S.I. No. 814 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE) (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM) (No. 2) (FOURTH AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

�Iris Oifigi�il� of 21st December, 2007.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries 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 Commission Decision No. 2007/796/EC of 5 December 2007 ¹ , hereby make the following Regulations-

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on imports from the United Kingdom) (No. 2) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on imports from the United Kingdom) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 are amended, in Regulation 2(1), by the substitution for the definition of �Commission Decision� (inserted by the European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restriction on imports from the United Kingdom) (No. 2) (Third Amendment) Regulations 2007), of-

�Commission Decision� means Commission Decision No. 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007, Commission Decision No. 2007/608/EC of 13 September 2007, Commission Decision No. 2007/663/EC of 12 October 2007, Commission Decision No. 2007/664/EC of 12 October 2007, Commission Decision No. 2007/746/EC of 19 November 2007 and Commission Decision No. 2007/796/EC of 5 December 2007;�.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 December 2007

MARY COUGHLAN.

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations give effect to Commission Decision (EC) No. 2007/796/EC of 5 December 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.

1 O.J. No. L 322 of 7.12.2007, p. 37.