S.I. No. 164/2016 - European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016.

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) Regulations 2016 (

S.I. No. 3 of 2016

)) 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. 323/2014 of 28 March 2014

4

, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 718/2014 of 27 June 2014

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and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/443 of 23 March 2016

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;”.

3. The European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

9 April 2016.

LEO VARADKAR,

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) 2016/443 of 23 March 2016 replacing 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) Regulations 2016 (

S.I. No. 3 of 2016

).

These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016.

1 OJ No. L 78, 24.3.2016, p. 51.

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

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

4 OJ No. L 95, 29.3.2014, p. 12.

5 OJ No. L 190, 28.6.2014, p. 55.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

15

th April

, 2016.

I, LEO VARADKAR, 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) 2016/443 of 23 March 2016

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, hereby make the following regulations