S.I. No. 736/2011 - European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining Vegetable Species) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in  | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 20th January, 2012.  | ||
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 2011/68/EC of 1 July 20111 , hereby make the following regulations:  | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining Vegetable Species) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.  | ||
2. The European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining of Vegetable Species) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 121 of 2004 ) are amended by substituting in Regulation 2 the definition of “Directive” for the following—  | ||
“ ‘Directive’ means Commission Directive 2003/91/EC of 6 October 20032 as amended by Commission Implementing Directive 2011/68/EU of 1 July 2011.”.  | ||
3. The European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining Vegetable and Plant Species) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 530 of 2010 ) is revoked.  | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal,  | ||
29 December 2011.  | ||
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 2011/68/EU of 1 July 2011 which amends Council Directive 2003/91/EC on the Minimum Conditions for Examining of Vegetable Species.  | ||