S.I. No. 640/2011 - European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin for Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin for Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.

2. The European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin for Pesticide Residues) Regulations 2011 (

S.I. No. 426 of 2011

) are amended by substituting in Regulation 2(1) the definition of “Commission Regulation 669/2009” for the following—

“ ‘Commission Regulation 669/2009’ means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 669/2009 of 24 July 2009 as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 212/2010 of 12 March 2010, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 433/2011 of 4 May 2011 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 799/2011 of 9 August 2011;”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 December 2011.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These regulations revise controls on the import of certain food of non-animal origin from specific third countries with regard to pesticide residues.

1 O.J. No.L205 of 10.08.2011, p.15

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

16

th December

, 2011.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 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 full effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No.799/2011 of 9 August 2011

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, hereby make the following regulations