S.I. No. 260/1993:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CEREAL SEED) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS, 1993.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CEREAL SEED) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS, 1993.

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, 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 Council Directive No. 66/402/EEC of 14 June, 1966,⁽¹⁾ as amended, hereby make the following Regulations:

⁽¹⁾ O.J. No. 125/2309, 11 July, 1966.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1993, and shall come into operation on the 20th day of September, 1993.

(2) The collective citation "the European Communities (Cereal Seed) Regulations, 1981 to 1993" shall include these Regulations.

2. In these Regulations--

"the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Cereal Seed) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 48 of 1981 );

"the Regulations of 1990" means the European Communities (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 341 of 1990 ), as amended by the European Communities (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 29 of 1992 ) and the European Communities (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 382 of 1992 ).

3. (1) Where the Minister provides a service set out in column (1) of the Table to this Regulation the fee set out in column (2) of the said Table opposite that service shall be payable by the person to whom the service is given.

(2) Regulation 21 of the Principal Regulations (inserted by the Regulations of 1990) is hereby revoked.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of September, 1993.

JOE WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations, by amending existing Regulations on the marketing of cereal seed, prescribe a revised scale of fees for cereal crop inspection and certification of cereal seed.