S.I. No. 2/2008 - European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on Imports from Cyprus) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE) (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS FROM CYPRUS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2008 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 15th January, 2008. | ||
I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 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 Decision No. 2007/832/EC of 13 December 2007 1 , hereby make the following Regulations— | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on imports from Cyprus) (Amendment) Regulations 2008. | ||
2. The European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on imports from Cyprus) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 756 of 2007 ) are amended, in Regulation 2(1) by the substitution for the definition of “Commission Decision”, of- | ||
“‘Commission Decision’ means Commission Decision No. 2007/718/EC of 6 November 2007; and Commission Decision No 2007/832/EC of 13 December 2007”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
10 January 2008 | ||
MARY COUGHLAN, | ||
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
These Regulations give effect to restrictions included in Commission Decision 2007/832/EC on imports from Cyprus due to the foot and mouth situation there. | ||
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