{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-wales-regulations-2006/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-wales-regulations-2006/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2006/2982",
  "legislation_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-wales-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Transitional defence relating to PVC gaskets containing epoxidised soybean oil",
  "text": "(1) In any proceedings for an offence under regulation 3 concerning the sale of a glass jar—\n(a) which contains\n(i) infant formula or follow-on formula as defined by Commission Directive 91/321/EC, or\n(ii) processed cereal-based foods or baby foods for infants and young children as defined by Commission Directive 96/5/EC, and\n(b) the lid of which is sealed by means of a PVC gasket containing epoxidised soybean oil having PM/Ref No.88640 in Section A of Annex III,\nit is a defence to prove the matters set out in paragraph (2)\n(2) The matters to be proved are that —\n(a) the glass jar was filled and sealed before 19th November 2006;\n(b) the date of filling or a coded indication of that date was present on the jar or its lid at the time of sale; and\n(c) the labelling or marking with the particulars mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) at the time of sale complied with the requirements relating to durability in Article 2.1(a) of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.\n(3) No person may without reasonable excuse fail to comply with a request made by the enforcement authority to disclose the date signified by the coded indication mentioned in paragraph (2)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No.L175, 4.7.1991, p.35, as last amended by Directive 2003/14/EC (OJ No. L41, 14.2.2003, p.37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No.L49, 28.2.1996, p.17, as last amended by Directive 2003/13/EC (OJ No. L41, 14.2.2003, p.33)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L109, 6.5.2000, p.29, as last amended by Directive 2003/89/EC (OJ No.L308, 25.11.2003, p.15)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/2982/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:02:31.922955+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}