European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 110 of 2005)

1 Statutory Instruments. S.I. No. 110 of 2005 European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 DUBLIN PUBLISHED BY THE STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from the GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES OFFICE SUN ALLIANCE HOUSE, MOLESWORTH STREET, DUBLIN 2 Or by mail order from GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, POSTAL TRADE SECTION, 51 ST. STEPHEN’S GREEN, DUBLIN 2 (Tel: 01-6476834/35/36/37; Fax: 01 6476843) or through any bookseller. (Prn. A5/0311) Price: €0.76 2 S.I. No. 110 of 2005 European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 I, Mary Coughlan, Minister for Agriculture and Food, 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 effect to Commission Directive 2004/102/EC of 5 October 20041 hereby make the following regulations 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and come into operation on 1 March 2005. (2) The European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) Regulations 2004 and these Regulations may be cited together and shall be construed together as one. 2. Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 894 or 2004) is amended by substituting for the definition of “Council Directive” the following definition: " ‘Council Directive’ means Council Directive No. 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 as amended by Commission Directive No. 2001/33/EC of 8 May 2001, Commission Directive No. 2002/28/EC of 19 March 2002, Commission Directive No. 2002/36/EC of 29 April 2002, Council Directive No. 2002/89/EC of 28 November 2002, Commission Directive No. 2003/22/EC of 24 March 2003, Commission Directive No. 2003/47/EC of 4 June 2003, Commission Directive No. 2003/116/EC of 4 December 2003, Commission Directive No. 2004/31/EC of 17 March 2004, Commission Directive No. 2004/32/EC of 17 March 2004, Commission Directive No. 2004/70/EC of 28 April 2004, Commission Directive No. 2004/103/EC of 7 October 2004, Commission Directive No. 2004/105/EC of 15 October 2004 and Commission Directive No. 2004/102/EC of 5 October 2004;” 1 O.J. No L. 309, 06.10.2004, p. 9 3 GIVEN under my official seal this 23rd day of February 2005 L.S. Mary Coughlan Minister for Agriculture and Food EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) These Regulations amend Annexes II, III, IV and V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protection measures against the introduction of organisms harmful to plants and plant products and to prevent the spread of harmful organisms.