S.I. No. 328/2018 - European Union (Temporary Suspension of Imports from Bangladesh of Food stuffs Containing or Consisting of Betel Leaves) (Amendment) Regulations 2018


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 17th August, 2018.

I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Health, 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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/935 of 28 June 20181 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Temporary Suspension of Imports from Bangladesh of Foodstuffs Containing or Consisting of Betel Leaves) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.

(2) The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Union (Temporary Suspension of Imports from Bangladesh of Foodstuffs Containing or Consisting of Betel Leaves) Regulations 2016 and 2018.

2. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the European Union (Temporary Suspension of Imports from Bangladesh of Foodstuffs Containing or Consisting of Betel Leaves) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 553 of 2016 ).

3. The Principal Regulations are amended—

(a) in Regulation 2, by substituting “30 June 2020” for “30 June 2018”, and

(b) in Regulation 3, by substituting for the definition of “Decision 2014/88/EU” the following:

“‘Decision 2014/88/EU’ means Commission Implementing Decision 2014/88/EU of 13 February 20142 , as amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/935 of 28 June 20181;”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 August 2018.

SIMON HARRIS,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations give effect to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/935 of 28 June 2018 amending Implementing Decision 2014/88/EU suspending temporarily imports from Bangladesh of foodstuffs containing or consisting of Betel leaves (‘Piper Betle’) as regards its period of application.

These Regulations amend the European Union (Temporary Suspension of Imports from Bangladesh of Foodstuffs Containing or Consisting of Betel Leaves) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 553 of 2016 ) in the manner specified in these Regulations.

These Regulations extend the period of operation of the 2016 Regulations to 30 June 2020.

These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Temporary Suspension of Imports from Bangladesh of Foodstuffs Containing or Consisting of Betel Leaves) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.

1 OJ No. L 165, 2.7.2018, p. 40.

2 OJ No. L 45, 15.2.2014, p. 34.