S.I. No. 208/2020 - European Communities (Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Ornamental Plants) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 12th June, 2020. | ||
I, Michael Creed, 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 Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 of 11 February 20201 , hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Ornamental Plants) (Amendment) Regulations 2020. | ||
2. The European Communities (Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Ornamental Plants) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 161 of 1994 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of “Directive”, the following – | ||
“‘Directive’ means Commission Directive 93/49/EEC of 23 June 19932 (as amended by Commission Directive 1999/67/EC of 28 June 19993 , Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/484 of 21 March 20184 and Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 of 11 February 2020), Council Directive 98/56/EC of 20 July 19985 (as amended by Council Directive 2003/61/EC of 18 June 20036 and Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 20147 ), Commission Directive 1999/66/EC of 28 June 19998 and Commission Directive 1999/68/EC of 28 June 19999 ;”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
8 June, 2020. | ||
MICHAEL CREED, | ||
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 update existing Legislation with regard to the minimum quality standards and controls on the marketing within the European Union of ornamental plants and propagating material | ||
1 O.J. No. L41 of 13.02.2020, p.1 2 O.J. No. L 250 of 07.10.1993, p.9 3 O.J. No. L164 of 30.06.1999, p.78 4 O.J. No. L81 of 23.03.2018, p.10 5 O.J. No. L226 of 13.08.1998, p.16 6 O.J. No. L165 of 03.07.2003, p.23 7 O.J. No. L189 of 27.06.2014, p.1 |
