S.I. No. 777 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CONTROL OF ORGANISMS HARMFUL TO PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 3) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

�Iris Oifigi�il� of 30th November, 2007.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture Fisheries 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 2005/16/EC of 2 March 2005 ¹ , and Commission Directive 2007/41/EC of 28 June 2007 ² , Commission Directive 2001/32/EC of 8 May 2001 ³ (as amended by Commission Directive 2002/29/EC of 19 March 2002 ⁴ , Commission Directive 2003/21/EC of 24 March 2003 ⁵ , Commission Directive 2003/46/EC of 4 June 2003 ⁶ , Commission Directive 2004/32/EC of 17 March 2004 ⁷ , Commission Decision 2004/522/EC of 28 April 2004 ⁸ , Commission Directive 2005/18/EC of 2 March 2005 ⁹ , Commission Directive 2006/36/EC of 24 March 2006 ¹⁰ , Commission Decision 2007/212/EC of 2 April 2007 ¹¹ and Commission Directive 2007/40/EC of 28 June 2007 ¹² ), and of giving full effect to Commission Decision 2006/133/EC of 13 February 2006 ¹³ , Commission Decision 2007/365/EC of 25 May 2007 ¹⁴ , Commission Decision 2007/410/EC of 12 June 2007 ¹⁵ and Commission Decision 2007/433/EC of 18 June 2007 ¹⁶ , hereby make the following regulations-

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 894 of 2004 ), are amended-

(a) in Regulation 2(1),

(i) by the substitution for the definition of �Council Directive�, of-

� �Council Directive� means Council Directive No. 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 ¹⁷ , as amended by Commission Directive No. 2001/33/EC of 8 May 2001 ¹⁸ , Commission Directive No. 2002/28/EC of 19 March 2002 ¹⁹ , Commission Directive 2002/36/EC of 29 April 2002 ²⁰ , Council Directive 2002/89/EC of 28 November 2002 ²¹ , Commission Directive No. 2003/22/EC of 24 March 2003 ²² , Commission Directive No. 2003/47/EC of 4 June 2003 ²³ , Commission Directive 2003/116/EC of 4 December 2003 ²⁴ , Commission Directive 2004/31/EC of 17 March 2004 ²⁵ , Commission Directive 2004/70/EC of 28 April 2004 ²⁶ , Commission Directive 2004/102/EC of 5 October 2004 ²⁷ , Commission Directive 2004/103/EC of 7 October 2004 ²⁸ , Commission Directive 2004/105/EC of 15 October 2004 ²⁹ , Commission Directive 2005/77/EC of 11 November 2005 ³⁰ , Commission Directive 2006/35/EC of 24 March 2006 ³¹ , Commission Directive 2006/14/EC of 6 February 2006 ³² , Commission Directive 2005/16/EC of 2 March 2005, and Commission Directive 2007/41/EC of 28 June 2007;�;

(ii) by the insertion after the definition of �Minister�, of-

� �protected zone Directive� means Commission Directive 2001/32/EC of 8 May 2001, as amended by Commission Directive 2002/29/EC of 19 March 2002, Commission Directive 2003/21/EC of 24 March 2003, Commission Directive 2003/46/EC of 4 June 2003, Commission Directive 2004/32/EC of 17 March 2004, Commission Decision 2004/522/EC of 28 April 2004, Commission Directive 2005/18/EC of 2 March 2005, of 2 April 2007 and Commission Directive 2007/40/EC of 28 June 2007;�,

(b) by the substitution, for Regulation 2(2) and (3), of-

�(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations in the Council Directive, the protected zones Directive or a Commission Decision cited in paragraph (3) has, in these Regulations the same meaning as in the Directive or Decision in which the word or expression occurs.

(3) In these Regulations-

(a) a reference to Part B of Annex III or a reference to Part B of Annex IV to the council Directive includes a reference to the annex to the protected zones Directive,

(b) a reference to an organism is construed and has effect as if the reference includes a reference to-

(i) The pine wood nematode within the meaning of Commission Decision No. 2006/133/EC of 13 February 2006,

(ii) the specified organism within the meaning of Commission Decision No. 2007/365/EC of 25 May 2007,

(iii) the potato spindle tuber viroid within the meaning of Commission Decision No. 2007/410/EC of 12 June 2007, and

(iv) the specified organism within the meaning of Commission Decision No. 2007/433/EC of 18 June 2007.�, and

(c) by the substitution, for Regulation 17(1), of-

�17(1) A person who contravenes-

(a) Regulation 3(1), (3), 4, 5, 6, 7, 13(2), 14 or 15,

(b) Article 2, 3, or 4 of Commission Decision No. 2007/365/EC of 25 May 2007,

(c) Article 1 or 2 of Commission Decision No. 2007/410/EC of 12 June 2007, or

(d) Article 2, 3 or 4 of Commission Decision No. 2007/433/EC of 18 June 2007,

commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding �5,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or to both.�.

3. The following are revoked-

(a) the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2005, (S.I. No. 110 of 2005),

(b) the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005, (S.I. No. 135 of 2005),

(c) the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2005, (S.I. No. 238 of 2005),

(d) the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2006, ( S.I. No. 86 of 2006 ),

(e) the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006, ( S.I. No. 277 of 2006 ),

(f) the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2007, ( S.I. No. 668 of 2007 ), and

(g) the European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007, ( S.I. No. 674 of 2007 ).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 November 2007

MARY COUGHLAN.

Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These regulations provide measures to protect against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community.

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