Introductory text
AGRICULTURE, WALES
FOOD, WALES
Made 2 March 2011
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 7 March 2011
Coming into force 1 April 2011
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f1.
The Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animalsf2, the common agricultural policy of the European Unionf3 and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public healthf4.
As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safetyf5 there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of the following Regulations.
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Footnotes
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S.I. 2005/1971. Functions of the National Assembly for Wales under this designation were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraphs 28 and 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (2006 c. 32).
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S.I. 2010/2690.
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S.I. 2008/1792.
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OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).