S.I. No. 463/2014 - European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 17th October, 2014. | ||
I, ALAN KELLY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, 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 further effect to Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 19911 , Directive 2000/60/EC of 23 October 20002 , Directive 2003/35/EC of 26 May 20033 , Directive 2006/11/EC of 15 February 20064 , Directive 2006/118/EC of 12 December 20065 and Directive 2008/98/EC of 19 November 20086 hereby make the following regulations: | ||
PART 1 | ||
PRELIMINARY | ||
Citation, commencement and application | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014. | ||
Interpretation | ||
2. In these Regulations: | ||
“The 2014 Regulations” means the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 31 of 2014 ). | ||
Amendment of 2014 Regulations | ||
3. The following Article 21(4)(b) is substituted for Article 21(4)(b) of the 2014 Regulations: | ||
“(b) When a non-selective herbicide is applied to land after 15 October the requirement in sub-article 4 (a) shall be reduced to 75% of the relevant cereal area where a contract is in place for seed crops or crops producing grain destined for human consumption which prohibits the application of a non-selective herbicide preharvest.” | ||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, | ||
13 October 2014. | ||
ALAN KELLY, | ||
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||
These Regulations amend Article 21(4)(b) of the the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2014. This amendment inserts a date after which non-selective herbicide may be used, in specific circumstances. | ||
1 O.J. No. L 375/1, 31 December 1991. 2 O.J. No. L 327/1, 22 December 2000. 3 O.J. No. L 156/17, 25 June 2003. 4 O.J. No. L 64/52, 4 March 2006. |