European Union (Provision of Food Information to Consumers) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 389 of 2016)

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. S.I. No. 389 of 2016 ———————— EUROPEAN UNION (PROVISION OF FOOD INFORMATION TO CONSUMERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2016 2 [389] S.I. No. 389 of 2016 EUROPEAN UNION (PROVISION OF FOOD INFORMATION TO CONSUMERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2016 I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 828/2014 of 30 July 20141, hereby make the following regulations: 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Provision of Food Information to Consumers) (Amendment) Regulations 2016. (2) The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Union (Provision of Food Information to Consumers) Regu lations 2014 and 2016. (3) These Regulations come into operation on 20 July 2016. 2. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the European Union (Provision of Food Information to Consumers) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 556 of 2014). 3. The Principal Regulations are amended— (a) in Regulation 2 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting after the definition of “EU Regu lation” the following definition— “‘EU Regulation 828/2014’ means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 828/2014 of 30 July 20141;”, and (ii) by substituting for paragraph 2(2) the following— “(2) A word or expression which is used in these Regulations and which is also used in the EU Regulation, EU Regulation 828/2014 or in the General Food Law Regulation has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regu lations as it has in the EU Regulation, EU Regulation 828/2014 or in the General Food Law Regulation.”, and (b) in Regulation 13, by inserting after paragraph (2) the following paragraphs: 1OJ No. L 228, 31.7.2014, p. 5. Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd July, 2016. [389] 3 “(3) Subject to paragraph (4), a food business operator is guilty of an offence where the food business operator provides food information on a voluntary basis to consumers on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in food and such information does not comply with the requirements of Article 3 of EU Regulation 828/2014. (4) A food business operator is guilty of an offence where the food business operator provides food information on a voluntary basis to consumers on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in infant for mulae and follow-on formulae as defined in Directive 2006/141/EC of 22 December 20062.”. GIVEN under my Official Seal, 18 July 2016. SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Health. 2OJ No. L 401, 30.12.2006, p. 1. 4 [389] EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation). These Regulations give effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 828/2014 of 30 July 2014 on the requirements for the provision of infor mation to consumers on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in food. These Regulations amend the European Union (Provision of Food Infor mation to Consumers) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 556 of 2014) in the manner specified in these Regulations. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Provision of Food Information to Consumers) (Amendment) Regulations 2016. BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH ARNA FHOILSIÚ AG OIFIG AN tSOLÁTHAIR Le ceannach díreach ó FOILSEACHÁIN RIALTAIS, 52 FAICHE STIABHNA, BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH 2 (Teil: 01 - 6476834 nó 1890 213434; Fax: 01 - 6476843) nó trí aon díoltóir leabhar. —————— DUBLIN PUBLISHED BY THE STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased from GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, 52 ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN, DUBLIN 2. (Tel: 01 - 6476834 or 1890 213434; Fax: 01 - 6476843) or through any bookseller. —————— €1.27 Wt. (B32231). 285. 7/16. Essentra. Gr 30-15.