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S.I. No. 367/2016 - European Union (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.
2. Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System) Regulations 2010 (
S.I. No. 573 of 2010
) is amended by substituting for the definition of “Directive” the following
“ ‘Directive’ means Directive No. 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002
2
, as amended by—
(
a
) Directive 2009/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009
3
,
(
b
) Directive No. 2009/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009
4
,
(
c
) Commission Directive 2011/15/EU of 23 February 2011
5
, and
(
d
) Commission Directive 2014/100/EU of 28 October 2014
1
;”.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
1 July 2016.
SHANE ROSS,
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation thereof.)
These Regulations amend the European Communities (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System) Regulations 2010 (
S.I. No. 573 of 2010
) in order to give effect to Commission Directive 2014/100/EU which amends Directive 2002/59/EC establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system, by replacing the text of Annex III in the earlier Directive with the text in the Annex to the later Directive.
1 OJ No. L308, 29.10.2014, p.82
2 OJ No. L208, 5.8.2002, p.10
3 OJ No. L131, 28.5.2009, p.101
4 OJ No. L131, 28.5.2009, p.114
5 OJ No. L49, 24.2.2011, p.33
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
15
th July
, 2016.
I, SHANE ROSS, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 3
of the
European Communities Act 1972
(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purposes of giving effect to Commission Directive 2014/100/EU of 28 October 2014
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, hereby make the following regulations