Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 7th June, 2019.

I, Michael Creed, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 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 further effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004 of 17 December 2003¹ as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006² , Council Regulation (EC) No 1560/2007 of 17 December 2007³ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2008 of 23 September 2008⁴ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 759/2009 of 19 August 2009⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 506/2010 of 14 June 2010⁶ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 45/2012 of 19 January 2012⁷ and Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013⁸ and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1505/2006 of 11 October 2006⁹ as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1033/2010 of 15 November 2010¹⁰ and Commission Decision 2006/968/EC of 15 December 2006¹¹ as amended by Commission Decision 2008/337/EC of 24 April 2008¹² and Commission Decision 2010/280/EU of 12 May 2010¹³ in so far as they relate to animals of the ovine species, hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Sheep Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 June 2019.

2. In these Regulations “principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Sheep Identification) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 309 of 2011 ).

3. Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations is amended –

(a) by substituting for the definition of “Council Regulation” the following:

“‘Council Regulation’ means Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006, Council Regulation (EC) No. 1560/2007 of 17 December 2007, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 933/2008 of 23 September 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 759/2009 of 19 August 2009, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 506/2010 of 14 June 2010, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 45/2012 of 19 January 2012 and Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013;”,

(b) by substituting for the definition of “Minister” the following:

“‘Minister’ means Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;”,

(c) by substituting for the definition of “slaughter ear-tag” the following:

“‘slaughter ear-tag’ means an EID tag used as a means of identification of a sheep approved by the Minister and conforming with point 7 of Section A of the Annex to the Council Regulation;”,

(d) by substituting for the definition of “Sheep identification legislation” the following:

“‘Sheep identification legislation ’ means Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006, Council Regulation (EC) No. 1560/2007 of 17 December 2007, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 933/2008 of 23 September 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 759/2009 of 19 August 2009, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 506/2010 of 14 June 2010, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 45/2012 of 19 January 2012 and Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1505/2006 of 11 October 2006 as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1033/2010 of 15 November 2010 and Commission Decision 2006/968/EC of 15 December 2006 as amended by Commission Decision 2008/337/EC of 24 April 2008 and Commission Decision 2010/280/EU of 12 May 2010;”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 May 2019.

MICHAEL CREED

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Sheep Identification) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 309 of 2011 ) in the context of the extension of EID to all sheep moving from any holding with effect from 1^st June 2019.

1 O.J. No. L05, 9.1.2004, p. 8

2 O.J. No. L363, 20.12.2006, p1

3 O.J. No. L340, 22.12.2007, p25

4 O.J.L 256 24.9.2008, p5

5 O.J L 215 20.8.2009, p3

6 O.J. L149 15.6.2010, p3

7 O.J. L 17, 20.1.2012, p. 1

8 O.J. L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 1

9 O.J. L280 11.10.2006, p3

10 O.J. L298 15.11.2010, p5

11 OJ L 401, 30.12.2006, p. 41

12 OJ L 115, 29.4.2008, p. 33

13 OJ L 124, 20.5.2010, p. 5