S.I. No. 294/1998 - European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998.

S.I. No. 294 of 1998.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SEED OF FODDER PLANTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1998.

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture 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 further effect to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966, ¹ as amended, hereby make the following Regulations:

¹O.J. No. L125/2298, 11/7/1966.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998, and shall come into operation on the 24th day of August 1998;

(2) The collective citation "the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) Regulations, 1981 to 1998" shall include these Regulations.

2. (1) In these Regulations—

"the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 112 of 1981 );

"the Regulations of 1986" means the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 259 of 1986 ) as amended by the Regulations of 1987 to 1997;

"the Regulations of 1987 to 1997" means the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987 ( S.I. No. 171 of 1987 ), the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 161 of 1988 ), the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 173 of 1989 ), the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 214 of 1990 ), the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 179 of 1991 ), the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 234 of 1992 ), the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 230 of 1993 ), the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 212 of 1994 ), the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995 ( S.I. No. 224 of 1995 ), the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 326 of 1996 ), the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 53 of 1997 ) and the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 356 of 1997 ).

3. Regulation 20 of the Principal Regulations (inserted by the Regulations of 1986 and amended by the Regulations of 1987 to 1997) is hereby amended by the substitution for the entry in Part B (which is headed "Seed Testing Fees") of the following entry:

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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of August, 1998.

JOE WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations revise the scale of fees for the testing of fodder plant seeds.