S.I. No. 92/1995:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (INTRODUCTION OF ORGANISMS HARMFUL TO PLANTS OR PLANT PRODUCTS) (PROHIBITION) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS, 1995.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (INTRODUCTION OF ORGANISMS HARMFUL TO PLANTS OR PLANT PRODUCTS) (PROHIBITION) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS, 1995.

I, IVAN YATES, 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 purposes of giving effect to Commission Directive 95/4/EC of 21 February 1995⁽¹⁾ hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1995.

(2) The collective citation "the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) Regulations 1980 to 1995" shall include these Regulations.

2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1980 ).

3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraph (1) in the definition of "the Directive" for "and Commission Directive 94/61/EC of 15 December 1994" (inserted by the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995 ( S.I. No. 50 of 1995 )) of ", Commission Directive 94/61/EC of 15 December 1994 and Commission Directive 95/4/EC of 21 February 1995."

⁽¹⁾O.J. L.44 of 28.2.1995.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of April, 1995.

IVAN YATES,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and

Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations implement the provisions of Commission Directive 95/4/EC which amends certain annexes to Council Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the European Union of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Union.