STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 288 of 2000

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FEEDINGSTUFFS) (METHODS OF SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000

S.I. No. 288 of 2000

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FEEDINGSTUFFS) (METHODS OF SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 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 Directive No. 2000/45/EC of 6 July 2000¹ , and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive 70/373/EEC of 20 July 1970² , as amended, hereby make the following Regulations.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000.

(2) The European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) Regulations, 1999 and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 to 2000.

2. Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) Regulations, 1999 are hereby amended by the substitution, for the definition of “prescribed method of analysis”, of the definition set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE

“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 1970² , Commission Directive 71/250/EEC of 15 June 1971³ , Commission Directive 71/393/EEC of 18 November 1971⁴ , Commission Directive 72/199/EEC of 27 April 1972⁵ , Commission Directive 73/46/EEC of 5 December 1972⁶ , Commission Directive 73/47/EEC of 5 December 1972⁷ , 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 , Commission Directive 99/79/EC of 27 July 1999²⁴ and Commission Directive 2000/45/EC of 6 July, 2000¹ .”

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 (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) Regulations, 1999, so as to give effect to Commission Directive 2000/45/EC which establishes Community methods of analysis for the determination of vitamin A, vitamin A, vitamin E and tryptophan in feedingstuffs. The Regulations should be read in conjunction with the Commission Directives.

¹ O.J. No. L174, 13.7.2000, p.32.

² O.J. No. L170, 3.8.1970, p.2.

² O.J. No. L170, 3.8.1970, p.2.

³ O.J. No. L155, 12.7.1971, p.13.

⁴ O.J. No. L279, 20.12.71, p.7.

⁵ O.J. No. L123, 29.5.72, p.6.

⁶ O.J. No. L83, 30.3.73, p.21.

⁷ O.J. No. L83, 30.3.73, p.35.

⁸ O.J. No. L206, 29.7.78, p.43.

⁹ O.J. No. L246, 29.8.81, p.32.

¹⁰ O.J. No. L257, 10.9.81, p.38.

¹¹ O.J. No. L15, 18.1.84, p.28.

¹² O.J. No. L238, 6.9.84, p.34.

¹³ O.J. No. L344, 26.11.92, p.35.

¹⁴ O.J. No. L327, 13.11.92, p.54.

¹⁵ O.J. No. L179, 22.7.93, p.8.

¹⁶ O.J. No. L234, 17.9.93, p.17.

¹⁷ O.J. No. L329, 30.12.93, p.54.

¹⁸ O.J. No. L94, 13.4.94, p.30.

¹⁹ O.J. No. L208, 24.7.98, p.49.

²⁰ O.J. No. L257, 19.9.98, p.14.

²¹ O.J. No. L318, 27.11.98, p.45.

²² O.J. No. L118, 6.5.99, p.36.

²³ O.J. No. L207, 6.8.99, p.13.

²⁴ O.J. No. L209, 7.8.99, p.23.

¹ O.J. No. L174, 13.7.2000, p.32.