European Communities (Hygiene of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Citation | IR SI 47/2020 |
Year | 2020 |
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in |
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 21st February, 2020. |
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 full effect to Articles 10(2) and 15(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 20171 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/978 of 14 June 20192 , hereby make the following regulations: |
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Hygiene of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2020. |
(2) The Principal Regulations, the European Communities (Hygiene of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 380 of 2009 ), the European Communities (Hygiene of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 497 of 2010 ), the European Communities (Hygiene of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 453 of 2014 ), the Regulations of 2018 and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Hygiene of Foodstuffs) Regulations 2006 to 2020. |
2. In these Regulations— |
“Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Hygiene of Foodstuffs) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 369 of 2006 ); |
“Regulations of 2018” means the European Communities (Hygiene of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 82 of 2018 ). |
3. The Principal Regulations are amended— |
(a) in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of “EU Regulation 579/2014” (inserted by Regulation 3(a) of the Regulations of 2018) the following: |
“‘EU Regulation 579/2014’ means Commission Regulation (EU) No. 579/2014 of 28 May 20143 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/238 of 19 February 20164 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/978 of 14 June 20192 ;”, and |
(b) in Regulation 6, by substituting for paragraphs (1) and (2) the following: |
“6. (1) A food business operator who fails to notify the official agency of— |
(a) its name and legal form, |
(b) the specific activities it carries out, including activities undertaken by means of distance communication, |
(c) each establishment under its control, and |
(d) all other premises under its control, |
in the manner the official agency requires, with a view to the registration of each such establishment or premises, is guilty of an offence. |
(2) A food business operator who fails to notify the official agency of any changes in the information... |
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