S.I. No. 361/2013 - European Union (Food Safety and Veterinary) (Accession of Croatia) Regulations 2013.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th September, 2013.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 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 effect to Council Directive No. 2013/20/EU of 13 May 20131 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Food Safety and Veterinary) (Accession of Croatia) Regulations 2013.

2. A reference in Regulations made under the European Communities Act 1972 to the Directive at point 1 of Part A, or a Directive mentioned in Part B of the Annex to Council Directive No. 2013/20/EU of 13 May 2013 is amended as set out in the aforementioned Annex.

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Given under my Official Seal,

18 September 2013.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations provide for the technical adaption of certain legislation relating to food safety and veterinary policy to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

1 OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 234