S.I. No. 68/2007 - European Communities (Agriculture) (Accession of Bulgaria and Romania) Regulations 2007

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Agriculture) (Accession of Bulgaria and Romania) Regulations 2007.

2. A reference in Regulations made under the

European Communities Act 1972

to a Directive cited in Article 1 of Council Directive No. 2006/104/EC of 20 November 2006 is construed and has effect as if the reference is a reference to the Directive cited in that Article as amended by the Annex to Council Directive 2006/104/EC of 20 November 2006.

GIVEN under my Official Seal

20 February 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 amend a number of Regulations made under the

European Communities Act 1972

in the field of veterinary and phytosanitary legislation to take account of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

1 O.J. No. L363 of 20.12.2006, page 352

S.I. No. 68 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AGRICULTURE) (ACCESSION OF BULGARIA AND ROMANIA) REGULATIONS 2007

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

23

rd 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 Council Directive No. 2006/104/EC of 20 November 2006

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, hereby make the following Regulations:-