European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) Regulations, 1999

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 289/1999
• Year: 1999

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), for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive No. 70/373/EEC of 20 July 19701 , Commission Directive 71/250/EEC of 15 June 19712 , Commission Directive 71/393/EEC of 18 November 19713 , Commission Directive 72/199/EEC of 27 April 19724 , Commission Directive 73/46/EEC of 5 December 19725 , Commission Directive 73/47/EEC of 5 December 19726 , Commission Directive 76/371/EEC of 1 March 19767 , Commission Directive 78/633/EEC of 15 June 19788 , Commission Directive 81/680/EEC of 30 July 19819 , Commission Directive 81/715/EEC of 31 July 198110 , Commission Directive 84/4/EEC of 20 December 198311 , Commission Directive 84/425/EEC of 25 July 198412 , Commission Directive 92/89/EEC of 3 November 199213 , Commission Directive 92/95/EEC of 9 November 199214 , Commission Directive 93/28/EEC of 4 June 199315 , Commission Directive 93/70/EEC of 28 July 199316 , Commission Directive 93/117/EC of 17 December 199317 , Commission Directive 94/14/EC of 29 March 199418 , Commission Directive 98/54/EC of 16 July 199819 , Commission Directive 98/64/EC of 3 September 199820 , Commission Directive 98/88/EC of 13 November 199821 , Commission Directive 99/27/EC of 20 April 199922 , Commission Directive 99/76/EC of 23 July 199923 , and Commission Directive 99/79/EC of 27 July 199924 hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) Regulations, 1999.

2. (1) In these Regulations—

“the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture and Food;

“prescribed method of analysis” means a method of analysis which is established as a Community method of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs in accordance with:—

Council Directive 70/373/EEC of 20 July 1970, Commission Directive 71/250/EEC of 15 June 1971, Commission Directive 71/393/EEC of 18 November 1971, Commission Directive 72/199/EEC of 27 April 1972, Commission Directive 73/46/EEC of 5 December 1972, Commission Directive 73/47/EEC of 5 December 1972, Commission Directive 78/633/EEC of 15 June 1978, Commission Directive 81/680/EEC of 30 July 1981, Commission Directive 81/715/EEC of 31 July 1981, Commission Directive 84/4/EEC of 21 December 1983, Commission Directive 84/425/EEC of 25 July 1984, Commission Directive 92/89/EEC of 3 November 1992, Commission Directive 92/95/EEC of 9 November 1992, Commission Directive 93/28/EEC of 4 June 1993, Commission Directive 93/70/EEC of 28 July 1993, Commission Directive 93/117/EC of 17 December 1993, Commission Directive 94/14/EC of 29 March 1994, Commission Directive 98/54/EC of 16 July 1998, Commission Directive 98/64/EC of 3 September 1998, Commission Directive 98/88/EC of 13 November 1998, Commission Directive 99/27/EC of 20 April 1999, Commission Directive 99/76/EC of 23 July 1999 and Commission Directive 99/79/EC of 27 July 1999.

“Schedule” means the Schedule to these Regulations;

“State Chemist” means the head of the State Laboratory or a person authorised by him or her in writing to perform the functions assigned to the State Chemist in these Regulations.

(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Directives specified in paragraph 1 shall, unless the contrary intention applies, have in these Regulations the same meaning that it has in the Directive.

3. (1) Where a sample is taken for the official control of feedingstuffs pursuant to the provisions of—

(a) European Communities (Marketing of Compound Feedingstuffs) Regulations, 1999;

(b) European Communities (Putting into Circulation of Feed Materials) Regulations, 1999;

(c) European Communities (Additives in Feedingstuffs) Regulations, 1999;

(d) European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) Regulations, 1998;

(e) European Communities (Feedingstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Purposes) Regulations, 1996;

(f) European Communities (Protein Feedingstuffs) Regulations, 1986.

the feedingstuff shall be sampled in accordance with the methods described in the Annex to Commission Directive 76/371/EEC.

(2) Where the State Chemist receives a sample taken pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Regulation, he or she shall comply with such prescribed method of analysis as apply in the particular case.

4. In any legal proceedings, the production of a certificate in the form specified in the Schedule to these Regulations and purporting to be signed by the State Chemist shall, without proof of any signature on the certificate or that the signatory was the proper person to sign it, be sufficient evidence of the facts stated in the certificate and of the analysis to which it relates having been carried out in accordance with these Regulations, unless the contrary is proved.

5. The following Regulations are hereby revoked.

(a) Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures (Methods of Analysis) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 249 of 1978 );

(b) European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Methods of Analysis) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 250 of 1978 );

(c) Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures (Methods of Sampling) and Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures (Methods of Analysis (Amendment) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 13 of 1980 );

(d) European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Methods of Analysis) (Amendment and Methods of Sampling) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 14 of 1980 );

(e) European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Methods of Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 261 of 1982 );

(f) European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Methods of Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 16 of 1985 );

(g) European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Methods of Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 370 of 1993 );

(h) European Communities (Marketing of Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 143 of 1994 );

(i) European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Methods of Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 269 of 1994 ).

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 8th day of September, 1999. JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture and Food.

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