Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 16th November, 2018.

I, MICHAEL CREED, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 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 Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/1027 of 19 July 2018¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.

2. The European Union (Cereal Seed) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 217 of 2013 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of “Directive” (as amended by the European Union (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 214 of 2017 )) the following:

“‘Directive’ means Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966² (as amended by Council Directive 69/60/EEC of 18 February 1969³ , Council Directive 71/162/EEC of 30 March 1971⁴ , Council Directive 72/274/EEC of 20 July 1972⁵ , Council Directive 72/418/EEC of 6 December 1972⁶ , Council Directive 73/438/EEC of 11 December 1973⁷ , Council Directive 75/444/EEC of 26 June 1975⁸ , Council Directive 78/55/EEC of 19 December 1977⁹ , Council Directive 78/692/EEC of 25 July 1978¹⁰ , Commission Directive 79/641/EEC of 27 June 1979¹¹ , Council Directive 79/692/EEC of 24 July 1979¹² , Council Directive 86/155/EEC of 22 April 1986¹³ , Commission Directive 86/320/EEC of 20 June 1986¹⁴ , Commission Directive 87/120/EEC of 14 January 1987¹⁵ , Council Directive 88/380/EEC of 13 June 1988¹⁶ , Council Directive 90/654/EEC of 4 December 1990¹⁷ , Council Directive 96/72/EC of 18 November 1996¹⁸ , Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998¹⁹ , Council Directive 98/96/EC of 14 December 1998²⁰ , Commission Directive 1999/54/EC of 26 May 1999²¹ , Council Directive 2001/64/EC of 31 August 2001²² , Council Directive 2003/61/EC of 18 June 2003²³ , Council Directive 2004/117/EC of 22 December 2004²⁴ , Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26 June 2009²⁵ , Commission Implementing Directive 2012/1/EU of 6 January 2012²⁶ , Commission Implementing Directive 2012/37/EU of 22 November 2012²⁷ , Commission Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU of 18 March 2014²⁸ , Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2015/1955 of 29 October 2015²⁹ , Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 of 3 March 2016 and Commission Implementing Directive 2018/1027 of 19 July 2018 and 2004/842/EC: Commission Decision of 1 December 2004 (as amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/320 of 3 March 2016);”.

3. The following Regulations are revoked:

(a) The European Union (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 375 of 2016 )

(b) The European Union (Cereal Seed) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 214 of 2017 ).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 November 2018.

MICHAEL CREED,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations give effect to the provisions of Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/1027/ which amends Council Directive 66/402 as regards the isolation distances for sorghum spp.

Council Directive 66/402 sets down the principles by which cereal seed is marketed within the Community. The Directive requires each Member States implements controls to ensure cereal seed may not be placed on the market unless it has been officially certified as “basic seed”, “certified seed”, “certified seed, first generation” or “certified seed, second generation” and unless it satisfies the conditions set down in the accompanying Annexes.

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2 OJ L 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309

3 OJ L 48, 26.2.1969, p. 1

4 OJ L 87, 17.4.1971, p. 24

5 OJ L 171, 29.7.1972, p. 37

6 OJ L 287, 26.12.1972, p. 22

7 OJ L 356, 27.12.1973, p. 79

8 OJ L 196, 26.7.1975, p. 6

9 OJ L 16, 20.1.1978, p. 23

10 OJ L 236, 26.8.1978, p. 13

11 OJ L 183, 19.7.1979, p. 13

12 OJ L 205, 13.8.1979, p. 1

13 OJ L 118, 7.5.1986, p. 23

14 OJ L 200, 23.7.1986, p. 38

15 OJ L 49, 18.2.1987, p. 39

16 OJ L 187, 16.7.1988, p. 31

17 OJ L 353, 17.12.1990, p. 48

18 OJ L 304, 27.11.1996, p. 10

19 OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 1

20 OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 27

21 OJ L142, 5.6.1999, p. 30

22 OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 60

23 OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 23

24 OJ L 14, 18.1.2005, p. 18

25 OJ L 166, 27.6.2009, p. 40

26 OJ L 4, 7.1.2012, p. 8

27 OJ L 325, 23.11.2012, p. 13

28 OJ L 82, 20.3.2014, p. 29

29 OJ L 284, 30.10.2015, p.142