S.I. No. 241/1987 - European Communities (Aerosol Dispensers and Prepacked Goods) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987.


S.I. No. 241 of 1987.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AEROSOL DISPENSERS AND PREPACKED GOODS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1987.

I, ALBERT REYNOLDS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, 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 Council Directive No. 86/96/EEC of 18 March, 1986,1 hereby make the following Regulations:

1O.J. No. L80, 25.3.86, p. 55.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Aerosol Dispensers and Prepacked Goods) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987.

2. The European Communities (Aerosol Dispensers and Prepacked Goods) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 166 of 1983 ), are hereby amended by the substitution of the following definition in Regulation 2 for the definition of "the Directive":

"'the Directive' means Council Directive No. 80/232/EEC of 15 January, 19802 as amended by Council Directive No. 86/96/EEC of 18 March, 1986,".

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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of September, 1987.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Industry and

Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations give effect to Council Directive 86/96/EEC which amends Council Directive 80/232/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the ranges of nominal quantities and nominal capacities permitted for certain prepackaged products.