S.I. No. 299/1986:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MATERIAL MEASURES OF LENGTH) REGULATIONS, 1986.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MATERIAL MEASURES OF LENGTH) REGULATIONS, 1986.

I, MICHAEL NOONAN, Minister for Industry and Commerce, 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 effect to Commission Directive No. 85/146/EEC of 31 January, 1985¹, hereby make the following Regulations:

¹OJ No. L54, 23.2.85, p. 29.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Material Measures of Length) Regulations, 1986.

2. References in the European Communities (Weights and Measures of Length) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 200 of 1975 ), as amended by the Europear Communities (Material Measures of Length) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 74 of 1979 ) and in the European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 328 of 1977 ), as so amended, to Council Directive No. 73/362/EEC of 19 November, 1973² shall be construed as references to that Directive as amended by Council Directive No. 78/629/EEC of 19 June, 1978³ and by Commission Directive No. 85/146/EEC of 31 January, 1985.

²OJ No. L335. 5.12.73, p. 56.

³OJ No. L206, 29.7.78, p. 8.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of August, 1986.

MICHAEL NOONAN,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations are made to give effect to Commission Directive No. 85/146/EEC adapting to technical progress Council Directive No. 73/362/EEC, as last amended by Council Directive No. 78/629/EEC, on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to material measures of length.