S.I. No. 721 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE) (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM) (No. 2) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

�Iris Oifigi�il� of 30th October, 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), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision No. 2007/663/EC of 12 October 2007 ¹ , and Commision Decision No. 2007/664/EC of 12 October 2007² , hereby make the following Regulations-

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on imports from the United Kingdom) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on imports from the United Kingdom) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 are amended-

(a) in Regulation 2(1), by the substitution for the definition of �Commission Decision�, of-

��Commission Decision� means Commission Decision No. 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007, Commission Decision No. 2007/608/EC of 13 September 2007, Commission Decision No. 2007/663/EC of 12 October 2007, and Commission Decision No. 2007/664/EC of 12 October 2007;�,

(b) by the deletion of Regulation 10(1)(v), and

(c) by the insertion, after Regulation 10(3), of-

�(4) A person shall not bring a medicinal product, medical device manufactured utilising animal tissue, a veterinary medicinal product or an investigational medicinal product into the State from or through Great Britain unless the product is clearly labelled in accordance with Article 8(7) of the Commission Decision and is accompanied by a commercial document that complies with that provision and relates to the product or device.�.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 October 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 Commission Decision No. 2007/664/EC of 12 October 2007 concerning the importation of animals and animal products from certain parts of the United Kingdom, due to the presence of foot-and-mouth disease in that country.

1 O.J. No L270 of 13.10.2007 p. 18

2 O.J. No L270 of 13.10.2007 p. 21