S.I. No. 307/1993 - European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993.
S.I. No. 307 of 1993. | ||
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (INDICATION OF PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS AND NON-FOOD PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1993. | ||
I, RUAIRÍ QUINN, Minister for Enterprise and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive No. 79/581/EEC of 19 June, 1979(a), as amended by Council Directive No. 88/315/EEC of 7 June, 1988(b), and to Council Directive No. 88/314/EEC of 7 June, 1988(c), hereby make the following Regulations: 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993. | ||
(2) These Regulations and the European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 329 of 1991 ), may be cited together as the European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) Regulations, 1991 and 1993. 2. The European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) Regulations, 1991, are hereby amended by the insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation 10: | ||
"10A. Any written or printed advertisement or catalogue which mentions the selling price of foodstuffs or non-food products shall indicate the unit price.". | ||
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of October, 1993. | ||
RUAIRÍ QUINN, | ||
Minister for Enterprise | ||
and Employment. | ||
(a) O.J. No. L158, 26.6.1979, p. 19. | ||
(b) O.J. No. L142, 9.6.1988, p. 23. | ||
(c) O.J. No. L142, 9.6.1988, p. 19. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
These Regulations have been made to give further effect to Council Directive No. 79/581/EEC as amended by Council Directive No. 88/315/EEC on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of foodstuffs, and Council Directive No. 88/314/EEC on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of non-food products. | ||
The Regulations, which come into effect on 22 October, 1993, amend the European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) Regulations, 1991, and require the indication of the unit price of foodstuffs and non-food products, as defined by those Regulations, in written or printed advertisements and catalogues. |