S.I. No. 85/2009 - European Communities (Seed of Oil Seed Plants and Fibre Plants) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Seed of Oil Plants and Fibre Plants) (Amendment) Regulations 2009.

2. The European Communities (Seed of Oil Seed Plants and Fibre Plants) Regulations 2003 (

S.I. No. 280 of 2003

) are amended by the insertion, after Regulation 5, of—

“5A. A person shall not place on the market seed of soya bean (

Glycine max

(L.) Merr.) or linseed (

Linum usitatissimum L.

) unless the seed has been certified as—

(

a

) basic seed,

(

b

) certified seed, first generation, or

(

c

) certified seed, second generation.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

11 March 2009

BRENDAN SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

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

These Regulations amend Council Directive 2002/57/EC by limiting the marketing of seed of linseed or soya bean to seed which has been officially certified as “basic seed” or “certified seed”.

1 O.J. L 340 19.12.2008, p. 73.

S.I. No. 85 of 2009

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SEED OF OIL SEED PLANTS AND FIBRE PLANTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

20

th March

, 2009.

I, BRENDAN SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries 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. 2008/124/EC of 18 December 2008 1

, hereby make the following regulations