S.I. No. 787 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE) (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM) (No. 2) (THIRD AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 7th December, 2007.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries 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 effect to Commission Decision No. 2007/746/EC of 19 November 2007 ¹ , hereby make the following Regulations-

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on imports from the United Kingdom) (No. 2) (Third Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on imports from the United Kingdom) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 are amended-

(a) in Regulation 2(1), by the substitution for the definition of “Commission Decision” (inserted by the European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on imports from the United Kingdom) (No. 2) (Second Amendment) Regulations 2007), of-

“ “Commission Decision” means Commission Decision No. 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007, Commission Decision No. 2007/608/EC of 13 September 2007, Commission Decision No. 2007/663/EC of 12 October 2007, Commission Decision No. 2007/664/EC of 12 October 2007, Commission Decision No. 2007/709/EC of 31 October 2007 and Commission Decision No. 2007/746/EC of 19 November 2007;”,

(b) in Regulation 4(1)(a), by the insertion after “Article 2(4)” of “,(6)”,

(c) in Regulation 8(1)(a), by the substitution for “Article 6(3)” of “Article 6(2) or (3)”, and

(d) in Regulation 9(1)(a), by the substitution for “Article 7(3)” of “Article 7(2) or (3)”.

3. The European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on imports from the United Kingdom) (No. 2) (Second Amendment) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 763 of 2007 ) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 November 2007

MARY COUGHLAN,

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations give effect to Commission Decision (EC) No. 2007/746/EC of 19 November 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.

1 O.J. No. L 303 of 21.11.2007, p. 24.