S.I. No. 103/2007 - European Communities (Avian Influenza) (Protection Measures Relating to Third Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Avian Influenza) (Protection Measures Relating to Third Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Avian Influenza) (Protection Measures Relating to Third Countries) Regulations 2006 (

S.I. No. 554 of 2006

) are amended by—

(

a

) the substitution, for the definition of “Commission Decision”, in Regulation 2(1), of—

“ ‘Commission Decision’ means Commission Decision 2005/692/EC of 6 October 2005

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as amended by Commission Decision 2006/521/EC of 25 July 2006

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and Commission Decision 2007/99/EC of 14 February 2007;”.

(

b

) the insertion, in Regulation 3 (1), of “, South Korea” before “or Malaysia”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 March 2007

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. 554 of 2006 and gives effect to Commission Decision 2007/99/EC of 14 February 2007 extending certain protective measures with regard to avian products imported from third countries to include South Korea.

1 OJ No. L. 43, 15.02.2007, p. 35

2 OJ No. L. 263, 8.10.2005, p. 20

3 OJ No. L. 205, 27.7.2006, p. 26

S.I. No. 103 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AVIAN INFLUENZA) (PROTECTION MEASURES RELATING TO THIRD COUNTRIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of

13

th March

, 2007.

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 2007/99/EC of 14 February 2007

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, hereby make the following regulations—