S.I. No. 420/2007 - European Communities (Vegetable Seed) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th July, 2007. | ||
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) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive 2006/124/EC 1 of 5 December 2006, hereby make the following regulations— | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Vegetable Seed) (Amendment) Regulations 2007. | ||
2. The European Communities (Marketing of Vegetable Propagating and Planting Material, other than Seed) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 159 of 1994 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of “the Directive”, the following— | ||
“ ‘the Directive’ means Council Directive No. 92/33/EEC of 28 April 1992 2 , Commission Directive 93/61/EEC of 2 July 1993 3 , Commission Directive 93/62/EEC of 5 July 1993 4 , Council Directive 2003/61/EC of 18 June 2003 5 , Commission Decision 2005/55/EC of 25 January 2005 6 and Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
28 June 2007 | ||
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 the provisions of Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006 which amends Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the Marketing of Vegetable Propogating and Planting Material Other than Seed and Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed. | ||
