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Commission Directive 2013/26/EU of 8 February 2013 adapting certain directives in the field of food safety, veterinary and            phytosanitary policy, by reason of the accession of Croatia         

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# Commission Directive 2013/26/EU                     

# of 8 February 2013

# adapting certain directives in the field of food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, by reason of the accession of                        Croatia                     

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, and in particular Article 50 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)Pursuant to Article 50 of the Act of Accession, where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation                              by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the                              Commission, if the original act was adopted by the Commission, shall, to this end, adopt the necessary acts.

(2)The Final Act of the Conference which drew up the Treaty of Accession indicated that the High Contracting Parties had reached                              political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions required by reason of accession and invited                              the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession, completed and updated where necessary to take                              account of the evolution of the law of the Union.

(3)Commission Directives 1999/21/EC(1) and 2006/141/EC(2) should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

# F1Article 1U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1Deleted by Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on food intended for infants and                                 young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive                                 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament                                 and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 (Text with EEA relevance).

# Article 2U.K.

1.Member States shall adopt and publish, by the date of accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union at the latest,                        the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate                        to the Commission the text of those provisions.                  

They shall apply those provisions from the date of accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference                     on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.                  

2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the                        field covered by this Directive.                  

# Article 3U.K.

This Directive shall enter into force subject to, and as from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession                     of the Republic of Croatia.                  

# Article 4U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

## F1ANNEXU.K.**[F1FOOD SAFETY, VETERINARY AND PHYTOSANITARY POLICY**FOOD SAFETY LEGISLATION]

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1

OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 29.                           

2

OJ L 401, 30.12.2006, p. 1.