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S.I. No. 166/2025 - European Union (Waste Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Waste Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
2. In these Regulations – “Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 (No. 126 of 2011)
3. Regulation 2(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting the following
“ “Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.”
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
1 May, 2025.
DARRAGH O’BRIEN,
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
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This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.
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This Statutory Instrument amends the European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 126 of 201) to clarify the Minister with responsibility for the functions set out therein and to give further effect to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives.
1 OJ No. L312, 22.11.2008, p.3
2 OJ No. L365, 19.12.2014, p.89
3 OJ No. L184, 11.07.2015, p.13
4 OJ No. L150, 14.6.2017, p.1
5 OJ No. L150, 14.6.2018, p.109
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
9
th May,
2025.
I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, 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 further effect to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008
1
on waste and repealing certain Directives, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1357/2014 of 18 December 2014
2
, Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127 of 10 July 2015
3
, Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997 of 8 June 2017
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and Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018
5
, hereby make the following regulations