Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd July, 2021.

I, CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE, 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 Directive (EU) 2021/415 of 8 March 2021 ¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

2. The European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 198 of 2002 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of “Directive” (as amended by the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No.198 of 2020 )) the following:

“‘Directive’ means Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed² (as amended by Council Directive 69/63/EEC of 18 February 1969³ , Council Directive 71/162/EEC of 30 March 1971⁴ , Council Directive 72/274/EEC of 20 July 1972⁵ , Council Directive 72/418/EEC of 6 December 1972⁶ , Council Directive 73/438/EEC of 11 December 1973⁷ , Council Directive 75/444/EEC of 26 June 1975⁸ , Council Directive 78/55/EEC of 19 December 1977⁹ , First Commission Directive 78/386/EEC of 18 April 1978¹⁰ , Council Directive 78/692/EEC of 25 July 1978¹¹ , Council Directive 78/1020/EEC of 5 December 1978¹² , Commission Directive 79/641/EEC of 27 June 1979¹³ , Council Directive 79/692/EEC of 24 July 1979¹⁴ , Commission Directive 80/754/EEC of 17 July 1980¹⁵ , Commission Directive 81/126/EEC of 16 February 1981¹⁶ , Commission Directive 82/287/EEC of 13 April 1982¹⁷ , Commission Directive 85/38/EEC of 14 December 1984¹⁸ , Council Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 of 20 December 1985¹⁹ , Council Directive 86/155/EEC of 22 April 1986²⁰ , Commission Directive 87/120/EEC of 14 January 1987²¹ , Commission Directive 87/480/EEC of 9 September 1987²² , Council Directive 88/332/EEC of 13 June 1988²³ , Council Directive 88/380/EEC of 13 June 1988²⁴ , Commission Directive 89/100/EEC of 20 January 1989²⁵ , Council Directive 90/654/EEC of 4 December 1990²⁶ , Commission Directive 92/19/EEC of 23 March 1992²⁷ , Commission Directive 96/18/EC of 19 March 1996²⁸ , Council Directive 96/72/EC of 18 November 1996²⁹ , Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998³⁰ , Council Directive 98/96/EC of 14 December 1998³¹ , Council Directive 2001/64/EC of 31 August 2001³² , Council Directive 2003/61/EC of 18 June 2003³³ , Commission Directive 2004/55/EC of 20 April 2004³⁴ , Council Directive 2004/117/EC of 22 December 2004³⁵ , Commission Directive 2007/72/EC of 13 December 2007³⁶ , Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26 June 2009³⁷ , Commission Implementing Directive 2012/37/EU of 22 November 2012³⁸ , Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 of 3 March 2016³⁹ , Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2109 of 1 December 2016⁴⁰ (as amended by Commission Implementing Directive 2018/1028 of 19 July 2018⁴¹ ), Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 of 11 February 2020⁴² ) and Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/415 of 8 March 2021 and 2004/842/EC: Commission Decision of 1 December 2004⁴³ (as amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/320 of 3 March 2016⁴⁴ );”.

3. The European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No.198 of 2018 ) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 June, 2021.

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 give effect to the provisions of Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/415 by amending the definitions contained in Directive 66/402/EEC as they relate to the botanic names given to certain varieties of hard fescue and couch grass together with names of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, sorghum and Sudan grass.

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9 OJ L 16, 20.1.1978, p23

10 OJ L 113, 25.4.1978, p.1

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13 OJ L 183, 19.7.1979, p13

14 OJ L 205, 13.8.1979, p1

15 OJ L 207, 9.8.1980, p36

16 OJ L 67, 12.3.1981, p.36

17 OJ L 131, 13.5.1982, p.24

18 OJ L 16, 19.1.1985, p.41

19 OJ L 362, 31.12.1985, p.8

20 OJ L 118, 7.5.1986, p.23

21 OJ L 49, 18.2.1987, p39

22 OJ L 273, 26.9.1987, p. 43

23 OJ L 151, 17.6.1988, p.82

24 OJ L 187, 16.7.1988, p.31

25 OJ L 38, 10.2.1989, p.36

26 OJ L 353, 17.12.1990, p.48

27 OJ L 104, 22.4.1992, p.61

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29 OJ L 304, 27.11.1996, p.10

30 OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p.1

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32 OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 60

33 OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p.23

34 OJ L 114 21.4.2004, p.18

35 OJ L 14 18.1.2005, p18

36 OJ L 329 14.12.2007, p.37

37 OJ L 166 27.6.2009, p40

38 OJ L 325, 23.11.2012, p.13

39 OJ L 60, 5.3.2016, p. 72

40 OJ L 327, 2.12.2016, p. 59

41 OJ L 184, 20.7.2018, p. 7

42 OJ L 41, 13.2.2020, p. 1

43 OJ L 362, 9.12.2004, p. 21

44 OJ L 60, 5.3.2016, p. 88