S.I. No. 352/2008 - European Communities (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008.

2. The European Communities (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports) Regulations 2007 (

S.I. No. 130 of 2007

) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by the substitution for the definition of “Commission Decision” (inserted by the European Communities (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (

S.I. No. 117 of 2008

)),

“ ‘Commission Decision’ means Commission Decision No. 2006/805/EC of 24 November 2006; Commission Decision No. 2008/225/EC of 14 March 2008 and Commission Decision No. 2008/631/EC of 29 July 2008”.

3. The European Communities (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (

S.I. No. 117 of 2008

) are revoked.

GIVEN under my official Seal,

29 August 2008

BRENDAN SMITH.

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations amend

S.I. No. 130 of 2007

and gives effect to Commission Decision No. 2008/631/EC concerning animal health control measures relating to Classical Swine Fever in certain parts of the European Communities.

1 O.J. No. L 205 of 1.8.2008, p. 51

S.I. No. 352 of 2008

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER) (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

5

th September

, 2008.

I, BRENDAN SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision No. 2008/631/EC of 29 July 2008

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, hereby make the following regulations—