S.I. No. 674 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CONTROL OF ORGANISMS HARMFUL TO PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th October, 2007.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture and Food, 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 Commission Decision No. 2007/365/EC of 25 May 2007 ¹ , hereby make the following regulations-

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007.

2. In the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 894 of 2004 ), a reference to an organism is construed and has effect as if the reference includes a reference to the specified organism within the meaning of Commission Decision No. 2007/365/EC of 25 May 2007.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

24 September 2007

MARY COUGHLAN,

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations provide emergency Phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Rhynchophorusferrugineus (Oliver).

1 O.J. No. L 139 of 31.5.2007, p. 24.