Regulation 13 Amendments to the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water Regulations 1999
In regulation 18 (defences)—
for sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(b)if the water was intended for export to an EEA State, that—
(i)in the case of water bottled in a bottle marked or labelled with the term “spring water”—
(A)where the export was to take place before 25th December 2003, the legislation complies with the provisions of Directive 80/777 and whichever of Directives 80/778 and 98/83 is applicable in the State concerned, and
(B)where the export was to take place on or after that date, the legislation complies with the provisions of Directives 80/777 and 98/83, and
(ii)in the case of bottled drinking water—
(A)where the export was to take place before 25th December 2003, the legislation complies with the provisions of whichever of Directives 80/778 and 98/83 is applicable in the State concerned, and
(B)where the export was to take place on or after that date, the legislation complies with the provisions of Directive 98/83.”;
in paragraph (2)(a), after the word “or” there shall be inserted the words “the bottle in which it was bottled was marked or”; and
in paragraph (3), before the words “marked or labelled”, wherever they appear, there shall be inserted the words “bottled in a bottle”.