S.I. No. 640/2015 - European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining Agriculture Plant Species) Regulations 2015.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining Agriculture Plant Species) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 1 January 2016.

2. The European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining Agriculture Plant Species) Regulations 2004 (

S.I. No. 122 of 2004

) are amended by substituting in Regulation 2 for the definition of “Directive” the following-

“‘Directive’ means Commission Directive 2003/90/EC of 6 October 2003

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as amended by Commission Implementing Directive 2014/105/EU of 4 December 2014.”.

3. The European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining Agriculture Plant Species) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (

S.I. No. 313 of 2014

) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

31 December 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)

These Regulations give effect to the provisions of Commission Implementing Directive 2014/105/EU of 04 December 2014 which amends Council Directive 2003/90/EC on the Characteristics and Minimum Conditions for Examining Agriculture Plant Species.

1 OJ L 349, 5.12.2014, p. 44

2 OJ L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 7

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

19

th January

, 2016.

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 2014/105/EU of 4 December 2014

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, hereby make the following regulations