Welsh Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 1361 (W. 89)

The Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) (Wales) Regulations 2001

---

© Crown Copyright 2002

Statutory Instruments printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament.

The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users.

It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Statutory Instrument which are issued or made available to the public. This includes reproduction of the Statutory Instrument on the Internet and on intranet sites. The Royal Badge of Wales may be reproduced only where it is an integral part of the original document.

The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) (Wales) Regulations 2001, ISBN 0 11 090217 3. The print version may be purchased by clicking here. Braille copies of this Statutory Instrument can also be purchased at the same price as the print edition by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0870 600 5522 or e-mail:customer.services@tso.co.uk.

Further information about the publication of legislation on this website can be found by referring to the Frequently Asked Questions.

To ensure fast access over slow connections, large documents have been segmented into "chunks". Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available.

"the Commission Regulation" ("Rheoliad y Comisiwn") means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 577/97[3] laying down certain detailed rules for the application of the Council Regulation and of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1898/87 on the protection of designations used in the marketing of milk and milk products, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1278/97[4], Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2181/97[5], Commission Regulation (EC) No. 623/98[6], Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1298/98[7], Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2521/98[8] and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 568/1999[9];

"Community provision" ("Darpariaeth gymunedol") means a provision of the Council Regulation or the Commission Regulation which is referred to in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, as read with any supplementary provision referred to in column 2 thereof opposite the reference in column 1;

"the Council Regulation" ("Rheoliad y Cyngor") means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2991/94[10] laying down standards for spreadable fats;

"EEA Agreement" ("y Cytundeb EEA") means the Agreement on the European Economic Area[11] signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protoco[12]) signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;

"EEA State" ("Gwladwriaeth EEA") means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement;

"sell" ("gwerthu") includes possess for sale, and offer, expose or advertise for sale;

"sell by retail" ("adwerthu") means sell to a person buying otherwise than for the purpose of re-sale;

"vitamin A" ("fitamin A") means vitamin A present as such or as its esters and includes beta-carotene on the basis that 6 micrograms of beta-carotene or 12 micrograms of other biologically active carotenoids equal 1 microgram of retinol equivalent;

"vitamin D" means the anti-rachitic vitamins.

    (2) Other expressions used both in these Regulations and in the Council Regulation or the Commission Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the Council Regulation or the Commission Regulation.

Exemptions
     3.  - (1) Except where paragraph (2) below applies, unless and until there is a decision by the EEA Joint Committee under Article 98 of the EEA Agreement to amend it to refer to the Council Regulation and the Commission Regulation, these Regulations shall not apply in respect of any spreadable fat to which the EEA Agreement applies and which - 

(a) is brought into Wales - 


(i) from an EEA State (other than a member State) in which it was lawfully produced and sold, or

(ii) from another part of the United Kingdom if that spreadable fat was brought there from such an EEA State; and



(b) is suitably labelled to indicate the nature of the spreadable fat.

    (2) Regulation 4 of these Regulations shall not apply in respect of any margarine which - 

(a) is brought into Wales - 


(i) from an EEA State (other than the United Kingdom) in which it was lawfully produced and sold,

(ii) from a member State (other than the United Kingdom) in which it was in free circulation and lawfully sold, or

(iii) from another part of the United Kingdom in which it was lawfully produced and sold or in which it was in free circulation and lawfully sold; and



(b) is suitably labelled to indicate the nature of the margarine.

    (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above, "free circulation" has the same meaning as in Article 23(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Vitamin content of margarine
     4.  - (1) Any margarine sold by retail shall contain in every 100 grams of such margarine - 

(a) not less than 800 micrograms and not more than 1000 micrograms of vitamin A, and

(b) not less than 7.05 micrograms and not more than 8.82 micrograms of vitamin D,

and a proportionate amount in any part of 100 grams.

    (2) No person shall sell by retail any margarine in contravention of this regulation.

Enforcement
     5. Each food authority shall enforce and execute within its area the Community provisions and these Regulations.

Offences and penalty
     6. If any person contravenes or fails to comply with - 

(a) regulation 4 of these Regulations, or

(b) any Community provision,

he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Defence in relation to exports
     7. In any proceedings under regulation 6(b) of these Regulations it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove - 

(a) that the food in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was intended for export to a country which has legislation analogous to these Regulations and that it complies with that legislation; and

(b) that the legislation complies with the Council Regulation and the Commission Regulation in the case of - 


(i) export to a member State, or

(ii) where there is a decision of the EEA Joint Committee under Article 98 of the EEA Agreement to amend it to refer to the Council Regulation and the Commission Regulation, export to an EEA State which is not a member State.

Application of various provisions of the Act
     8.  - (1) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in those provisions to the Act or Part thereof shall be construed for the purposes of these Regulations as a reference to these Regulations - 

     section 2 (extended meaning of "sale" etc.);

     section 3 (presumptions that food is intended for human consumption);

     section 20 (offences due to fault of another person);

     section 21 (defence of due diligence) as it applies for the purposes of section 8, 14 or 15;

     section 22 (defence of publication in the course of a business);

     section 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);

     section 35(1) to (3) (punishment of offences) in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(1) and (2);

     section 36 (offences by bodies corporate).

    (2) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in those provisions to the Act shall be construed for the purposes of these Regulations as including a reference to the Community provisions - 

     section 32 (powers of entry);

     section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers);

     section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).

Revocations
     9. The Regulations specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations are hereby revoked in so far as they apply to Wales



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[13].


D. Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

27th March 2001

[2] Functions of "the Ministers" under the Food Safety Act 1990, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (SI 1999/672).back

[3] OJ No. L87, 2.4.97, p.3.back

[4] OJ No. L175, 3.7.97, p.6.back

[5] OJ No. L299, 4.11.97, p.1.back

[6] OJ No.L85, 20.3.98, p.3.back

[7] OJ No. L180, 24.6.98, p.5.back

[8] OJ No. L315, 25.11.98, p.12.back

[9] OJ No. L70, 17.3.1999, p.11.back

[10] OJ No. L316, 9.12.94, p.2.back

[11] OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p.1.back

[12] OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p.571.back

[13] 1998 c.38.back