S.I. No. 245/2012 - European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin for Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2012.

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) (No. 3) Regulations 2012.

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) for the definition of “Commission Regulation 669/2009” the following—

“ ‘Commission Regulation 669/2009’ means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 669/2009 of 24 July 2009

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as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 212/2010 of 12 March 2010

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and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 514/2012 of 18 June 2012;”.

3. The European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin for Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (

S.I. No. 213 of 2012

) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 July 2012.

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 OJ L 158, 19.6.2012, p. 2

2 OJ L 194, 25.7.2009, p. 11

3 OJ L 65, 13.3.2010, p. 16

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

13

th July

, 2012.

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. 514/2012 of 18 June 2012

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, hereby make the following regulations