S.I. No. 143/2013 - European Communities (Amendment) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2013.

1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Amendment) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2013.

2. The 1st day of May 2013 is appointed as the day on which the

European Communities (Amendment) Act 2012

(No. 21 of 2012) in so far as it relates to paragraph (ii) of the definition inserted by section 1 of that Act in the

European Communities Act 1972

shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 April 2013.

EAMON GILMORE,

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order appoints the 1st day of May 2013 as the day on which the

European Communities (Amendment) Act 2012

comes into operation insofar as it relates to the European Council Decision of 25 March 2011 amending Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

3

rd May

, 2013.

I, EAMON GILMORE, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 2

(3) of the

European Communities (Amendment) Act 2012

(No. 21 of 2012), hereby order as follows