Statutory Instruments.

S.I. No. 244 of 2005 .

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PROTEIN FEEDINGSTUFFS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2005

S.I. No. 244 of 2005

European Communities (Protein Feedingstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

I, Mary Coughlan, 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 ) for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive 90/439/EEC of 24 July 1990¹ and Commission Directive 2004/116/EC of 23 December 2004² , hereby make the following regulations-

1.   (1)  These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Protein Feedingstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

(2)    The European Communities (Protein Feedingstuffs) Regulations 2004 and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the European Communities (Protein Feedingstuffs) Regulations 2004 to 2005

2.   The European Communities (Protein Feedingstuffs) Regulations 2004 are amended -

(a) in Regulation 2 (1), by substituting for the definition of “Directive” the following:

““Directive” means Council Directive 82/471/EEC of 30 June 1982³ as amended by Commission Directive 84/443/EEC of 26 July 1984⁴ , Commission Directive 85/509/EEC of 6 November 1985⁵ , Commission Directive 86/530/EEC of 28 October 1986⁶ , Commission Directive 90/439/EEC of 24 July 1990, Council Directive 90/654/EEC of 4 December 1990⁷ , Commission Directive 93/56/EEC of 29 June 1993⁸ , Council Directive 93/74/EEC of 13 September 1993⁹ , Commission Directive 95/33/EC of 10 July 1995¹⁰ , Council Directive 95/69/EC of 22 December 1995¹¹ , Council Directive 96/25/EC of 29 April 1996¹² , Directive 2000/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 April 2000¹³ , Council Directive 1999/20/EC of 22 March 1999¹⁴ , and Commission Directive 2004/116/EC of 23 December 2004;”

(b)   by substituting for Regulation 6(2) the following:

“6 (2) An authorised officer shall not enter, other than with the consent of the occupier, a private dwelling, unless he or she has obtained a search warrant under Regulation 7 other than if he or she has reasonable cause to suspect that, before a search warrant could be sought in relation to the dwelling, anything to which paragraph (1) relates is being or is likely to be destroyed or disposed.”

Explanatory Note

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

These Regulations give effect to the provisions of Commission Directive 90/439/EEC of 24 July 1990 and Commission Directive 2004/116/EC of 23 December 2004 which amends the annex to Council Directive 82/471/EEC on bioproteins in feedingstuffs.

¹ O.J. No. L 227 of 21.8.1990, p.33.

² O.J. No. L. 379, 24.12.2004, p.81.

³ O.J. No. L 213 of 21.7.1982, p.8.

⁴ O.J. No. L 245 of 14.9.1984, p.21.

⁵ O.J. No. L 314 of 23.11.1985, p.25.

⁶ O.J. No. L 312 of 7.11.1986, p.39.

⁷ O.J. No. L 353 of 17.12.1990, p.48.

⁸ O.J. No. L 206 of 18.8.1993, p. 13.

⁹ O.J. No. L 237 of 22.9.1993, p.23.

¹⁰ O.J. No. L 167 of 18.7.1995, p. 17.

¹¹ O.J. No. L 332 of 30.12.1995, p. 15.

¹² O.J. No. L 125 of 23.5.1996, p.35.

¹³ O.J. No. L 105 of 3.5.2000, p.36.

¹⁴ O.J. No. L 80 of 25.3.1999, p.20.