S.I. No. 355/2013 - European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) Regulations 2008 (Revocation) Regulations 2013.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 17th 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 further effect to Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 19921 (as amended by Council Directive 97/62/EC of 27 October 19972 , Regulation (EC) No. 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 20033 and Council Directive 2006/105/EC of 20 November 20064 and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 20095 (as amended by Council Directive 2013/17/EU of 13 May 20136 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) Regulations 2008 (Revocation) Regulations 2013.

2. The following Regulations are revoked—

(a) European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 347 of 2008 ) other than Regulation 8,

(b) European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) (Amendment) 2009 ( S.I. No. 108 of 2009 ),

(c) European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) Regulations 2008 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 402 of 2011 ), and

(d) European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) Regulations 2008 (Amendment) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 366 of 2012 ).

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 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).

This SI revokes the European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) Regulations 2008 as amended except for Regulation 8. The 2008 Regulations prohibited mussel fishing in certain specified areas.

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