S.I. No. 23/2015 - European Communities (Health of Aquaculture Animals and Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Health of Aquaculture Animals and Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

2. The European Communities (Health of Aquaculture Animals and Products) Regulations 2008 (

S.I. No. 261 of 2008

) are amended by substituting in Regulation 2(1), for the definition of “Council Directive” the following—

“Council Directive” means Council Directive No. 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006

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, as amended by Commission Implementing Directive 2014/22/EU of 13 February 2014”.

3. The European Communities (Health of Aquaculture Animals and Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (

S.I. No. 586 of 2013

) are revoked.

Given under my Official Seal,

19 January 2015.

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.)

This Regulation amends Annex IV to Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) (Text with EEA relevance).

1 O.J. L 44, 14.2.2014, p.45

2 O.J. L 328, 24.11.2006, p.14

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th January

, 2015.

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 effect to Commission Implementing Directive 2014/22/EU of 13 February 2014

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, hereby make the following regulations