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These Regulations make provision for the enforcement and execution of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 445/2007, which revokes and replaces in its entirety Commission Regulation (EC) No. 577/97 (and its amendments), laying down certain detailed rules for the application of the Council Regulation (EC) No. 2991/94 and of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1898/87 on the protection of designations used in the marketing of milk and milk products, as amended. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 445/2007 does not introduce any changes to existing legal requirements.

These Regulations update the Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1999, replacing the reference to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 577/97, and its amendments, with one to its replacement Commission Regulation (EC) No. 445/2007.

No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.