S.I. No. 148/2008 - European Communities (Swine Vesicular Disease) (Restriction on Imports from Italy) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SWINE VESICULAR DISEASE) (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS FROM ITALY) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2008 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 20th May, 2008. | ||
I, BRENDAN SMITH, 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 Commission Decision 2008/297/EC of 27 March 2008 1 , hereby make the following regulations— | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Swine Vesicular Disease) (Restriction on Imports from Italy) (Amendment) Regulations 2008. | ||
2. The European Communities (Swine Vesicular Disease) (Restriction on Imports from Italy) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 71 of 2007 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by the substitution for the definition of “Commission Decision” of— | ||
“ ‘Commission Decision’ means Commission Decision No 2005/779/EC of8 November 2005; Commission Decision 2007/9/EC of 18 December 2006 and Commission Decision 2008/297/EC of 27 March 2008;”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
14 May 2008 | ||
BRENDAN SMITH, | ||
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) | ||
This Order gives effect to Commission Decision No. 2008/297/EC of 27 March 2008, concerning animal health rules due to the presence of swine vesicular disease in certain parts of Italy. | ||