S.I. No. 18/2019 - European Communities (Official Controls On The Import Of Food Of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

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) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (

S.I. No. 327 of 2018

)) 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

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

5

, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1024 of 24 June 2016

6

, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/941 of 2 July 2018

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and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/35 of 8 January 2019

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;”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 January 2019

SIMON HARRIS,

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) 2019/35 of 8 January 2019 amending 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 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 may be cited as the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

1 OJ No. L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 77.

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.

6 OJ No. L 168, 25.6.2016, p. 1.

7 OJ No. L 166, 3.7.2018, p. 7.

1 OJ No. L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 77.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

1

st February,

2019

I, SIMON HARRIS, 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 partial effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/35 of 8 January 2019

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, hereby make the following regulations