S.I. No. 221 of 2009

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CONTROL OF ORGANISMS HARMFUL TO PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 3) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 19th June, 2009.

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) for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision No. 2008/776/EC of 6 October 2008 1 , 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 2009.

2. The European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 894 of 2004 ) are amended by substituting for Regulation 2(3)(b)(ii), as inserted by European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 777 of 2007), the following-

" 'the specified organism within the meaning of Commission Decision 2007/365/EC of 25 May 2007 as amended by Commission Decision 2008/776/EC of 6 October 2008';".

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

11 June 2009

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 provide emergency phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the community of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier).

1 O.J. No. L266 of 07.10.2008, p. 14