S.I. No. 79/2009 - European Communities (Bluetongue) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (BLUETONGUE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 17th March, 2009. | ||
I, BRENDAN SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purposes of giving effect to Council Directive No. 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 1 as amended by Commission Regulation No. 1304/2008/EC of 19 December 2008 2 hereby make the following regulations— | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Bluetongue) (Amendment) Regulations 2009. | ||
2. The European Communities (Bluetongue) Regulations ( S.I. No. 133 of 2008 ) are amended by the substitution of Regulation 8(3) with the following: | ||
“8. (3) By way of derogation from paragraph 1(ii) and until 31 December 2009, the importation from a restricted zone of animals which are covered by the exemption provided for in Article 8(1) of the Commission Regulation is prohibited except in the case of those animals that | ||
(a) (i) are less than 90 days old, and | ||
(ii) have been kept since birth in vector protected confinement and, | ||
(iii) the tests referred to in points 1, 3 and 4 of Section A of Annex III of the Commission Regulation have been carried out on samples taken not earlier than seven days before the date of movement, or | ||
(b) comply with the provisions of points 5, 6 or 7 of Section A of the Commission Regulation or | ||
(c) in the case of female animals, comply with the provisions of Commission Regulation 384/2008 of 29 April 2008 3 ” | ||
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GIVEN under my official Seal, | ||
11 March 2009. | ||
BRENDAN SMITH, | ||
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
This Regulation extends the transitional arrangements provided for in the European Communities (Bluetongue) Regulations ( S.I. No. 133 of 2008 ) until 31 December 2009. | ||
1 O.J. No. L 327 of 20.11.2000, p. 74. |
