S.I. No. 518/2009 - European Communities (Minimum Conditions For Examining Vegetable and Plant Species) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 2009 518
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MINIMUM CONDITIONS FOR EXAMINING VEGETABLE AND PLANT SPECIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009 |
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in |
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-Iris Oifigiúil- of 18th December, 2009. |
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I, BRENDAN SMITH, 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 Directive 2009/97/EC of 3 August 2009 1 , hereby make the following Regulations: |
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining Vegetable and Plant Species) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into operation on 1 January 2010. |
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2. The European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining of Vegetable Species) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 121 of 2004 ) are amended in Regulation 2 by the substitution of the definition of Directive (as inserted by the European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining of Vegetable Species) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 421 of 2007)) the following- |
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- -Directive- means Commission Directive 2003/91/EC of 6 October 2003 2 as amended by Commission Directive 2006/127/EC of 7 December 2006 3 and Commission Directive 2009/97/EC of 3 August 2009.-. |
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3. The European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining Agriculture Plant Species) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 122 of 2004 ) are amended in Regulation 2 by substituting for the definition of Directive, of- |
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- -Directive- means Commission Directive No. 2003/90/EC of 6 October 2003 4 as amended by Commission Directive No. 2009/97/EC of 3 August 2009.-. |
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, |
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14 December 2009. |
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BRENDAN SMITH, |
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Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE |
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(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) |
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These Regulations give effect to the provisions of Commission Directive 2009/97/EC of 3 August 2009 which amends Council Directive 2003/90/EC on the Characteristics and Minimum Conditions for Examining Agriculture Plant Species and Council Directive 2003/91/EC on the Minimum Conditions for Examining of Vegetable Species |
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1 O.J. L202, p. 29, 2009/08/04 2 O.J. L254, p. 11, 2003/10/08 |
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