Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 25th September, 2015.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 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 Articles 11 to 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000¹ as amended by Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014² and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 of 25 August 2000³ as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 275/2007 of 15 March 2007⁴ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Labelling of Beef and Beef Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

2. The European Communities (Labelling of Beef and Beef Products) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 435 of 2000 ) are amended by-

(a) in Regulation 2(1) substituting the definition of

(i)“Parliament and Council Regulation” for the following:

“ ‘Parliament and Council Regulation’ means Articles 11 to 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014;”, and

(ii)“Commission Regulation” for the following:

“ ‘Commission Regulation’ means Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 of 25 August 2000 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 275/2007 of 15 March 2007.”,

(b) substituting Regulation 6 for the following:

“6.An operator shall not contravene Article 15a of the Parliament and Council Regulation in relation to voluntary labelling of beef or beef products.”,

and

(c) substituting Regulation 10 for the following:

“10. An authorised officer may require the removal from the market of beef or beef products which-

(a) do not comply with Section I of Title II of the Parliament and Council Regulation in relation to compulsory labelling of beef and beef products, or

(b) do not comply with Section II of Title II of the Parliament and Council Regulation in relation to voluntary labelling of beef and beef products.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 September 2015.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

1 OJ No. L 204, 11.8.2000, p.1

2 OJ No. L 189, 27.6.2014, p.33

3 OJ No. L 216, 26.8.2000, p.8

4 OJ No. L 76, 16.3.2007, p.12