S.I. No. 185/2004 - European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive 2002/70/EC of 26 July 2002¹ and Commission Directive 2003/126/EC of 23 December 2003² , hereby make the following regulations—

1.  (1)  These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations 2004.

(2)  The European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 to 2000 and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 to 2004.

2.  Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) Regulations, 1999 are amended by substituting the definition of “prescribed method of analysis” for the following:

“ ‘prescribed method of analysis’ means a method of analysis which is established as a Community method of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs in accordance with:—

Council Directive 70/373/EEC of 20 July 1970³ , Commission Directive 71/250/EEC of 15 June 1971⁴ , Commission Directive 71/393/EEC of 18 November 1971⁵ , Commission Directive 72/199/EEC of 27 April 1972⁶ , Commission Directive 73/46/EEC of 5 December 1972⁷ , Commission Directive 73/47/EEC of 5 December 1972⁸ , Commission Directive 78/633/EEC of 15 June 1978⁹ , Commission Directive 81/680/EEC of 30 July 1981¹⁰ , Commission Directive 81/715/EEC of 31 July 1981¹¹ , Commission Directive 84/4/EEC of 20 December 1983¹² , Commission Directive 84/425/EEC of 25 July 1984¹³ , Commission Directive 92/89/EEC of 3 November 1992¹⁴ , Commission Directive 92/95/EEC of 9 November 1992¹⁵ , Commission Directive 93/28/EEC of 4 June 1993¹⁶ , Commission Directive 93/70/EEC of 28 July 1993¹⁷ , Commission Directive 93/117/EC of 17 December 1993¹⁸ , Commission Directive 94/14/EC of 29 March 1994¹⁹ , Commission Directive 98/54/EC of 16 July 1998²⁰ , Commission Directive 98/64/EC of 3 September 1998²¹ , Commission Directive 99/27/EC of 20 April 1999²² , Commission Directive 99/76/EC of 23 July 1999²³ , Commission Directive 99/79/EC of 27 July 1999²⁴ , Commission Directive 2000/45/EC of 6 July 2000²⁵ , Commission Directive 2002/70/EC of 26 July 2002²⁶ and Commission Directive 2003/126/EC of 23 December 2003²⁷ .”

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 to 2000, so as to give effect to Commission Directive 2002/70/EC of 26 July 2002 and Commission Directive 2003/126/EC of the 23 December 2003 which establishes Community methods of analysis for the determination of levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in feedingstuffs and methods of analysis for the determination of constituents of animal origin in feedingstuffs respectively. The Regulations should be read in conjunction with the Commission Directives.

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