin folate and another form of the mineral iron to the positive list in Schedule 2 to the 2003 Regulations (regulation 5) and make a consequential amendment (regulation 4);\n(b) update the definition of “Directive 2002/46/EC” in the 2003 Regulations (regulation 3).\n4 A regulatory appraisal has been prepared for these Regulations and has been placed in the Library of the National Assembly for Wales together with a transposition note setting out how the main elements of Directive 2006/37/EC are transposed in these Regulations. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 11th Floor, Southgate House, Cardiff, CF10 1EW.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/1076/note",
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  "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."
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