European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin) Regulations, 1995.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Meat Products and other Products of Animal Origin) Regulations, 1995.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the twenty fourth day of May, 1995.
2 Interpretation.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires—
"authorised officer" means a person authorised in writing by the Minister to exercise for the purposes of these Regulations and the Council Directive the powers conferred on an authorised officer by these Regulations;
(1) O.J. No. L26 of 31.1.1977, P.85.
(2) O.J. No. L57 of 2.3.1992, P.1.
(3) O.J. No. L268 of 14.9.1992, P.35.
(4) O.J. No. L62 of 15.3.1993, P.1.
(5) O.J. No. L62 of 15.3.1993, P.49.
(6) O.J. No. L62 of 15.3.1993, P.86.
(7) O.J. No. L174 of 8.7.1994, P.33.
"certificate" means a veterinary certificate or any other document issued by a veterinary examiner and has the meaning and form assigned to it in the Council Directive;
"commercial document" has the meaning assigned to it in the Council Directive;
"consumer" means a person who buys meat products or other products of animal origin—
( a ) for his own consumption;
( b ) for consumption on premises either in his ownership or under his personal supervision or in the ownership or under the personal supervision of a person employed by him; or
( c ) for cooking on premises either in his ownership or under his personal supervision or in the ownership or under the personal supervision of a person employed by him for sale as take-away food for consumption off those premises;
"the Council Directive" means Council Directive No. 77/99/EEC of 21 December 1976 as updated and amended by Council Directive No. 92/5/EEC of 10 February 1992 and subsequently amended by Council Directive No. 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992, Council Directive No. 92/116/EEC of 17 December 1992, Council Directive No. 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992, Council Directive No. 92/120/EEC of 17 December 1992 and Commission Decision No. 94/383/EC of 3 June 1994;
"an establishment manufacturing meat products without an industrial structure or production capacity" means an establishment producing a quantity of less that 7.5 tonnes of finished meat product per week or one tonne per week in the case of foie gras production;
"Member State" means a Member State of the European Communities;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry;
"other products of animal origin" has the meaning assigned to it in the Council Directive;
"premises" includes any land and any buildings, structures or private dwellings;
"products which contain a small percentage of meat" has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2 of Commission Directive No. 83/201/EEC(8) of 12 April 1983;
"third country" means a country which is not a member of the European Communities;
"veterinary examiner" means a veterinary inspector who is an officer of the Minister.
(2) In these Regulations—
( a ) a reference to a Regulation is to a Regulation of these Regulations, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended;