European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 2018
• Citation: IR SI 327/2018

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 17th August, 2018.

I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Health, 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 partial effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/941 of 2 July 20181 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018.

2. Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 391 of 2010 ) is amended—

(a) by substituting for the definition of “designated point of entry (DPE)” (as amended by the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 178 of 2013 )) the following:

“‘designated point of entry (DPE)’ means a particular point of entry designated by the State pursuant to Article 17 of EC Regulation 882/2004, and listed on the website www.fsai.ie for the purposes of importation of a product listed in Annex I to EC Regulation 669/2009; in the case of consignments entering the European Economic Area by sea or by air transport from a third country, which are unloaded for the purposes of being loaded on respectively another vessel or aircraft in the same port or airport for onward travel to another port or airport in one of the territories referred to in Annex I to EC Regulation 882/2004, the designated point of entry shall be the latter port or airport;”,

(b) by substituting for the definition of “EC Regulation 669/2009” (inserted by the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 3 of 2018 )) the following:

“‘EC Regulation 669/2009’ means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 669/2009 of 24 July 20092 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 212/2010 of 12 March 20103 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 323/2014 of 28 March 20144 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 718/2014 of 27 June 20145 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1024 of 24 June 20166 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/941 of 2 July 20181;”, and

(c) by substituting for the definition of “EC Regulation 882/2004” the following:

“‘EC Regulation 882/2004’ means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April...