Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 28th June, 2019.

I, MICHAEL CREED, Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving full effect to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/831 of 5 June 2018¹ and Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/37 of 10 January 2019² , hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Plastics and other materials) (Contact with food) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

2. The European Union (Plastics and other materials) (Contact with food) Regulations 2017 are amended-

(a) in Regulation 2 (1) by the substitution, for the definition of “Plastics Regulation” (inserted by the European Union (Plastics and other materials) (Contact with Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2018), of -

“ ‘Plastics Regulation’ means Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 (as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 321/2011 of 1 April 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1282/2011 of 28 November 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1183/2012 of 30 November 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No 202/2014 of 3 March 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 865/2014 of 8 August 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/174 of 5 February 2015, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1416 of 24 August 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/752 of 29 April 2017, Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/79 of 18 January 2018, Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/213 of 12 February 2018, Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/831 of 5 June 2018 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/37 of 10 January 2019);”,

(b) by the substitution, in Regulation 4 (12) (inserted by the European Union (Plastics and other materials) (Contact with Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2018), for “5 years” of “3 years”, and

(c) by the substitution, in Regulation 13 (1) (inserted by the European Union (Plastics and other materials) (Contact with Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2018), for “5 years” of “3 years”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 June, 2019.

MICHAEL CREED,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations amend the European Union (Plastics and other materials) (Contact with food) Regulations 2017 to take account of developments at EU level.

1 O.J. L140 of 6.06.2018, 35. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/GA/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R0831

2 O.J. L9 of 11.01.2019, 88. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R0037&qid=1551888057847&from=EN