S.I. No. 262/2006 - European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from certain districts of Bulgaria) (Amendment) Regulations 2006


S.I. No. 262 of 2006

European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from certain districts of Bulgaria) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

I, Mary Coughlan, 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), and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision 2006/263/EC1 of 27 March 2006, hereby make the following regulations:-

1.   These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Newcastle Disease (Control on Imports of Avian Products from certain districts of Bulgaria) (Amendment Regulations 2006.

2.   The European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from certain districts of Bulgaria) Regulations 2005 ( S.I No. 632 of 2005 ) are amended by -

(a)  the substitution, for the definition of “administrative districts” in regulation 2(1), of -

“ ‘administrative districts' means the administrative districts in Bulgaria as described in the Annex to the Commission Decision’ ”;

(b)  the substitution, for the definition of “Commission Decision” in regulation 2(1), of -

“ ‘Commission Decision” means Commission Decision No. 2005/648/EC2 of 8 September 2005 as amended by Commission Decision No. 2006/263/EC of 27 March 2006’ ”;

(c)  the substitution, for regulation 8(a) of -

“ ‘an avian product to which Article 3(1) of the Commission Decision refers and is accompanied by veterinary certificate that complies with Article 3(2) of the Commission Decision, or’ ”;

(d)  the substitution, for regulation 8(b) of -

“ ‘an avian product to which Article 3(3) of the Commission Decision refers and is accompanied by a veterinary certificate that complies with either Article 3(4) or 3(5) of the Commission Decision as relevant’ ”;

 

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25th April 2006

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Mary Coughlan

Minister for Agriculture and Food

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order amends S.I No 632 of 2005 and gives effect to Commission Decision 2006/263/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to avian products being imported from certain administrative districts of Bulgaria where there have been outbreaks of Newcastle Disease.

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The European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from certain districts of Bulgaria) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

1 OJ No. L95, 4.4.2006, p 3

2 O.J. no. L238, 15.09.2005, p.16.