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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
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“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th October, 2018.
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I, MICHAEL CREED, 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) for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/484 of 21 March 20181
, hereby make the following regulations:
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Ornamental Plants) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
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2. The European Communities (Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Ornamental Plants) Regulations 1994 (
S.I. No. 161 of 1994
) are amended-
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(a) in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for—
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(i) the definition of “Directive”, the following—
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“ ‘Directive’ means Commission Directive 93/49/EEC of 23 June 19932
(as amended by Commission Directive 1999/67/EC of 28 June 19993
and Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/484 of 21 March 2018), Council Directive 98/56/EC of 20 July 19984
(as amended by Council Directive 2003/61/EC of 18 June 20035
and Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 20146
), Commission Directive 1999/66/EC of 28 June 19997
and Commission Directive 1999/68/EC of 28 June 19998
;”, and
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(ii) the definition of “the Minister”, the following—
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“ ‘Minister’ means Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;”, and
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(b) in Regulation 6(1) by substituting for “3,” “3, 3a,”.
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3. The European Communities (Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Ornamental Plants) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (
S.I. No. 199 of 1994
) are revoked.
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Given under my Official Seal,
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27 September 2018.
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MICHAEL CREED,
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
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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 update existing Legislation with regard to the minimum quality standards and controls on the marketing within the European Union of ornamental plants and propagating material
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1 O.J. No. L81 of 23.03.2018, p.10
2 O.J. No. L 250 of 07.10.1993, p.9
3 O.J. No. L164 of 30.06.1999, p.78
4 O.J. No. L226 of 13.08.1998, p.16
5 O.J. No. L165 of 03.07.2003, p.23
6 O.J. No. L189 of 27.06.2014, p.1
7 O.J. No. L164 of 30.06.1999, p.76
8 O.J. No. L172 of 08.07.1999, p.42 |