S.I. No. 579/2024 - European Union (Plant Health) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st November, 2024.

I, CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE, 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 Decision (EU) 2020/1549 of 22 October 2020¹ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/632 of 13 April 2022² , Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1456 of 10 June 2022³ , Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2404 of 14 September 2022⁴ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1916 of 7 October 2022⁵ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1941 of 13 October 2022⁶ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1032 of 25 May 2023⁷ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1134 of 8 June 2023⁸ , Regulation (EU) 2023/1231 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023⁹ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1174 of 15 June 2023¹⁰ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1203 of 21 June 2023¹¹ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1310 of 27 June 2023¹² , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1312 of 27 June 2023¹³ Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1492 of 19 July 2023¹⁴ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1511 of 20 July 2023¹⁵ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1535 of 24 July 2023¹⁶ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1572 of 25 July 2023¹⁷ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1584 of 1 August 2023¹⁸ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1706 of 7 September 2023¹⁹ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1787 of 14 September 2023²⁰ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2458 of 31 October 2023²¹ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2743 of 8 December 2023²² Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/288 of 18 January 2024²³ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/292 of 18 January 2024²⁴ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/377 of 25 January 2024²⁵ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/434 of 5 February 2024²⁶ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/589 of 20 February 2024²⁷ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/591 of 20 February 2024²⁸ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/594 of 20 February 2024²⁹ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/879 of 21 March 2024³⁰ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1162 of 22 April 2024³¹ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) of 2024/1320 of 15 May 2024³² , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1436 of 24 May 2024³³ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1437 of 24 May 2024³⁴ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1957 of 17 July 2024³⁵ and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1958 of 17 July 2024³⁶ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Plant Health) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.

2. The European Union (Plant Health) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 459 of 2020 ) are amended-

(a) in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of “Regulation No 2017/625”, the following –

““Regulation No 2017/625” means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 as amended, supplemented or implemented by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/631 of 7 February 2018, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/329 of 5 March 2018, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1587 of October 2018, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/478 of 14 January 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/66 of 16 January 2019 (as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/714 of 28 May 2020 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/887 of 26 June 2020), Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 of 8 February 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 of 4 March 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1081 of 8 March 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1012 of 12 March 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/530 of 27 March 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/723 of 2 May 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 of 5 March 2019 (as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1981 of 28 November 2019), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628 of 8 April 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1013 of 16 April 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1602 of 23 April 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1014 of 12 June 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2090 of 19 June 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1666 of 24 June 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1139 of 3 July 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2074 of 23 September 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1685 of 4 October 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 of 10 October 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2125 of 10 October 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 of 10 October 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2126 of 10 October 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2127 of 10 October 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2123 of 10 October 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 (as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/625 of 6 May 2020, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1540 of 22 October 2020 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/608 of 14 April 2021), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1873 of 7 November 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2128 of 12 November 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007 of 18 November 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130 of 25 November 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2129 of 25 November 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2093 of 29 November 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466 of 30 March 2020 (as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1087 of 23 July 2020,Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1341 of 28 September 2020, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/83 of 27 January 2021and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/984 of 17 June 2021), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1158 of 5 August 2020, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1191 of 11 August 2020 (as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/74 of 26 January 2021, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1809 of 13 October 2021 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1032 of 25 May 2023) and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1353 of 17 May 2021, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1900 of 27 October 2021, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1935 of 8 November 2021, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2141 of 3 December 2021, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/7 of 5 January 2022 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2246 of 15 December 2021, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/36 of 11 January 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/37 of 12 January 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/158 of 4 February 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/160 of 4 February 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/176 of 9 February 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/250 of 21 February 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/478 of 24 March 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/363 of 24 January 2022, Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/575 of 6 April 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/497 of 28 March 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/854 of 31 May 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/685 of 28 April 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/932 of 9 June 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/913 of 30 May 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1372 of 5 August 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1322 of 25 July 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1219 of 14 July 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1646 of 23 September 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1428 of 24 August 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1418 of 22 August 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1389 of 2 August 2022, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2244 of 7 October 2021, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2156 of 17 September 2021, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2089 of 21 September 2021, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/671 of 4 February 2022, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2305 of 21 October 2021, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/931 of 23 March 2022, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/887 of 28 March 2022, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2258 of 9 September 2022, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1667 of 19 July 2022, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1644 of 7 July 2022, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1615 of 22 April 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2293 of 18 November 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2304 of 24 November 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2389 of 7 December 2022 (as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/591 of 20 February 2024), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2418 of 9 December 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2503 of 19 December 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2504 of 19 December 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/174 of 26 January 2023, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/516 of 8 March 2023, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/514 of 8 March 2023, Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1016 of 22 May 2023, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1032 of 25 May 2023, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2292 of 6 September 2022, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/182 of 23 November 2022 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/842 of 17 February 2023;”,

(b) by substituting for the Schedule the following –

“Regulation 2

Schedule

”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

23 October, 2024.

CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE,

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 to give further effect to Plant Health Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 to provide for more proactive and effective measures to protect plants, plant products and forests from destructive pests and diseases.

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