S.I. No. 404/2015 - European Communities (Labelling of Beef and Beef Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 25th September, 2015. | ||
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), and for the purpose of giving further effect to Articles 11 to 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 20001 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 20142 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 of 25 August 20003 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 275/2007 of 15 March 20074 , hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Labelling of Beef and Beef Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2015. | ||
2. The European Communities (Labelling of Beef and Beef Products) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 435 of 2000 ) are amended by— | ||
(a) in Regulation 2(1) substituting the definition of | ||
(i)“Parliament and Council Regulation” for the following: | ||
“ ‘Parliament and Council Regulation’ means Articles 11 to 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014;”, and | ||
(ii)“Commission Regulation” for the following: | ||
“ ‘Commission Regulation’ means Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 of 25 August 2000 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 275/2007 of 15 March 2007.”, | ||
(b) substituting Regulation 6 for the following: | ||
“6.An operator shall not contravene Article 15a of the Parliament and Council Regulation in relation to voluntary labelling of beef or beef products.”, | ||
and | ||
(c) substituting Regulation 10 for the following: | ||
“10. An authorised officer may require the removal from the market of beef or beef products which- | ||
(a) do not comply with Section I of Title II of the Parliament and Council Regulation in relation to compulsory labelling of beef and beef products, or | ||
(b) do not comply with Section II of Title II of the Parliament and Council Regulation in relation to voluntary labelling of beef and beef products.”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
22 September 2015. | ||
SIMON COVENEY, | ||
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. | ||
1 OJ No. L 204, 11.8.2000, p.1 2 OJ No. L 189, 27.6.2014, p.33 |
