S.I. No. 124/1996 - European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996.
S.I. No. 124 of 1996. | ||
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (INDICATION OF PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS AND NON-FOOD PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1996. | ||
I, RICHARD BRUTON, Minister for Enterprise and Employment, 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 European Parliament and Council Directive No. 95/58/EC of 29 November 1995*, hereby make the following Regulations: | ||
* O.J. No. L299, 12.12.1995, p.11. 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996. | ||
(2) These Regulations and the European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 329 of 1991 ), and the European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1993 ), may be cited together as the European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) Regulations, 1991 to 1996. | ||
(3) These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 7th day of June, 1995. 2. The European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) Regulations, 1991, are hereby amended— | ||
( a ) in paragraph (1) of Regulation 2— | ||
(i) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "the Foodstuffs Directive": | ||
"'the Foodstuffs Directive' means Council Directive No. 79/581/EEC of 19th June, 19791, as amended by Council Directive No. 88/315/EEC of 7th June, 19882, and European Parliament and Council Directive No. 95/58/EC of 29th November, 19954;", | ||
1 O.J No. L158, 26.6.1979, p.19. | ||
2 O.J No. L142, 9.6.1988, p.23. | ||
4 O.J No. L299, 12.12.1995, p.11. | ||
and | ||
(ii) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "the Non-Food Products Directive": | ||
"'the Non-Food Products Directive' means Council Directive No. 88/314/EEC of 7th June 1988, as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive No. 95/58/EC of 29th November, 19954;", | ||
3 O.J No. L142, 9.6.1988, p.19. | ||
and | ||
( b ) in paragraphs (2) and (3) of Regulation 3 by the substitution of "the 6th day of June, 1997" for "the 6th day of June, 1995". | ||
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of May, 1996. | ||
RICHARD BRUTON, | ||
Minister for Enterprise and Employment. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
These Regulations have been made to give effect to European Parliament and Council Directive No. 95/58/EC, which amends Council Directive No. 79/581/EEC as amended by Council Directives No. 88/314/EEC and 88/315/EEC. | ||
These Regulations amend the European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) Regulations, 1991. | ||
It is the intention of the amending Regulations to retrospectively extend, by a further two years, an existing deadline of 6th June, 1995. It had originally been intended that the requirement to indicate the unit-price for all prepackaged goods would come into effect on that date. This requirement will now come into effect on 6th June, 1997. |