S.I. No. 625/2021 - European Union (Marine Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2021


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 30th November, 2021.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Transport, 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 Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 20141 , as amended by Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1206 of 30 April 20212 , and full effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1158 of 22 June 20213 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Marine Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

2. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the European Union (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 177 of 2017 ).

3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended in paragraph (1)—

(a) by the substitution for the definition of the “Directive” of the following:

“‘Directive’ means Directive 2014/90/EU of 23 July 20141 , as amended by Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1206 of 30 April 20212 ;”, and

(b) by the deletion of the definitions of the “Regulation of 2019” and “Regulation of 2020”.

4. Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations is amended in paragraph (2)(b) by the substitution of “Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1158 of 22 June 20213 ” for “Regulation of 2020”.

5. Regulation 46 of the Principal Regulations is amended by the deletion of paragraphs (3) to (6).

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 November, 2021.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the legal instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Statutory Instrument amends the European Union (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 177 of 2017 ), which gave effect to Directive 2014/90/EU of 23 July 2014, to take account of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1206 of 30 April 2021 amending Annex III to Directive 2014/90/EU and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1158 of 22 June 2021..

1 OJ No. L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 146

2 OJ No. L 261, 22.7.2021, p. 45

3 OJ No. L 254, 16.7.2021, p. 1

1 OJ No. L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 146

2 OJ No. L 261, 22.7.2021, p. 45

3 OJ No. L 254, 16.7.2021, p. 1