Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th January, 2021.

I, CHARLIE MC CONALOGUE, 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 effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1540 of 22 October 2020¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Temporary Increase of Official Controls and Emergency Measures on Imports of Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.

2. The European Union (Temporary Increase of Official Controls and Emergency Measures on Imports of Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 9 of 2020 ) are amended by substituting in Regulation 3(1) for the definition of “Regulation 2019/1793” the following –

“ ‘Regulation 2019/1793’ means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/625 of 6 May 2020 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1540 of 22 October 2020; ”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

17 December, 2020.

CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE,

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 update existing Regulations with regard to additional levels of controls on the import of certain food of non animal origin from specific third countries with regard to pesticide residues and on the import of certain feed of non-animal origin from specific third countries

1 O.J. No. L353of 23.10.2020, p.4