S.I. No. 123/1983:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MEASUREMENT OF ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1983.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MEASUREMENT OF ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1983.

I, FRANK CLUSKEY, Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism, 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 Directive No. 82/624/EEC of 1 July, 1982¹, hereby make the following Regulations:

¹O.J. No. L252, 27.8.82, p. 8.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Measurement of Alcoholic Strength) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983.

2. The European Communities (Measurement of Alcoholic Strength) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 187 of 1979 ), are hereby amended by the substitution in Regulation 2 of the following paragraph for paragraph (1):

"(1) In these Regulations 'the Council Directive' means Council Directive No. 76/765/EEC of 27 July, 1976² as amended by Commission Directive No. 82/624/EEC of 1 July, 1982."

²O.J. No. L262, 27.9.76, p. 143.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 27th day of April, 1983.

FRANK CLUSKEY,

Minister for Trade, Commerce

and Tourism.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations were made to give effect as far as necessary to Commission Directive No. 82/624/EEC adapting to technical progress Council Directive No. 76/765 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to alcoholmeters and alcohol hydrometers.