S.I. No. 242/2012 - European Communities (Bluetongue) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th July, 2012. | ||
I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 2012/5/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012,1 and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 456/2012 of 30 May 20122 hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Bluetongue) (Amendment) Regulations 2012. | ||
2. The European Communities (Bluetongue) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 133 of 2008 ) are amended— | ||
(a) in Regulation 2— | ||
(i) by the substitution, for the definition of ‘Bluetongue Directive’, of— | ||
“ ‘Bluetongue Directive’ means Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 as amended by Directive 2012/5/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012;” | ||
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(ii) by the substitution, for the definition of ‘Bluetongue Regulation’, of— | ||
“ ‘Bluetongue Regulation’ means “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1266/2007 of 26 October 2007 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 289/2008 of 31 March 2008; Commission Regulation (EC) No. 384/2008 of 29 April 2008; Commission Regulation (EC) No. 394/2008 of 30 April 2008 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 456/2012 of 30 May 2012;”, | ||
(b) in Regulation 8, by the deletion of paragraph (3), and | ||
(c) in Regulation 10, by the substitution, for paragraph (2), of— | ||
“(2) A person shall not, in a surveillance zone, vaccinate against bluetongue using live attenuated vaccines.”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
21 June 2012. | ||
SIMON COVENEY, | ||
Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
These Regulations give effect to Directive 2012/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 456/2012 of 30 May 2012. | ||
