S.I. No. 673/2007 - European Communities (Phytosanitary Measures) (Sudden Oak Death) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES) (SUDDEN OAK DEATH) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th October, 2007. | ||
I, MARY COUGHLAN, 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) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision 2007/201/EC of 27 March 2007 1 , hereby make the following Regulations— | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Phytosanitary Measures) (Sudden Oak Death) (Amendment) Regulations 2007. | ||
2. The European Communities (Phytosanitary Measures) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 578 of 2004 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of ‘Commission Decision’ the following— | ||
“ ‘Commission Decision’ means Commission Decision No. 2002/757/EC of 19 September 2002 as amended by Commission Decision No. 2004/426/EC of 29 April 2004 and Commission Decision No. 2007/201/EC of 27 March 2007;”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
24 September 2007 | ||
MARY COUGHLAN, | ||
Minister for Agriculture and Food. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||
These Regulations transpose provisional emergency phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction and spread of Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in’t Veld sp.nov. (Sudden Oak Death). | ||
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