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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
European Commun
European Communities (Leeds of Perennial Ryegrass
and Cereals) Regulation, 1973
The Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries has made
regulations, entitled as above, operative from 1 Feb.
1973.
These regulations provide for the implementation of
certain provisions of E.E.C. directives concerning the
marketing of forage crop seeds and cereal seeds as
follows :
(1) perennial ryegrass seed marketed in Ireland as
from 1 February 1973 must be certified seed of varieties
registered in the Irish National Catalogue of Agricultural
Plant Varieties;
(2) seeds of oats, barley or wheat shall not be sold
unless they comply with standards prescribed in the
regulations;
(3) a person shall not engage in the assembly, storage,
or processing of seeds of oats, barley or wheat save in
premises approved by the Minister for Agriculture and
Fisheries.
Copies of the Regulations may be obtained from the
Government Publications Sale Office, G.P.O. Arcade,
Dublin 1, or through any bookseller.
Price 4p. Postage 2£p extra.
Compensatory Amounts for Plaice under E.E.C. Regu-
lations
As from 1 February 1973 compensatory amounts
(levies) will be charged on fresh or chilled plaice (ex
tariff heading 0 3.01 B1 (o) 1) imported into Ireland.
Customs duties at the rates specified in the . Customs
and Excise Tariff of Ireland will also be payable on
such imports.
As from the same date compensatory amounts (subsi-
dies) will be granted on fresh or chilled plaice exported
from Ireland.
The rates of compensatory amounts vary according
to the freshness, size, presentation, origin and destin-
ation of the fish.
Further information on the rates of compensatory
amounts and supplies of forms of application for pay-
ment of compensatory amounts (subsidies) on exports
may be obtained.
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European Communities Act, 1972, European Commu-
nities (Fruit and Vegetable) Regulations, 1973
The Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries has made
regulations, entitled as above, operative from 1 Feb.
1973.
The regulations supplement the E.E.C. regulations
concerning compulsory grading standards for fresh fruit
and vegetables, by providing the necessary powers for
authorised officers to carry out inspection and sampling
and by prescribing penalties for offences against the
regulations.
Copies of the Regulations may be obtained from the
Government Publications Sale Office, G.P.O. Arcade,
Dublin 1, or through any bookseller.
Price l£p. Postage 2£p extra.
ities
European Communities (Bacon Levy Periods) Regula-
tions, 1973
The Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries has made
regulations entitled as above which provide that the
period from 1 January 1973 to 31 January 1973 and
from 1 February 1973 to 31 March 1973 shall be levy
periods for the purposes of Section 34 (4) of the Pigs
and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939 (No. 35 of 1939),
so that a reduced levy may be fixed from 1 February
1973 in conformity with E.E.C. pigmeat regulations.
Copies of the regulations may be obtained from the
Government Publications Sale Office, G.P.O. Arcade,
Dublin 1. Price lp, postage extra.
Fish (Regulation of Import) Order, 1973, S.I. No. 26 of
1973
Te Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
Agriculture and Fisheries has made the above-named
Order which removes the quantitative restrictions on
the import of fish other than trout or carp imported
from countries outside the European Economic Com-
munity.
Copies of the Order may be purchased from the
Government Publications Sale Office, G.P.O. Arcade,
Dublin 1, or through any bookseller. Price 2£p, postage
2£p extra.
Demersal Fish (Handling, Storage and Transport)
Regulation, 1973, S.I. No. 27 of 1973
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agri-
culture and Fisheries has made the above-named Regu-
lations amending as from 1 February 1973 the previous
Regulations to bring the grading weights of certain
species of fish into line with E.E.C. regulations.
Copies of the Regulations may be purchased from
the Government Publications Sale Office, G.P.O. Arcade,
Dublin 1, or through any bookseller. Price 2£ p, postage
2£p extra.
Shellfish (Regulation of Export) (Revocation) Order,
1973, S.I. No. 25 of 1973
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
Agriculture and Fisheries has made the above-named
Order which removes as from 1 February 1973 the
restrictions on the export of unprocessed shellfish.
Copies of the Order may be purchased from the
Government Publications Sale Office, G.P.O. Arcade,
Dublin 1, or though any bookseller. Price 2£p, postage
2£p extra.
Marriages Act, 1972
Section 2 of the Marriages Act, 1972, validates as to
form certain marriages solemnised by religious cere-
monial only in Lourdes, France. Such marriages may
now be registered in Ireland. Applications for registra-
tion (and for certificate of registration) may be made to :
Custom House, Dublin 1.
District Court (Counsel's Fees) Rules, 1973, S.I. No. 39
of 1973
These Rules, which come into operation on 1st March
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