IRISH ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

These regulations prohibit the importation of live wild animals or wild birds or their eggs or spawn except under licence issued by the Minister. The regulations do not apply to live fish or their eggs or young.

These Regulations prescribe quality standards and methods and frequencies of analysis for surface fresh water used or intended for use in the abstraction of drinking water. The Regulations give effect to Council Directives No. 75/440/EEC (O.J. No. L194/26) of 16th June, 1975, and No. 79/869/EEC (O.J. No. L27¼4) of 9th October, 1979.

These Regulations revoke regulations which approved a solid fuel appliance for use in the area specified in the Special Control Area (Ballyfermot) Order 1988.

This order confirms with modification the Special Control Area (Ballyfermot Area C) Order, 1989 made by Dublin Corporation designating part of Ballyfermot a special control area within the meaning of the Air Pollution Act, 1987 .

This order confirms with modification the Special Control Area (Ballyfermot Area B) Order, 1988 made by Dublin Corporation designating part of Ballyfermot a special control area within the meaning of the Air Pollution Act, 1987 .

These Regulations prohibit the marketing in the State of gas oil, the sulphur content of which, expressed as sulphur, exceeds 0.3 per cent by weight. They do not apply to gas oil used by shipping, contained in the fuel tanks of motor vehicles entering the State, or intended for processing in the refining industry.

The Regulations give effect to Council Directive of 24 November 1975 (75/716/EEC)* as amended by Council Directive of 30 March 1987 (87/219/EEC)** on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels.

The Regulations replace the European Communities (Sulphur Content of Gas Oil) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 361 of 1977 ) and the European Communities (Sulphur Content of Gas Oil) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 326 of 1985 ).

*O.J. No. L307/22, 27.11.75.

**O.J. No. L91/19, 3.4.87.

This Order brings into operation on 1st July, 1989, the provisions of the Air Pollution Act, 1987 which relate to regulating fuels.

The purpose of these Regulations is to give legal effect to EEC Directives on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible noise levels of motorised lawnmowers. They prohibit, from 1 July, 1989, the manufacture, importation and marketing of motorised lawnmowers covered by the Regulations (except motorised cylinder mowers) unless a certificate of conformity has been issued in respect thereof and unless the lawnmower bears the manufacturer’s name, the type of the lawnmower and the relevant EEC marks; these requirements will apply to motorised cylinder mowers from 1 July, 1991.

The Regulations also provide for (i) Eolas to issue laboratory test certificates for lawnmowers, (ii) manufacturers or their authorised agents to issue certificates of conformity and for manufacturers to place the relevant EEC marks on lawnmowers indicating the maximum noise levels, (iii) periodic checks of lawnmowers to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Regulations and (iv) a review by the Minister, at the request of an aggrieved person, of a decision of Eolas in relation to a laboratory test certificate.