European Communities (Sheep Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 243/2019

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 7th June, 2019.

I, Michael Creed, 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 further effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004 of 17 December 20031 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 of 20 November 20062 , Council Regulation (EC) No 1560/2007 of 17 December 20073 , Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2008 of 23 September 20084 , Commission Regulation (EC) No 759/2009 of 19 August 20095 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 506/2010 of 14 June 20106 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 45/2012 of 19 January 20127 and Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 20138 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1505/2006 of 11 October 20069 as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1033/2010 of 15 November 201010 and Commission Decision 2006/968/EC of 15 December 200611 as amended by Commission Decision 2008/337/EC of 24 April 200812 and Commission Decision 2010/280/EU of 12 May 201013 in so far as they relate to animals of the ovine species, hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Sheep Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 June 2019.

2. In these Regulations “principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Sheep Identification) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 309 of 2011 ).

3. Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations is amended –

(a) by substituting for the definition of “Council Regulation” the following:

“‘Council Regulation’ means Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006, Council Regulation (EC) No. 1560/2007 of 17 December 2007, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 933/2008 of 23 September 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 759/2009 of 19 August 2009, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 506/2010 of 14 June 2010, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 45/2012 of 19 January 2012 and Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013;”,

(b) by substituting for the definition of “Minister” the following:

“‘Minister’ means Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;”,

(c) by substituting for the definition of “slaughter ear-tag” the following:

“‘slaughter ear-tag’ means an EID...