S.I. No. 123/2008 - European Communities (Agricultural Or forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AGRICULTURAL OR FORESTRY TRACTORS TYPE APPROVAL) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2008 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th May, 2008. | ||
I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries 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 Directive 2008/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 1 , hereby make the following Regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2008. | ||
2. The European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 69 of 2005 ) are amended, in Regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of “the Directive” (inserted by the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 162 of 2007 )) the following— | ||
“ ‘Directive’ means Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 2 as amended by Commission Directive 2005/13/EC of 21 February 2005 3 , Commission Directive 2005/67/EC of 18 October 2005 4 , Commission Directive 2006/26/EC of 2 March 2006 5 , Commission Directive 2006/96/EC of 20 November 2006 6 and Directive 2008/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.” | ||
3. The European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 162 of 2007 ) are revoked. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
24 April 2008 | ||
MARY COUGHLAN. | ||
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
These Regulations amend existing legislation relating to the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors. | ||
1 O.J. No. L24 of 29.01.2008 p. 30. 2 O.J. No. L171 of 09.07.2003, p. 1. 3 O.J. No. L55 of 01.03.2005, p. 35. 4 O.J. No. L273 of 19.10.2005, p. 17. |