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

6 O.J. No. L 339, 6.12.2006, p. 12

7 O.J. No. L 166, 27.6.2009, p. 40