S.I. No. 85/2009 - European Communities (Seed of Oil Seed Plants and Fibre Plants) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SEED OF OIL SEED PLANTS AND FIBRE PLANTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 20th 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), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive No. 2008/124/EC of 18 December 2008 1 , hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Seed of Oil Plants and Fibre Plants) (Amendment) Regulations 2009. | ||
2. The European Communities (Seed of Oil Seed Plants and Fibre Plants) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 280 of 2003 ) are amended by the insertion, after Regulation 5, of— | ||
“5A. A person shall not place on the market seed of soya bean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) or linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) unless the seed has been certified as— | ||
(a) basic seed, | ||
(b) certified seed, first generation, or | ||
(c) certified seed, second generation.”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
11 March 2009 | ||
BRENDAN SMITH, | ||
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTES | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||
These Regulations amend Council Directive 2002/57/EC by limiting the marketing of seed of linseed or soya bean to seed which has been officially certified as “basic seed” or “certified seed”. | ||
