S.I. No. 160/1975 - European Communities (Statistical Surveys) Regulations 1975.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Statistical Surveys) Regulations, 1975.

2. A person who contravenes Article 5 or 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3192/73

,1

Article 4 or 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 178/74

,2

Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2640/74

3

or Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1103/75,

4

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding £500 or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both the fine and imprisonment.

1

O.J. No. L 326/1 of 27.11.1973.

2

O.J. No. L 21/2 of 25.1.1974.

3

O.J. No. L 283/3 of 19.10.1974.

4

O.J. No. L 110/2 of 30.4.1975.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of July, 1975.

LIAM MAC COSGAIR,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations supplement EEC Regulations on various community statistical surveys in 1975 by prescribing penalties.

I, LIAM MAC COSGAIR, Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act, 1972

(No. 27 of 1972), hereby make the following regulations