S.I. No. 32/2007 - European Communities (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Cereal Seed)(Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Cereal Seed) Regulations 2001 (

S.I. No. 640 of 2001

) are amended in Regulation 2 (1), by substituting for the definition of “Directive”, the following—

“ ‘Directive’ means Council Directive No. 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966

2

as amended by Council Directive No. 69/60/EEC of 18 February, 1969

2a

; Council Directive No. 71/162/EEC of 30 March, 1971

3

; Council Directive No. 72/274/EEC of 20 July, 1972

4

; Council Directive No. 72/418/EEC of 6 December, 1972

5

; Act of Accession

6

; Council Decision of 1 January, 1973

7

; Council Directive No. 73/438/EEC of 11 December, 1973

8

; Council Decision No. 74/532/EEC of 16 October 1974

8a

; Council Directive No. 75/444/EEC of 26 June, 1975

9

; Council Directive No. 78/55/EEC of 19 December, 1977

10

; First Commission Directive No. 78/387/EEC of 18 April, 1978

11

; Council Directive No. 78/692/EEC of 25 July, 1978

12

; Council Directive No. 78/1020/EEC of 5 December, 1978

13

; Commission Directive No. 79/641/EEC of 27 June, 1979

14

; Council Directive No. 79/692/EEC of 24 July, 1979

15

; Commission Decision No. 80/755/EEC of 17 July, 1980

16

; Commission Directive No. 81/126/EEC of 16 February, 1981

17

; Directive No. 87/120/EEC of 14 January 1987

18

; Council Directive No. 88/380/EEC of 13 June 1988

19

; Commission Directive No. 88/506/EEC of 13 September 1988

20

; Commission Directive No. 89/2/EEC of 15 December 1988

21

; Commission Decision No. 89/101/EEC of 20 January 1989

22

; Commission Directive No. 90/623/EEC of 7 November, 1990

23

; Commission Directive No 93/2/EEC of 28 January, 1993

24

; Commission Directive No. 95/6/EC of 20 March 1995

25

; Council Directive No. 96/72/EC of 18 November, 1996

26

; Council Directive No. 98/95/EC of December 1998

27

; Council Directive No. 98/96/EC of 14 December, 1999

28

; Corregendum to Council Directive No. 98/95/EC of 14 December, 1999

29

; Commission Directive 1999/8/EC of 18 February 1999

30

; Commission Directive 1999/54/EC of 26 May, 1999

31

; Council Directive 2004/117/EC of 22 December 2004

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and Commission Directive No. 2006/55/EC of 12 June 2006”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

24 January 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).

These Regulations give effect to the provisions of Commission Directive 2006/55/EC of 12 June 2006 which amends Annex III to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed.

1 OJ No L159 of 13 June, 2006

2 OJ No L125 of 11 July, 1966

2a OJ No L48/1 of 26 February, 1969

3 OJ No. L87/24, 17 April, 1971

4 OJ No. L171/37, 29 July, 1972

5 OJ No. L287/22, 26 December, 1972

6 OJ Special Edition, P. 14, 27 March, 1972

7 OJ No. L2/1, 1 January, 1973

8 OJ No. L356/79, 27 December, 1973

8a OJ No. L 299/14, 7 November, 1974

9 OJ No. L196/6, 26 July, 1975

10 OJ No. L16/23, 20 January, 1978

11 OJ No. L113/13, 25 April, 1978

12 OJ No. L236/13, 26 August, 1978

13 OJ No. L350/27, 14 December, 1978

14 OJ No. L183/13, 19 July, 1979

15 OJ No. L205/1, 13 August, 1979

16 OJ No. L207/37, 9 August, 1980

17 OJ No. L67/36, 13 March, 1981

18 OJ No. L49/39, 18 February, 1987

19 OJ No. L187/31,16 July, 1988

20 OJ No. L274/44, 6 October, 1988

21 OJ No. L5/31, 7 January, 1989

22 OJ No. L38/37, 10 February, 1989

23 OJ No. L333/65, 30 November, 1990

24 OJ No. L54/20, 5 March, 1993

25 OJ No. L67/30, 25 March, 1995

26 OJ No. L304/10, 27 November, 1996

27 OJ No. L25/1, 1 February, 1999

28 OJ No. L25/27, 1 February, 1999

29 OJ No. L126/23, 1 September, 1999

30 OJ No. L50/26, 26 February, 1999

31 OJ No. L142/30, 5 June, 1999

32 OJ No. L14 18/1/2005 p18

S.I. No. 32 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CEREAL SEED) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

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

2

nd February

, 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), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive No. 2006/55/EC of 12 June 2006

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, hereby make the following regulations—