STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 262 of 1981.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FEEDING STUFFS) (ADDITIVES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1981.

S.I. No. 262 of 1981.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FEEDING STUFFS) (ADDITIVES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1981.

I, ALAN M. DUKES, Minister for Agriculture, 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 effect to certain Commission Directives amending Council Directive No. 70/524/EEC of 23 November, 1970¹ (which Commission Directives are specified in Regulation 2 of the regulations hereunder), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Additives) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981.

(2) The collective citation “the European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Additives) Regulations, 1974 to 1981” shall include these Regulations.

2. Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Additives) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 302 of 1974 ), as amended by Regulation 3 of the European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Additives) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 6 of 1979 ), and Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Additives) (Amendment) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 250 of 1980 ), shall be construed and have effect as if the reference in the definition of “the Council Directive” to the Ninth Commission Directive No. 74/421/EEC of 23rd July, 1974² , included a reference to each of the following, namely, the Thirty-second Commission Directive No. 80/618/EEC of 26 June, 1980³ , the Thirty-fourth Commission Directive No. 80/884/EEC of 4 September, 1980⁴ , the Thirty-Fifth Commission Directive No. 80/1139/EEC of 25 November, 1980⁵ , the Thirty-sixth Com mission Directive No. 80/1156/EEC of 28 November, 1980⁶ , and the Thirty-seventh Commission Directive No. 81/332/EEC of 9 April 1981⁷ .

3. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 10th day of August 1981.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Additives) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974 to 1980, so as to bring into force amendments made in the meantime to Council Directive 70/524/EEC through the thirty-second, thirty-fourth, firty-fifth, thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh Commission Directives.

¹ OJ No. L270, 14.12.70

² OJ No. L221/29, 12.8.1974

³ OJ No. L171/36, 4.7.1980

⁴ OJ No. L251/17, 24.9.1980

⁵ OJ No. L336/42, 13.12.1980

⁶ OJ No. L343/35, 18.12.1980

⁷ OJ No. L131/1, 18.5.1981