S.I. No. 275/2017 - European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
2. The European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) Regulations 2001 (
S.I. No. 306 of 2001
) are amended by substituting in Regulation 2(1) for the definition of “Directive” (as amended by the European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (
S.I. No 129 of 2014
)) the following-
“ ‘Directive’ means Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002
2
, Council Directive 2003/61/EC of 18 June 2003
3
, Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003
4
, Council Directive 2004/117/EC of 22 December 2004
5
, Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006
6
, Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26 June 2009
7
, Commission Implementing Directive 2013/45/EU of 7 August 2013
8
and Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 of 3 March 2016;”.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
27 June 2017.
MICHAEL CREED,
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 (EU) 2016/317 of 3 March 2016 which amends Council Directive 2002/55 as regards the official label of seed packages
1 OJ L 60, 05.03.2016, p. 72
2 OJ L 193, 20.07.2002, p. 33
3 OJ L 165, 03.07.2003, p. 23
4 OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1
5 OJ L 14, 18.01.2005, p. 18
6 OJ L 339, 06.12.2006, p. 12
7 OJ L 166, 27.06.2009, p. 40
8 OJ L 213, 08.08.2013, p. 20
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
30
th June
, 2017.
I, MICHAEL CREED, 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 (EU) 2016/317 of 3 March 2016
1
, hereby make the following regulations