S.I. No. 129/2014 - European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 14th March, 2014. | ||
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 effect to Commission Implementing Directive 2013/45/EU of 7 August 20131 , hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) (Amendment) Regulations 2014. | ||
2. The European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 306 of 2001 ) are amended by— | ||
(a) substituting in Regulation 2 (1) the definition of— | ||
(i) “Annex I” for the following- | ||
“’Annex I’ means Annex I to the Directive;”, | ||
(ii) “Annex II” for the following- | ||
“’Annex II’ means Annex II to the Directive;”, | ||
(iii) “Annex III” for the following- | ||
“’Annex III’ means Annex III to the Directive;”, | ||
(iv) “Annex IV” for the following- | ||
“’Annex IV’ means Annex IV to the Directive;”, | ||
(v) “Annex V” for the following- | ||
“’Annex V’ means Annex V to the Directive;”, | ||
(vi) “EC Directive” (as amended by the European Communities (Vegetable Seed) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 920 of 2005 )) for the following- | ||
“‘Directive’ means Commission Directive No. 2002/55/EC of 13 June 20022 as amended by Council Directive 2003/61/EC of 18 June 20033 , Regulation (EC) 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 20034 , Council Directive 2004/117/EC of 22 December 20045 , Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 20066 , Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26 June 20097 and Commission Implementing Directive 2013/45/EU of 7 August 2013”, | ||
(b) in Regulation 6A(3)(b) (as substituted by the European Communities (Vegetable Seed) (Amendment) Regulations 2005) substituting “EC Directive” for “directive”, | ||
(c) deleting Regulation 25, | ||
(d) in Regulation 26 (inserted by the European Communities (Vegetable Seed) (Amendment) Regulations 2005) substituting “EC Directive” for “directive” in each place it occurs, and | ||
(e) deleting the Schedule. | ||
3. A reference in the European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) Regulations 2001 to— | ||
(a) Article 11 of Council Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 1970 shall be construed as a reference to Article 10 of the directive; | ||
(b) Article 32 of Council Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 1970 shall be construed as a reference to Article 37 of the directive; | ||
(c) Article 37 of Council Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 1970 shall be construed as a reference to Article 41 of the directive; | ||
(d) Article 39 of Council Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 1970 shall be construed as a reference to Article 36 of the directive; | ||
(e) Article 40 of Council Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 1970 shall be construed as a reference to Article 46(1),(3) and (4) of the directive | ||
in each place where it occurs. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
6 March 2014. | ||
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 give effect to the provisions of Commission Implementing Directive 2013/45/EU of 7 August 2013 which amends Council Directive 2002/55/EC as regards the botanical name of tomato. | ||
1 O.J. No. L 213, 8.8.2013, p.20 2 O.J. No. L 193, 20.7.2002, p.33 3 O.J. No. L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 23 4 O.J. No. L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1 5 O.J. No. L 14, 18.1.2005, p. 18 |