S.I. No. 630 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MARKETING OF COMPOUND FEEDINGSTUFFS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

�Iris Oifigi�il� of 14th September, 2007.

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) and for the purposes of giving effect to Directive 2002/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 ¹ and Decision 623/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 May 2007 ² , hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Marketing of Compound Feedingstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Marketing of Compound Feedingstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 237 of 2003 ) are amended by-

(a) the deletion of Regulation 2(b)

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 September 2007

MARY COUGHLAN

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

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 Decision No. 623/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 May 2007 which amends the labelling requirements applicable to compound animal feedingstuffs.

1 O.J. No. L 63 6.3.2002, p.23

2 O.J. No. L 154 14.6.2007, p.23