GENERAL

Enforcement8

1

Subject to paragraph (2) below, each food authority shall enforce and execute these Regulations in its area and be the competent authority in its area for the purposes of the second paragraph of Article 2(2)(b) of Regulation 1139/98.

2

Each port health authority shall enforce and execute these Regulations in its district in relation to imported food and be the competent authority in its district in relation to such food for the purposes of the second paragraph of Article 2(2)(b) of Regulation 1139/98.