S.I. No. 423/2013 - European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2013.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2013.

2. Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) Regulations 2010 (

S.I. No. 391 of 2010

) is amended by substituting for the definition of “EC Regulation 669/2009” (inserted by the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (

S.I. No. 266 of 2013

)) the following—

“‘EC 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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, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 91/2013 of 31 January 2013

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and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 925/2013 of 25 September 20131;”.

3. The European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (

S.I. No. 266 of 2013

) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

4 November 2013.

JAMES REILLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations give effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 925/2013 of 25 September 2013 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin.

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) Regulations 2010 (

S.I. No. 391 of 2010

) in the manner specified in these Regulations.

These Regulations revoke the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (

S.I. No. 266 of 2013

).

These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2013.

1 OJ No. L 254, 25.9.2013, p. 12.

2 OJ No. L 194, 25.7.2009, p. 11.

3 OJ No. L 65, 13.3.2010, p. 16.

4 OJ No. L 33, 2.2.2013, p. 12.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

8

th November

, 2013.

I, JAMES REILLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 925/2013 of 25 September 2013

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, hereby make the following regulations