S.I. No. 8/2009 - European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful To Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CONTROL OF ORGANISMS HARMFUL TO PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 16th January, 2009. | ||
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 Directive 2008/109/EC of 28 November 2008 1 , hereby make the following Regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2009. | ||
2. The European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 894 of 2004 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of ‘Council Directive’ (inserted by the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 365 of 2008 )), the following— | ||
“ ‘Council Directive’ means Council Directive No. 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 as amended by Commission Directive No. 2001/33/EC of 8 May 2001, Commission Directive No. 2002/28/EC of 19 March 2002, Commission Directive No. 2002/36/EC of 29 April 2002, Council Directive No. 2002/89/EC of 28 November 2002, Commission Directive No. 2003/22/EC of 24 March 2003, Commission Directive No. 2003/47/EC of 4 June 2003, Commission Directive 2003/116/EC of 4 December 2003, Commission Directive 2004/31/EC of 17 March 2004, Commission Directive 2004/70/EC of 28 April 2004, Commission Directive 2004/102/EC of 5 October 2004, Commission Directive 2004/103/EC of 7 October 2004, Commission Directive 2004/105/EC of 15 October 2004, Commission Directive 2005/77/EC of 11 November 2005, Commission Directive 2006/35/EC of 24 March 2006, Commission Directive 2006/14/EC of 6 February 2006, Commission Directive 2005/16/EC of 2 March 2005, Commission Directive 2007/41/EC of 28 June 2007, Commission Directive 2008/61/EC of 17 June 2008, Commission Directive 2008/64/EC of 27 June 2008 and Commission Directive 2008/109/EC of 28 November 2008;”. | ||
3. The European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plant and Plant Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 365 of 2008 ) are revoked. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
8 January 2009 | ||
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) | ||
These regulations provide measures to protect against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community. | ||
