S.I. No. 85/2018 - European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin for Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin for Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
2. The European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin for Pesticide Residues) Regulations 2011 (
S.I. No. 426 of 2011
) are amended by substituting in Regulation 2(1) for the definition of “Commission Regulation 669/2009” the following—
“ ‘Commission Regulation 669/2009’ means Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 of 24 July 2009
2
(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
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, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 718/2014 of 27 June 2014
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, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1024 of 23 June 2016
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and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2298 of 12 December 2017) and Commission Regulation (EU) No 885/2014 of 13 August 2014
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, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/943 of 18 June 2015
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and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/186 of 2 February 2017
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;”.
3. The European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin for Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (
S.I. No. 356 of 2017
) are revoked.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
20 March 2018.
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 revise controls on the import of certain food and feed of non-animal origin from specific third countries with regard to pesticide residues.
1 OJ L329, 13.12.2017, p.26
2 OJ L 194, 25.7.2009, p. 11
3 OJ L 65, 13.3.2010, p. 16
4 OJ L 95, 29.03.2014, p.12
5 OJ L 190, 28.06.2014, p.55
6 OJ L 168, 25.06.2016, p.1
7 OJ L 242, 14.08.2014, p.20
8 OJ L 154, 19.06.2015, p.8
9 OJ L 29, 03.02.2017, p.24
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
27
th March
, 2018.
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 Regulation (EU) 2017/2298 of 12 December 2017
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, hereby make the following regulations