S.I. No. 400/2006 - European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports from Romania) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Newcastle Disease (Control on Imports from Romania) (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

2. The European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports from Romania Regulations 2006 (

S.I No. 225 of 2006

) are amended by -

(a) the substitution, for the definition of “Commission Decision” in regulation 2(1), of -

“ ‘Commission Decision’ means Commission Decision 2006/264/EC

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of 27 March 2006 as amended by Commission Decision 2006/501/EC;”,

GIVEN

under my Official Seal,

26

th

July 2006

Mary Coughlan

Minister for Agriculture and Food

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order amends

S.I No. 225 of 2006

and gives effect to Commission Decision 2006/501/EC of 14 July 2006 extending the application of certain protective measures introduced because of Newcastle Disease affecting poultry, ratites and farmed and wild game and avian products of these species imported from certain regions in Romania.

Instrument No.

Instrument Title

The European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports from Romania) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

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OJ No. L198. 20.07.2006, p 38

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OJ No. L95. 04.04.2006, p 6

S.I. No. 400 of 2006

European Communities (Newcastle Disease)(Control on Imports from Romania) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

I, Mary Coughlan, Minister for Agriculture and Food, 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 effect to Commission Decision 2006/501/EC

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of 14 July 2006, hereby make the following regulations:-