Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd August, 2016.

I, MICHAEL NOONAN, Minister for Finance, 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 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2205 of 6 August 2015¹ and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/592 of 1 March 2016² , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (European Market Infrastructure)(Amendment) Regulations 2016.

2. The European Union (European Markets Infrastructure) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 443 of 2014 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) in the definition of “prescribed contravention” by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) a provision of—

(i) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 148/2013 of 19 December 2012³ ,

(ii) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 149/2013 of 19 December 2012⁴ ,

(iii) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1247/2012 of 19 December 2012⁵ ,

(iv) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 285/2014 of 13 February 2014⁶ ,

(v) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2205 of 6 August 2015, or

(vi) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/592 of 1 March 2016,”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 July 2016.

MICHAEL NOONAN,

Minister for Finance.

1 OJ No L314, 1.12.2015, p.13.

2 OJ No L103, 19.4.2016, p. 5.

3 OJ No L52, 23.02.2013, p. 1.

4 OJ No L52, 23.02.2013, p. 11.

5 OJ No L352, 21.12.2012, p. 20.

6 OJ No L85, 21.03.2014, p. 1.