S.I. No. 11/1991:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MARKETING OF FEEDINGSTUFFS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1991.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MARKETING OF FEEDINGSTUFFS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1991.

I, MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, 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 further effect to Council Directive No. 77/101/EEC of 23 November, 1976,⁽¹⁾ as amended in the manner specified in relation thereto in Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Marketing of Feedingstuffs) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 200 of 1984 ), and to Council Directive No. 79/373/EEC of 2 April, 1979,⁽²⁾ as amended in the manner specified in relation thereto in the said Regulation 2, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Marketing of Feedingstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1st day of March, 1991.

2. The Fourth Schedule to the European Communities (Marketing of Feedingstuffs) Regulations, 1984, is hereby amended:

(a) in paragraph 1, by the substitution for subparagraphs (j) and (k), of the following:

"(j) for crude fibre:

--2.1 units for declared contents of 14% or more,

--15% of the declared content for declared contents of less than 14% but not less than 6%,

-- 0.9 unit for declared contents of less than 6%;

⁽¹⁾ O.J. No. L 32/1, 3 February, 1977.

⁽²⁾ O.J. No. L 86/30, 6 April, 1979.

(k) for crude ash:

-- 1 unit for declared contents of 10% or more,

-- 10% of the declared content for declared contents of less than 10% but not less than 5%,

-- 0.5 unit for declared contents of less than 5%", and

(b) in paragraph 2, by the substitution for clauses (b) and (c) of subparagraph (ii) of the following:

"(b) Crude ash:

-- 1 unit for declared contents of 10% or more,

-- 10% of the declared content for declared contents of less than 10% but not less than 5%,

-- 0.5 unit for declared contents of less than 5%;

(c) Crude fibre:

-- 1.8 units for declared contents of 12% or more,

-- 15% of the declared content for declared contents of less than 12% but not less than 6%,

-- 0.9 unit for declared contents of less than 6%;".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 23rd day of January, 1991.

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY,

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the limits of error set out in the Fourth Schedule to the European Communities (Marketing of Feedingstuffs) Regulations, 1984, S.I. No. 200 of 1984 , in respect of crude ash and crude fibre in straight and compound feedingstuffs.