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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.
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S.I. No. 5
of 2000.
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (TRADE IN BOVINE
ANIMALS AND SWINE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000.
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S.I. No. 5 of 2000.
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (TRADE IN BOVINE
ANIMALS AND SWINE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000.
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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 1997 ),
and for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 64/432/EEC(1) of 26 June 1964, as amended and updated by
Council Directive 97/12/EC(2) of
17 March 1997, in so far as it relates to an identity check on bovine
animals, hereby make the following Regulations:—
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1. (a) These Regulations may be cited as
the European Communities (Trade in Bovine Animals and Swine) (Amendment)
Regulations, 2000.
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(b) The collective citation the “European
Communities (Trade in Bovine Animals and Swine) Regulations, 1997 and 2000”
shall include these Regulations.
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(c) The European Communities (Trade in
Bovine Animals and Swine) Regulations, 1997 and 2000 shall be construed
together as one.
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2. These Regulations shall
come into force on the 14th day of February, 2000.
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3. The European
Communities (Trade in Bovine Animals and Swine) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No.
270 of 1997 ) are hereby amended by the addition of a new paragraph (l)
to Regulation 4 as follows:
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“(l) in the case of a bovine animal
intended for export, have had its current status and identification and
origin confirmed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Development.”
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this
13th day of January, 2000.
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JOE WALSH,
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE.
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(This note is not part
of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
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These Regulations
implement Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems
affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine, as amended and
updated by Council Directive 97/12/EC of 17 March 1997, in so far as it
relates to an identity check for bovine animals.
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(1) O.J.
No. 121 of 29.7.1964.
(2) O.J.
No. L 109 of 25.4.1997.
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