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S.I. No. 171 of 1999.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ENERGY LABELLING OF HOUSEHOLD DISHWASHERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1999.

S.I. No. 171 of 1999.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ENERGY LABELLING OF HOUSEHOLD DISHWASHERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1999.

I, MARY O'ROURKE, Minister for Public Enterprise, in 1exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1992 (No. 27 of 1972) , and for the purposes of giving effect to Commission Directive 1999/9/EC of 26 February 1999¹ , hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Energy Labelling of Household Dishwashers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999.

2. The European Communities (Energy Labelling of Household Dishwashers) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No. 210 of 1998 ), are hereby amended-

(a) in Regulation 2 (1) (c), by the substitution for “1st day of July, 1998” of “1st day of March, 1999”.

(b) in Regulation 3 (2), by the substitution for “31st day of December, 1998” of “31st day of July, 1999”, and

(c) in Regulation 5 (3), by the substitution for “31st day of December, 1998” of “31 day of July, 1999”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

The purpose of the Regulation is to give legal effect to Commission Directive 1999/9/EC of 26 February 1999 and Council Directive 92/75/EEC of 22nd September, 1992 in so far as they relate to dishwashers.

The Regulations come into operation on 1 March, 1999 and amend European Communities (Energy Labelling of Household Dishwashers) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No.210 of 1998 ). The Regulations permit until 31 July, 1999 the placing on the market, for sale, hire or reward, of dishwashers which do not conform with the Directives.

¹ O.J. No. L56, 4.3.1999, p.46