S.I. No. 366/1982 - European Communities (Surveillance of Tableware) Regulations, 1982.

S.I. No. 366 of 1982.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SURVEILLANCE OF TABLEWARE) REGULATIONS, 1982.

WHEREAS the State has been authorised under the Regulation of the Council of the European Communities dated the 4th day of December, 1980 (No. 3286/80¹), to take the surveillance measures hereinafter specified:

¹OJ No. L353 of 29.12.1980, p. 1.

NOW, I, PÁDRAIG FLYNN, Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Surveillance of Tableware) Regulations, 1982.

2. (1) In these Regulations "the Minister'' means the Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism.

(2) A reference in these Regulations to a tariff heading shall be taken to be a reference to that tariff heading in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1445/72², as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3823/81³ and by any subsequent Regulations of an institution of the European Communities.

²OJ No. L161 of 17.7.1972, p.1

³OJ No. L387 of 31.12.1981, p.1.

3. (1) These Regulations apply to goods which originate in State-trading countries as described in Annex I to Regulation No. 3286/80¹ and are specified at the tariff headings mentioned or referred to in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations.

¹OJ No. L353 of 29.12.1980, p. 1.

(2) The particulars stated in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations are inserted solely to facilitate identification of the goods referred to at the tariff headings mentioned or referred to in column (1) of that Schedule opposite the insertion in column (2) and, accordingly, nothing contained in column (2) shall affect the construction or limit or control the operation of any provision of these Regulations (including the mention of, or reference to, the tariff headings in column (1)).

4. The importation into the State of any goods to which these Regulations apply shall be subject to the production by the importer of an import document issued by the Minister.

SCHEDULE.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of December, 1982.

PÁDRAIG FLYNN,

Minister for Trade, Commerce

and Tourism.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Instrument is to enable the Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism to operate a system of surveillance on imports of tableware manufactured or produced in State-Trading Countries.