S.I. No. 781 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (BLUETONGUE) (RESTRICTION ON IMPORT) (AMENDMENT) (No. 5) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

�Iris Oifigi�il� of 4th December, 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) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision No. 2007/684/EC of 24 October 2007 ¹ and Commission Decision No. 2007/688/EC of 19 October 2007 ² , hereby make the following regulations-

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restriction on Import) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restriction on Import) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 703 of 2006 ) are amended, in Regulation 2(1) by the substitution for the definition of �Commission Decision� (inserted by the European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restriction on import) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 196 of 2007 )), of-

� �Commission Decision� means Commission Decision No. 2005/393/EC of 23 May 2005, Commission Decision No. 2006/591/EC of 1 September 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/633/EC of 15 September 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/650/EC of 25 September 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/693/EC of 13 October 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/761/EC of 9 November 2006, Commission Decision No. 2006/858/EC of 28 November 2006, Commission Decision No. 2007/28/EC of 22 December 2006, Commission Decision No. 2007/146/EC of 28 February 2007, Commission Decision No. 2007/684/EC of 24 October 2007 and Commission Decision 2007/688/EC of 19 October 2007;�.

3. The European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restriction on Import) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 196 of 2007 ) are revoked.

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 import restrictions due to the incidence of bluetongue in certain parts of the European Communities.

1 O.J. No. L281, 25.10.2007, p. 28

2 O.J. No. L282, 26.10.2007, p. 52