S.I. No. 141/2016 - European Union (Identification of Equidae) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd March, 2016.

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 full effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 of 17 February 20151 , and giving effect to Council Directive No. 90/427/EEC of 26 June 19902 , and Commission Decision No. 92/353/EEC of 11 June 19923 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Identification of Equidae) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

2. The European Union (Identification of Equidae) Regulations 2016 is amended—

(a) At Regulation 1(1) for substituting:

These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Identification of Equidae) Regulations 2016.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

3 March 2016.

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 amend the citation to Statutory Instrument No. 26 of 2016.

1 OJ L 59, 3.3.2015, p.1

2 OJ No. L224, 18.8.1990, p.55

3 OJ No. L192, 11.7.1992, p.63