S.I. No. 28/2025 - European Union (Occupation of Road Transport Operator) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Occupation of Road Transport Operator) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

2. The European Union (Occupation of Road Transport Operator) Regulations 2018 (

S.I No. 265 of 2018

) are amended by the insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation 3

“3A. The Minister is the national contact point for the purposes of Article 18 of the EU Regulation and Article 14(1) of Section 1 of Part A of the Annex.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

11 February, 2025.

DARRAGH O’BRIEN,

Minister for Transport.

Minister for Transport.

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 gives full effect to Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009, as well as Article 14(1) of Section 1 of Part A of Annex 31 to the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This Statutory Instrument designates a national contact point for the purposes of the Regulation and Agreement.

1 OJ No. L300, 14.11.2009, p. 51

2 OJ No. L149, 30.4.2021, p. 10

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

14

th February,

2025.

I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Transport, 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 full effect to Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009

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and for the purpose of giving effect to Article 14(1) of Section 1 of Part A of Annex 31 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part

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, hereby make the following regulations