S.I. No. 328 of 2008

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PROTECTION MEASURES IN RELATION TO HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA OF THE SUBTYPE H5N1 IN POULTRY) REGULATIONS 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 19th August, 2008.

I, BRENDAN SMITH, 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. 2008/543/EC of 18 June 2008 ¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry) Regulations 2008.

2. The European Communities (Protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 491 of 2006 ) are amended, in Regulation 2(1) by the substitution for the definition of “Commission Decision”, of-

“ ‘Commission Decision’ means Commission Decision No. 2006/415/EC of 14 June 2006 as amended by Commission Decision No. 2007/119/EC of 16 February 2007; Commission Decision No. 2007/454/EC of 29 June 2007 and Commission Decision No. 2008/543/EC of 18 June 2008;”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 August 2008

BRENDAN SMITH

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 give effect to Commission Decision 2008/543/EC which extends the period of application of Commision Decision 2006/415/EC.

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