S.I. No. 6/1979:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FEEDING STUFFS) (ADDITIVES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1979.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FEEDING STUFFS) (ADDITIVES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1979.

I, JAMES GIBBONS, Minister for Agriculture, 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 Second Council Directive No. 75/296/EEC of 28 April, 1975, and to certain Commission Directives amending Council Directive No. 70/524/EEC of 23 November, 1970 (which Commission Directives are specified in Regulation 3 (b) of the Regulations hereunder), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Additives) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979.

(2) The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Additives) Regulations, 1974 and 1979.

2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Additives) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 302 of 1974 ).

3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations shall be construed and have effect as if the reference in the definition of "the Council Directive" to the Ninth Commission Directive No. 74/421/EEC of 23rd July 1974¹, included a reference to each of the following, namely:

( a ) Second Council Directive No. 75/296/EEC of 28 April, 1975², and

( b ) Tenth Commission Directive No. 75/50/EEC of 20 December, 1974³, Eleventh Commission Directive No. 75/267/EEC of 24 April, 1975⁴, Twelfth Commission Directive No. 75/696/EEC of 24 October, 1975⁵, Thirteenth Commission Directive No. 76/13/EEC of 15 December, 1975⁶, Fourteenth Commission Directive No. 76/546/EEC of 8 June, 1976⁷, Fifteenth Commission Directive No. 76/603/EEC of 21 June, 1976⁸, Sixteenth Commission Directive No. 76/933/EEC of 1 December, 1976⁹, Seventeenth Commission Directive No. 77/179/EEC of 16 February, 1977¹⁰, Eighteenth Commission Directive No. 77/471/EEC of 11 July, 1977¹¹, Nineteenth Commisison Directive No. 77/512/EEC of 26 July, 1977¹², Twentieth Commission Directive No. 78/58/EEC of 7 December, 1977¹³, Twenty-First Commission Directive No. 78/117/EEC of 23 December, 1977¹⁴, Twenty-Second Commission Directive No. 78/522/EEC of 30 May, 1978¹⁵, Twenty-Third Commission Directive No. 78/613/EEC of 23 June, 1978¹⁶, Twenty-Fourth Commission Directive No. 78/743/EEC of 28 July, 1978¹⁷, and Twenty-Fifth Commission Directive No. 78/974/EEC of 16 November, 1978¹⁸.

4. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 12th day of February, 1979.

¹ OJ No. L 22½9, 12.8.1974

² OJ No. L 124/29, 15.5.1975

³ OJ No. L 19/58, 24.1.1975

⁴ OJ No. L 118/45, 8.5.1975

⁵ OJ No. L 299/19, 19.11.1975

⁶ OJ No. L 4/21, 9.1.1976

⁷ OJ No. L 160/11, 22.6.1976

⁸ OJ No. L 198/10, 23.7.1976

⁹ OJ No. L 364/18, 31.12.1976

¹⁰ OJ No. L 60/15, 5.3.1977

¹¹ OJ No. L 180/27, 20.7.1977

¹² OJ No. L 207/53, 13.8.1977

¹³ OJ No. L 18/7, 24.1.1978

¹⁴ OJ No. L 40/19, 10.2.1978

¹⁵ OJ No. L 159/43, 17.6.1978

¹⁶ OJ No. L 198/10, 22.7.1978

¹⁷ OJ No. L 247/25, 9.9.1978

¹⁸ OJ No. L 330/30, 25.11.1978

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of January, 1979.

JAMES GIBBONS

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Additives) Regulations, 1974, so as to bring into force amendments made in the meantime to Council Directive 70/524/EEC.