S.I. No. 456/2008 - European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008
S.I. No. 456 of 2008 | ||
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AUTHORIZATION, PLACING ON THE MARKET, USE AND CONTROL OF BIOCIDAL PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS 2008 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 7th November, 2008. | ||
I, BRENDAN SMITH, 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 2007/69/EC of 29 November 2007 1 , Commission Directive 2007/70/EC of 29 November 2007 2 , Commission Directive 2008/15/EC of 15 February 2008 3 and Commission Directive 2008/16/EC of 15 February 2008 4 hereby make the following Regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008. | ||
2. The European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) Regulations 2001 (S. I. No. 625 of 2001) are amended in Regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of “the Directive of 1998” the following— | ||
“‘the Directive of 1998’ means Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998, Commission Directive 2006/140/EC of 20 December 2006, Commission Directive 2007/20/EC of 3 April 2007, Commission Directive 2007/69/EC of 29 November 2007 and Commission Directive 2007/70/EC of 29 November 2007 (from 31 October 2008) and Commission Directive 2008/15/EC of 15 February 2008 and Commission Directive 2008/16/EC of 15 February 2008 (from 31 January 2009).” | ||
3. The European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S. I. No. 35 of 2008) are revoked. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
30 October 2008 | ||
BRENDAN SMITH | ||
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 transpose the amendments to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, to include difethialone, clothianidin, and etofenprox as active substances in Annex 1 and carbon dioxide as an active substance in Annex 1A. | ||
1 O.J. No. L. 312 of 30.11.2007, p.23 2 O.J. No. L. 312 of 30.11.2007, p.26 |
