S.I. No. 186 of 2009

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CONTROL ON MUSSEL FISHING) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 22nd May, 2009.

I, BRENDAN SMITH, 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 further effect to Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 1 as amended by Council Directive 81/854/EEC of 19 October 1981 2 , Commission Directive 85/411/EEC of 25 July 1985 3 , Council Directive 86/122/EEC of 8 April 1986 4 , Commission Directive 91/244/EEC of 6 March 1991 5 , Council Directive 94/24/EC of 8 June 1994 6 , Commission Directive 97/49/EC of 29 July 1997 7 , Council Regulation (EC) No. 807/2003 of 14 April 2003 8 , Council Directive 2006/105/EC of 20 November 2006 9 ) and Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 10 (as amended by Council Directive 97/62/EC of 27 October 1997 11 , Regulation (EC) No. 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 2003 12 and Council Directive 2006/105/EC of 20 November 2006 13 ), hereby make the following regulations:

Citation and Commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 and come into operation on 14 May 2009.

2. The European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 347 of 2008 ) are amended by the insertion in the Schedule, after paragraph (t), of-

"(u) in Dingle Bay, east of an imaginary line drawn from Latitude 52° 6 minutes 32 seconds North, Longitude 9° 57 minutes 6 54 seconds West, through Latitude 52° 6 minutes 30 seconds North Longitude 10° 1 second West, through Latitude 52° 4 minutes 53 seconds North, Longitude 9° 59 minutes 57 seconds West to Latitude 52° 4 minutes 54 seconds north, 9° 59 minutes 11 seconds West, and".

3. The European Communities (Control on mussel fishing) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 395 of 2008 ) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

7 May 2009

BRENDAN SMITH.

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

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

The effect of these Regulations is to provide for the inclusion of Dingle Bay (as defined at paragraph 2) in the Schedule to Statutory Instrument 347 of 2008.

1 OJ L 103, 1 25.4.1979

2 OJ L 319, 3 7.11.1981

3 OJ L 233, 33 30.8.1985

4 OJ L 100, 22 16.4.1986

5 OJ L 115, 41 8.5.1991

6 OJ L 164, 9 30.6.1994

7 OJ L 223, 9 13.8.1997

8 OJ L 122, 36 16.5.2003

9 OJ L 363, 368 20.12.2006

10 OJ L 206, 7 22.7.1992

11 OJ L 305, 42 8.11.1997

12 OJ L 284 1 31.10.2003

13 OJ L 363 368 20.12.2006