S.I. No. 258/2007 - European Communities (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007


S.I. No. 258 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER) (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th June, 2007.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture 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 purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision 2007/152/EC of 6 March 2007 1 , hereby make the following regulations—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 130 of 2007 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting the following for the definition of “Commission Decision”—

“ ‘Commission Decision’ means Commission Decision 2006/805/EC of 24 November 2006 2 , Commission Decision 2007/137/EC of 23 February 2007 3 and Commission Decision 2007/152/EC of 6 March 2007;”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 May 2007

MARY COUGHLAN

Minister for Agriculture and Food

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These regulations concern import restrictions due to the incidence of Classical Swine Fever in certain parts of Hungary.

1 O.J. No. L 67 of 7.3.2007, p.10

2 O.J. No. L 329, 25.11.2006, p. 67

3 O.J. No. L 57 of 24.2.2007, p.25