Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 5th April, 2011.

I, SIMON COVENEY, 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 Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009¹ and Commission Regulation (EU) No. 142/2011 of 25 February 2011² , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-products) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.

2. A reference in the European Communities (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-products) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 252 of 2008 ) or in an instrument issued under those Regulations-

(a) to a provision in Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002³ is to be read in accordance with the correlation table in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009, or

(b) to an enactment repealed by Article 35 of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 is construed as a reference to the relevant article of that Regulation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

31 March 2011.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

1 O.J. L300, 14.11.2009, p. 1

2 O.J. L54, 26.2.2011, p. 1

3 O.J. L273, 10.10.2002, p. 1