S.I. No. 413/2001 - European Communities (Pig Carcase (Grading)) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001
I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 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 Decisions 98/284/EC of 8 April 1998 (1) and 2000/26/EC of 21 December 1999 (2) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 3127/94 of 20 December 1994 (3) hereby make the following Regulations: | ||||||
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pig Carcase (Grading)) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001 and shall come into operation on the 10th day of September, 2001. | ||||||
(2) The European Communities (Pig Carcase (Grading)) Regulations, 1988 to 1994 and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Pig Carcase (Grading)) Regulations, 1988 to 2001. | ||||||
2. In these Regulations- | ||||||
“the Principal Regulations” means the Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 365 of 1988 ) as amended by- | ||||||
• the European Communities (Pig Carcase (Grading)) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 313 of 1993 ), | ||||||
• the European Communities (Pig Carcase (Grading)) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 405 of 1993 ) and | ||||||
• the European Communities (Pig Carcase (Grading)) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 216 of 1994 ). | ||||||
3. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by - | ||||||
(a) the substitution in Regulation 3(1) in the definition of “the Commission Decision” for “and Commission Decision 94/362/EC of 20 June 1994” of “, Commission Decision 94/362/EC of 20 June 1994, Commission Decision 98/284/EC of 8 April 1998 and Commission Decision 2000/26/EC of 21 December 1999”. | ||||||
(b) the substitution in Regulation 3(1) in the definition of “the Council Regulations” for “and Council Regulation (EC) No. 3513/93 of 14 December 1993” of “, Council Regulation (EC) No. 3513/93 of 14 December 1993 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 3127/94 of 20 December 1994”, | ||||||
(c) the deletion of “— Introscope/midline” in Regulation 6, | ||||||
(d) the substitution in point 3 of Part I of the Annex for “ŷ = 50.16 - 0.772x1 + 0.324x2” of “ŷ = 60.91 - 0.839x1 + 0.150x2”, | ||||||
(e) the substitution in point 3 of Part 2 of the Annex for “ŷ = 53.41 - 0.786x1 + 0.266x2” of “ŷ = 60.30 - 0.847x1 + 0.147x2” | ||||||
and | ||||||
(f) the deletion of Part 3 of the Annex. | ||||||
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EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||||||
(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||||||
These Regulations amend the Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations, 1988 by introducing new formulae for calculating lean meat content and deleting references to the introscope/midline grading method. | ||||||
(1) O.J. No. L128 of 30.4.1998. p. 69. |