S.I. No. 128 of 2008

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF BINARY TEXTILE FIBRE MIXTURES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th May, 2008.

I, MICHEÁL MARTIN, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, 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 Directive 2007/4/EC of 2 February 2007 ¹ hereby make the following regulations-

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Quantitative Analysis of Binary Textile Fibre Mixtures) (Amendment) Regulations 2008.

2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Quantitative Analysis of Binary Textile Fibre Mixtures) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 9 of 2007 ).

3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting “, and Commission Directive 2007/4/EC of 2 February 2007¹”, after “as amended by Commission Directive 2006/2/EC of 6 January 2006 ² ”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 April 2008

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Statutory Instrument transposes Directive 2007/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 February 2007 and is a companion to Directive 2007/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 February 2008. Directive 2007/3/EC covers the names and definitions of various textile products whereas Directive 2007/4/EC covers the methods for testing these textiles. Commission Directive 2007/4/EC amends Directive 96/73/EC by adding the analytical method for testing the textile called “elastolefin”.

1 O.J. L28, 03.02.2007, p.14

2 O.J. L5, 10.01.2006, p.10