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The Agency is consulting on a new insertion to the draft regulations. The insertion implements the remaining transitional provisions of Commission Directive 2007/19/EC, which provide the dates by which goods complying with the provisions of the Directive may be placed on the market and dates from which non-compliant goods will be prohibited from manufacture or import into the European Community.
Nasreen Shah
Food Standards Agency
Room 707c, Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London WC2B 6NH
Tel:
020 7276 8553
Fax:
020 7276 8717
E-mail:
Nasreen.a.shah@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Responses are requested by: 21 March 2008
PDF Document
(pdf 41KB)The implementation dates were mentioned in the previous consultation on these regulations, however we are conducting a short consultation to ensure stakeholders are aware of the dates of implementation and have the opportunity to comment.
A copy of the latest draft of the Regulations is attached at the link below. The main change introduced by the insertion into the draft Regulations are at Regulation 22(3), these relate to the transitional provisions contained at Article 3.1 (b) to (d) of Directive 2007/19/EC and these are:
Submitting comments on the draft regulations
We would welcome comments on this insertion of Regulation 22(3) into the draft proposed Regulations that relate to England.
The intention of the transitional arrangements is to prohibit the manufacture and import of the relevant materials and articles after the various specified dates.
Thereafter existing stocks can be marketed until exhausted.
We would also welcome comments on any likely costs to you of implementing these provisions.
Although we do not anticipate any cost implications arising from this insertion into the proposed Regulations, we are happy to receive any information to the contrary from you so that our Impact Assessment reflects the true situation for businesses and enforcement authorities.
Please also comment on:
Submitting comments on the Impact Assessment (IA)
We would welcome comments on the IA. We do not consider that the newly inserted provisions outlined at paragraph 3 above and on page 9, paragraph 4 vii to ix in the IA are likely to change the requirements of the Regulation nor introduce any additional burden.
The remaining provisions of the Directive merely provides for the dates by which goods may legally be placed on the market.
However, we would welcome your comments if you disagree with this assessment and can provide evidence to support your views.
Duration of consultation
The Consultation Criteria require that consultations are held for a minimum of 12 weeks. This consultation is for a shorter period to enable us to meet the deadline imposed by the European Commission for implementation of the Directive. A full 13-week public consultation was held on the draft regulations, which ended on 28 January 2008. The previous consultation documents are available at the link below.
This consultation has been prepared in accordance with the (External) HM Government Code of Practice on Consultation , which states that a consultation must follow better regulation best practice, including carrying out an Impact Assessment (Regulatory Impact Assessment in Scotland). The assessment is included in the consultation documents.
We are interested in what you thought of this consultation and would therefore welcome your general feedback on both the consultation package and overall consultation process. If you would like to assist us to improve the quality of future consultations, please feel free to share your thoughts with us by using the consultation feedback questionnaire.
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In accordance with the FSA principle of openness our Information Centre at Aviation House will hold a copy of the completed consultation. Responses will be open to public access upon request. The FSA will also publish a summary of responses, which may include personal data, such as your full name and contact address details. If you do not want this information to be released, please complete and return the Publication of Personal Data Form. Return of this form does not mean that we will treat your response to the consultation as confidential, just your personal data.
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Within three months of a consultation ending we aim to publish a summary of responses received and provide a link to it from this page.
If, after three months, the summary is still not showing, please contact the person who was responsible for the original consultation. Alternatively, you can contact the FSA Consultation Co-ordinator by email: consultationcoordinator@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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