Statutory Instrument

S.I. No. 441 of 2002 .

European Communities (Foodstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Uses) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002.

Dublin

Published by the Stationery Office

S.I. No. 441 of 2002

European Communities (Foodstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Uses) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002.

I, Micheál Martin, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 ( No. 27 of 1972 ) and for the purposes of giving further effect to Council Directive 89/398/EEC¹ of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses as amended by Directive 96/84/EC² of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996, and Directive 1999/41/EC³ of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 June 1999, and Commission Directive 2001/15/EC⁴ of 15 February 2001, hereby make the following Regulations:-

1.         (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Foodstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Uses) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 3^rd September 2002.

2. In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Foodstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Uses) Regulations, 2002 ( S.I. No. 379 of 2002 ).

3. Regulation 1 of the Principal Regulations is amended by the substitution for “they shall come into operation on.....” of “they shall come into operation on 3^rd September 2002.

4. The Principal Regulations are amended by the substitution of the following for the Explanatory Note:

“Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations revoke The Health (Foods for Particular Nutritional Uses) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 331 of 1991 ) and bring into effect new Regulations. The new Regulations give effect to Council Directive 89/398/EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses as amended by Directive 96/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996, and Directive 1999/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 June 1999, and to Commission Directive 2001/15/EC of 15 February 2001 on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses.

These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Foodstuffs for Particular Nutritional Uses) Regulations, 2002, and they come into operation on 3^rd September 2002.

Explanatory Note

These Regulations amend, and lay down the date of coming into operation of, the European Communities (Foodstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Uses) Regulations, 2002 ( S.I. No. 379 of 2002 ).

¹ OJ L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 27.

² OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 20.

³ OJ L 172, 8.7.1999, p. 38.

⁴ OJ L 52, 22.2.2001, p. 19