Regulation 3 Amendment of the principal Regulations

in the definition of “Directive 95/2/EC” there shall be inserted at the end the words “, as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 96/85/EC^f1”;

after that definition there shall be inserted the following definition—

• ““Directive 96/77/EC” means Commission Directive 96/77/EC^f2 laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners;”;

there shall be substituted for the definition of “purity criteria” the following definition—

• ““purity criteria”, in relation to a miscellaneous additive, means—

  1. (a)

     in the case of a miscellaneous additive for which purity criteria are set out in the Annex to Directive 96/77/EC, those purity criteria;

  2. (b)

     in any other case, the purity criteria (if any) specified or referred to in Schedule 5;”.