Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th January, 2015.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Health, 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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1295/2014 of 4 December 2014¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

2. Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 391 of 2010 ) is amended by substituting for the definition of “EC Regulation 669/2009” (inserted by the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 454 of 2014 )) the following-

“‘EC Regulation 669/2009’ means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 669/2009 of 24 July 2009² , as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 212/2010 of 12 March 2010³ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 323/2014 of 28 March 2014⁴ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 718/2014 of 27 June 2014⁵ and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1295/2014 of 4 December 2014¹;”.

3. The European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 454 of 2014 ) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

Thursday, 8 January 2015.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Health.

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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1295/2014 of 4 December 2014 replacing Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin.

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 391 of 2010 ) in the manner specified in these Regulations.

These Regulations revoke the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 454 of 2014 ).

These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Official Controls on the Import of Food of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

1 OJ No. L 349, 5.12.2014, p.33.

2 OJ No. L 194, 25.7.2009, p. 11.

3 OJ No. L 65, 13.3.2010, p. 16.

4 OJ No. L 95, 29.3.2014, p. 12.

5 OJ No. L 190, 28.6.2014, p. 55.