S.I. No. 331/2018 - European Union (Organic Farming) (Amendment) Regulations 2018


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 17th August, 2018.

I, MICHAEL CREED, 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 full effect to Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 20071 (as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 967/2008 of 29 September 20082 and Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 20133 ), Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 20084 (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1254/2008 of 15 December 20085 , Commission Regulation (EC) No 710/2009 of 5 August 20096 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 271/2010 of 24 March 20107 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 344/2011 of 8 April 20118 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 426/2011 of 2 May 20119 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 126/2012 of 14 February 201210 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 203/2012 of 8 March 201211 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 505/2012 of 14 June 201212 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 392/2013 of 29 April 201313 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 201314 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1030/2013 of 24 October 201315 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1364/2013 of 17 December 201316 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 354/2014 of 8 April 201417 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 836/2014 of 31 July 201418 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1358/2014 of 18 December 201419 ,Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/673 of 29 April 201620 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1842 of 14 October 201621 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/838 of 17 May 201722 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/2273 of 8 December 201723 ) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 of 8 December 200824 (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 537/2009 of 19 June 200925 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 471/2010 of 31 May 201026, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 590/2011 of 20 June 201127 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1084/2011 of 27 October 201128 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1267/2011 of 6 December 201129 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 126/2012 of 14 February 201230 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 508/2012 of 20 June 201231 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 751/2012 of 16 August 201232 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 125/2013 of 13 February 201333 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 201334 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 567/2013 of 18 June 201335 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 586/2013 of 20 June 201336 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 355/2014 of 8 April 201437 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 442/2014 of 30 April 201438 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 644/2014 of 16 June 201439 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 829/2014 of 30 July 201440 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1287/2014 of 28 November 201441 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/131 of 23 January 201542 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/931 of 17 June 201543 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1980 of 4 November 201544 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2345 of 15 December 201545 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/459 of 18 March 201646 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/910 of 9 June 201647 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1330 of 2 August 201648 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1842 of 14 October 201649 , Commission Imple-menting Regulation (EU) 2016/2259 of 15 December 201650 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/872 of 22 May 201751 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1473 of 14 August 201752 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1862 of 16 October 201753 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2329 of 14 December 201754 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Organic Farming) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.

2. The European Union (Organic Farming) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 683 of 2016 ) are amended—

(a) in Regulation 26 by-

(i) substituting for “A Person” “(1) A person”, and

(ii) inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

“(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence.”,

(b) in Regulation 51 by inserting after paragraph 12 the following:

“(13) A person who contravenes paragraphs (1) or (11) commits an offence.”,

(c) in Regulation 57 by substituting for paragraphs (2) to (5) the following:

“(2) A compliance notice shall—

(a) require the person on whom it is served to take such action as specified in the notice,

(b) inform the person on whom it is served that he or she may appeal the notice in the District Court under Regulation 58, and

(c) state that if the person on whom it is served fails to comply with the notice, he or she commits an offence and is liable to the penalty mentioned in Regulation 61(a).

(3) A person to whom a compliance notice is served—

(a) shall comply with it until the notice expires or is annulled under Regulation 58, and

(b) shall not cause or permit another person to contravene the terms or conditions of the notice.

(4) A compliance notice may be modified or withdrawn in a further notice and the earlier notice has effect subject to the modification or withdrawal.

(5) A compliance notice may specify a time limit within which the person on whom it is served shall comply with the notice.

(6) A compliance notice may require the owner, occupier, operator or person in charge of any premises, an animal, product, equipment, machinery, vehicle, vessel or other thing to which the Commission Regulation, the Commission Import Regulation, the Council Regulation or these Regulations relate, to choose between two or more of the requirements specified in the notice.

(7) A compliance notice shall include an address for service of an appeal under Regulation 58.

(8) A person on whom a compliance notice is served who fails to comply with, or causes or permits another person to contravene the notice commits an offence.”,

(d) in Regulation 59 (1)(b)(ii) by substituting for “Regulation 57(5)” “Regulation 58(5)”, and

(e) in Regulation 61 by substituting for paragraph (1) and (2) the following:

“61.(1) A person who commits an offence under Regulations 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 51, 56 or 57 is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both, or

(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €250,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.

(2) A summary offence under these Regulations may be prosecuted by the Minister.”.

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Given under my Official Seal,

31 July 2018.

MICHAEL CREED,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

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