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S.I. No. 117 of
2007
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EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES (VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2005) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007
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I, MARY COUGHLAN,
Minister for Agriculture 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 Council Directive 2006/100/EC of 20 November
2006 1 in so far as that
Directive relates to veterinary medicine, hereby makes the following
Regulations—
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Notice of the
making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
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“Iris Oifigiúil”
of 20th March, 2007.
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1. These
Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Veterinary Practice
Act 2005) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.
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2. The Veterinary
Practice Act 2005 (No. 22 of 2005) is amended, in section 43(13) by the
substitution for the definition of “Treaties”, of—
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“ ‘Treaties’ means—
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(a) the Treaty
relating to the accession of the Hellenic
Republic to the European
Communities and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Athens
on the 28th day of May 1979,
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(b) the Treaty
relating to the accession of the Kingdom
of Spain and the Portuguese
Republic to the European
Communities and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed on the 12th day
of June 1985,
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(c) the Treaty
relating to the accession of the Kingdom
of Norway, the Republic
of Austria, the Republic
of Finland and the Kingdom
of Sweden to the European
Communities signed at Corfu on the 24th day of June
1994,
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(d) the Treaty
relating to the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia,
the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania,
the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the
Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, signed
at Athens on the 16th day of April 2003, and
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(e) the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic
of Bulgaria and Romania
to the European Union, signed at Luxembourg
on the 25th day of April 2005.”
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GIVEN under my Official Seal,
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8
March 2007
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MARY COUGHLAN
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Minister for Agriculture and Food
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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 2006/100/EC in so far as it relates to veterinary medicines, in
the field of free movement of persons by reason of accession of Bulgaria
and Romania
to the European Union. The effect is that the relevant Bulgarian and Romanian
qualification for practice as a veterinary practitioner will now be
recognised in Ireland
under EU Mutual Recognition arrangements
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1 O.J. L 363 of
20.12.2006, p.141.
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