Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 17th October, 2014.

I, ALAN KELLY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, 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 further effect to Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991¹ , Directive 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000² , Directive 2003/35/EC of 26 May 2003³ , Directive 2006/11/EC of 15 February 2006⁴ , Directive 2006/118/EC of 12 December 2006⁵ and Directive 2008/98/EC of 19 November 2008⁶ hereby make the following regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation, commencement and application

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations:

"The 2014 Regulations" means the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 31 of 2014 ).

Amendment of 2014 Regulations

3. The following Article 21(4)(b) is substituted for Article 21(4)(b) of the 2014 Regulations:

"(b) When a non-selective herbicide is applied to land after 15 October the requirement in sub-article 4 (a) shall be reduced to 75% of the relevant cereal area where a contract is in place for seed crops or crops producing grain destined for human consumption which prohibits the application of a non-selective herbicide preharvest."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government,

13 October 2014.

ALAN KELLY,

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations amend Article 21(4)(b) of the the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2014. This amendment inserts a date after which non-selective herbicide may be used, in specific circumstances.

1 O.J. No. L 375/1, 31 December 1991.

2 O.J. No. L 327/1, 22 December 2000.

3 O.J. No. L 156/17, 25 June 2003.

4 O.J. No. L 64/52, 4 March 2006.

5 O.J. No. L 372/19, 27 December 2006.

6 O.J. No. L 312/3, 22 November 2008.