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The Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014

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The Cocoa and Chocolate Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003

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9.  The Cocoa and Chocolate Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003(1) are amended as follows—

(a)in regulation 2(1)—

(i)omit the definition of “the 1996 Regulations”; and

(ii)insert the following definition in its alphabetical place—

““Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011” means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC)  No 608/2004;”;

(b)in regulation 5—

(i)at the end of paragraph (b), omit “or”;

(ii)for the full stop at the end of paragraph (c), substitute “; or”; and

(iii)after paragraph (c), insert—

“(d)the use of such description, derivative or word to designate the food is in accordance with the customs applicable in the United Kingdom and the food cannot be confused with a product listed in column 1 of Schedule 1.”;

(c)in regulation 6—

(i)in paragraph (1), for “Part II of the 1996 Regulations”, substitute “Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011”; and

(ii)in paragraph (2)(b) for “the 1996 Regulations”, substitute “Article 9(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011”; and

(d)in regulation 7—

(i)omit paragraph (1); and

(ii)in paragraph (2)(a), for “the 1996 Regulations”, substitute “Article 9(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011”.

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