Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 26th February, 2010.

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 full effect to Council Directive No. 2009/157/EC of 30 November 2009 ¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Bovine Breeding) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

2. (1) A reference in the European Communities (Bovine Breeding) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 19 of 2009 ) or in an instrument issued under those Regulations to an act of the institutions of the European Communities repealed by Article 9 of Council Directive No. 2009/157/EC of 30 November 2009 ("Council Directive") or to a provision of the act is construed and has effect as if the reference is a reference to the Council Directive or to the equivalent provision of the Council Directive and is to be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex II to the Council Directive.

(2) Nothing in these Regulations purports to create a criminal offence or to revive criminal proceedings in respect of an event that occurred before the making of these Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 February 2010

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effect to Council Directive 2009/157/EC of 30 November 2009 on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species, which repealed and replaced Council Directive 77/504/EEC. These Regulations provide that any reference to the repealed Directive is to be construed and has effect as if the reference is to the equivalent provision of Council Directive 2009/157/EC.

1 O.J. L 323 of 10.12.2009, P.1.