S.I. No. 5/2007 - European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restriction on Import) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restrictions on Import) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. The EC (Bluetongue) (Restriction on Import) Regulations 2006 are amended, in Regulation 2(1) by the substitution for the definition of “Commission Decision”, of—

“ ‘Commission Decision’ means Commission Decision No 2005/393/EC of 23 May 2005, Commission Decision No 2006/591/EC of 1 September 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/633/EC of 15 September 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/650/EC of 25 September 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/693/EC of 13 October 2006, Commission Decision No 2006/761/EC of 9 November 2006 and Commission Decision 2006/858/EC of 28 November 2006;”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 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 provide import restrictions due to the incidence of bluetongue in certain parts of the European Communities.

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O.J. No. L 332 of 29.11.2006, p.26.

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 purposes of giving effect to Commission Decision No 2006/858/EC of 28 November 2006

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, hereby make the following regulations—