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European Communities (Aerial Fertilisation) (Forestry) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 125 of 2012).

Country
Ireland
Type of law
Regulation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
These Regulations provide for the licensing by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the aerial application of fertilisers to forests and prohibit the aerial fertilisation of forests other than in accordance with a licence. A person engaged in aerial fertilisation shall not, in respect of the fertiliser type used, exceed the parameters regarding concentrations and the application set out in the Schedule. No aerial fertilisation shall be carried out in exclusion zones such as aquatic zones, water abstraction points and a European site as defined in regulation 2 of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/ire113906.pdf
Web site
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie
Date of text
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No
Amended by
Forestry Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 191 of 2017).
Implements
Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community (Codified version).
Repeals
European Communities (Aerial Fertilisation) (Forestry) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 592 of 2006).