S.I. No. 128/2008 - European Communities (Quantitative Analysis of Binary Textile Fibre Mixtures) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF BINARY TEXTILE FIBRE MIXTURES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2008 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th May, 2008. | ||
I, MICHEÁL MARTIN, Minister for Enterprise, Trade 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 effect to Commission Directive 2007/4/EC of 2 February 2007 1 hereby make the following regulations— | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Quantitative Analysis of Binary Textile Fibre Mixtures) (Amendment) Regulations 2008. | ||
2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Quantitative Analysis of Binary Textile Fibre Mixtures) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 9 of 2007 ). | ||
3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting “, and Commission Directive 2007/4/EC of 2 February 20071”, after “as amended by Commission Directive 2006/2/EC of 6 January 2006 2 ”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
30 April 2008 | ||
MICHEÁL MARTIN, | ||
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be legal interpretation). | ||
This Statutory Instrument transposes Directive 2007/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 February 2007 and is a companion to Directive 2007/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 February 2008. Directive 2007/3/EC covers the names and definitions of various textile products whereas Directive 2007/4/EC covers the methods for testing these textiles. Commission Directive 2007/4/EC amends Directive 96/73/EC by adding the analytical method for testing the textile called “elastolefin”. | ||
