LegalizeS.I. No. 168/2025 - European Union (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 9th May, 2025.
I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, 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 further effect to Directive 2011/65/EU1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, hereby make the following regulations:
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
2.
In these Regulations – “Principal Regulations” means the European Union (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 513 of 2012 ).
3.
Regulation 3(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting the following definition after the definition of “medical device”:
““Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.”
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
1 May, 2025.
DARRAGH O’BRIEN,
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
This Statutory Instrument amends the European Union (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 513 of 2012 ) to include a definition of the Minister and to give further effect to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, as amended.
Footnotes
O.J. No. L174, 1.07.2011, page 88
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