S.I. No. 462 of 2003 .

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2003.

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 ( No. 27 of 1972 ) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive 2003/46/EC of 4 June 2003¹ , make the following Regulations:

1.         (1)      These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2003.

(2)      The European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) Regulations 1980 to 2002, the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products)(Prohibition)(Amendment) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 219 of 2003 ), the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products)(Prohibition) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 276 of 2003 ) and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) Regulations 1980 to 2003.

2.         Regulation 2 (1) of the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) Regulations 1980 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1980 ) is amended by substituting the definition of “the Directive” for the following --

“‘Directive’ means Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000² as amended by Commission Directive 2001/32/EC of 8 May 2001³ , Commission Directive 2001/33/EC of 8 May 2001⁴ , Commission Directive 2002/28/EC of 19 March 2002⁵ , Commission Directive 2002/29/EC of 19 March 2002⁶ , Commission Directive 2002/36/EC of 29 April 2002⁷ , Council Directive 2002/89/EC of 28 November 2002⁸ , Corrigendum to Council Directive 2002/89/EC of 28 November 2002⁹ , Commission Directive 2003/21/EC of 24 March 2003¹⁰ , Commission Directive 2003/22/EC of 24 March 2003¹¹ , Commission Directive 2003/46/EC of 4 June 2003 and Commission Directive 2003/47/EC of 4 June 2003 as applied by Commission Decision 2000/700/EC of 30 October 2000¹² , Commission Decision 2001/99/EC of 18 January 2001¹³ , Commission Decision 2001/441/EC of 29 May 2001¹⁴ , Commission Decision 2002/316/EC of 29 April 2002¹⁵ , Commission Decision 2003/63/EC of 28 January 2003¹⁶ , Commission Decision 2003/248/EC of 9 April 2003¹⁷ , Commission Decision 2003/249/EC of 9 April 2003¹⁸ and Commission Decision 2003/250/EC¹⁹ ”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations implement the provisions of Commission Directive 2003/46/EC which modifies the current description of certain EU protected zones.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin 2.

¹ O.J. No. L138, 5.6.2003, p.45.

² O.J. No. L 169, 10.7.2000, p.1.

³ O.J. No. L127, 9.5.2001, p. 38.

⁴ O.J. No. L127, 9.5.2001, p. 42.

⁵ O.J. No. L77, 20.3.2002, p.23.

⁶ O.J. No. L77, 20.3.2002, p.26

⁷ O.J. No. L 116, 3.5.2002, p.16.

⁸ O.J. No. L 355, 30.12.2002, p.45.

⁹ O.J. No. L 2, 7.1.2003, p.40.

¹⁰ O.J. No. L 78, 25.3.2003, p. 8.

¹¹ O.J. No. L 78, 25.3.2003, p.10.

¹² O.J. No. L287, 14.11.2000, p.65.

¹³ O.J. No. L36, 7.2.2001, p.5.

¹⁴ O.J. No. L155, 12.6.2001, p.15.

¹⁵ O.J. No. L113, 30.4.2002, p.32.

¹⁶ O.J. No. L24, 29.1.2003. p.11.

¹⁷ O.J. No. L93, 10.4.2003, p.28.

¹⁸ O.J. No. L93, 10.4.2003, p.33.

¹⁹ O.J. No. L93, 10.4.2003, p.36.