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S.I. No. 186 of 2000.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000.

S.I. No. 186 of 2000.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000.

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 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 Council Directive 96/25/EC of 29 April, 1996¹ and for the purposes of giving further effect to Council Directive 70/524/EC of 23 November, 1970² , as amended, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Additives in Feedingstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000.

(2) The European Communities (Additives in Feedingstuffs) Regulations, 1999 and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the European Communities (Additives in Feedingstuffs) Regulations, 1999 to 2000.

2 The European Communities (Additives in Feedingstuffs) Regulations, 1999 are hereby amended by the substitution in Regulation 2 (1) of the following definition for the definition of “the Council Directive”:

“the Council Directive” means Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November, 1970² , as amended by:

Council Directive No. 73/103/EEC of 28 April 1973³ ,

Council Directive No. 75/296/EEC of 28 April 1975⁴ ,

Council Directive No. 84/587/EEC of 29 November 1984⁵ ,

Commission Directive No. 91/248/EEC of 12 April 1991⁶ ,

Commission Directive No. 91/249/EEC of 19 April 1991⁷ ,

Commission Directive No. 91/336/EEC of 10 June 1991⁸ ,

Commission Directive No. 91/508/EEC of 9 September 1991⁹ ,

Commission Directive No. 91/620/EEC of 22 November 1991¹⁰ ,

Commission Directive No. 92/64/EEC of 13 July 1992¹¹ ,

Commission Directive No. 92/99/EEC of 17 November 1992¹² ,

Commission Directive No. 92/113/EEC of 16 December 1992¹³ ,

Commission Directive No. 93/27/EEC of 4 June 1993¹⁴ ,

Commission Directive No. 93/55/EEC of 25 June 1993¹⁵ ,

Commission Directive No. 93/107/EEC of 26 November 1993¹⁶ ,

Council Directive No. 93/114/EC of 14 December 1993¹⁷ ,

Commission Directive No. 94/17/EC of 22 April 1994¹⁸ ,

Commission Directive No. 94/40/EC of 22 July 1994¹⁹ ,

Commission Directive No. 94/41/EC of 18 July 1994²⁰ ,

Commission Directive No. 94/50/EC of 31 October 1994²¹ ,

Commission Directive No. 94/77/EC of 20 December 1994²² ,

Commission Directive No. 95/37/EC of 18 July 1995²³ ,

Commission Directive No. 95/55/EC of 31 October 1995²⁴ ,

Council Directive No. 95/69/EC of 22 December 1995²⁵ ,

Commission Directive No. 96/7/EC of 21 February 1996²⁶ ,

Council Directive No. 96/51/EC of 23 July 1996²⁷ ,

Commission Directive No. 96/66/EC of 14 October 1996²⁸ ,

Commission Directive No. 97/6/EC of 30 January 1997²⁹ ,

Commission Directive No. 97/72/EC of 15 December 1997³⁰ ,

Commission Directive No. 98/19/EC of 18 March 1998³¹ , and

Council Directive No. 96/25/EC of 29 April 1996³² ,

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Additives in Feedingstuffs) Regulations, 1999, so as to give effect to Council Directive 96/25/EC.

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