S.I. No. 720 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

�Iris Oifigi�il� of 30th October, 2007.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, 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) for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive No. 2006/77/EC of 29 September 2006 ¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Undesirable Substances in Feedingstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Undesirable Substances in Feedingstuffs) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 317 of 2003 ) is amended by substituting for the definition of �Directive� the following-

��Directive� means Directive No. 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 ² as amended by Commission Directive No. 2003/57/EC of 17 June 2003 ³ ; Commission Directive No. 2003/100/EC of 31 October 2003 ⁴ ; Commission Directive 2005/8/EC of 27 January 2005 ⁵ ; (from 26 December 2006) Commission Directive 2005/86/EC of 5 December 2005 ⁶ ; Commission Directive 2005/87/EC of 5 December 2005 ⁷ ; Commission Directive 2006/13/EC of 3 February 2006 ⁸ and Commission Directive 2006/77/EC of 29 September 2006.�.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 October 2007

MARY COUGHLAN.

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations give effect to Commission Directive 2006/77/EC of 29 September 2006 which amends the maximum levels set for organochlorine compounds in animal feed in Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed.

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6 O.J. No. L 318, 06.12.2005, p.16

7 O.J. No. L 318, 06.12.2005, p.19

8 O.J. No. L32, 04.02.2006, p. 44