S.I. No. 196/2007 - European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restriction on Import) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2007


S.I. No. 196 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (BLUETONGUE) (RESTRICTION ON IMPORT) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 4) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th May, 2007.

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 No 2007/146/EC of 28 February 2007 1 , hereby make the following regulations—

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restriction on Import) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restriction on Import) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No 703 of 2006 ) are amended, in Regulation 2(1) by substituting the following for the definition of “Commission Decision” (inserted by the European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restriction on import) (Amendment) (No 3) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No 90 of 2007 )—

“Commission Decision” means Commission Decision No. 2005/393/EC of 23 May 2005, Commission Decision No. 2006/591/EC of 1 September 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/633/EC of 15 September 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/650/EC of 25 September 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/693/EC of 13 October 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/761/EC of 9 November 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/858/EC of 28 November 2006, Commission Decision No. 2007/28/EC of 22 December 2006, Commission Decision No. 2007/101/EC of 14 February 2007 and Commission Decision No. 2007/146/EC of 28 February 2007;”.

3. The European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restriction on Import) (Amendment) (No 3) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 90 of 2007 ) are revoked.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

12 April 2007

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)

These Regulations provide import restrictions due to the incidence of bluetongue in certain parts of the European Communities.

1 OJ No. L64, 2.3.2007, p.37