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This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 17th April 1995.
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(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 the Ministers or government departments specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated in relation to the matters specified in column (2) of that Schedule.
(2) Where a Minister or government department is designated in relation to any item in column (2) of the said Schedule, then, for the purposes of the said section 2(2), that Minister or government department is also hereby designated in relation to anything supplemental or related to the matters specified in that item.
(3) Where more than one Minister or government department is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, the designation of those Ministers or government departments has effect as respects the making of regulations by any of them or by more than one of them acting jointly.
(4) Regulations made by a Northern Ireland Department in pursuance of this Order, that are not made jointly with any Minister, shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.
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The designation of the Secretary of State and the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in respect of measures relating to the prohibition of the release for free circulation of goods bearing a trademark without authorisation, in the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1987, is hereby revoked.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
Article 2


(1) (2)
Ministers or Departments Matters in relation to which the Ministers or Departments are designated
The Secretary of State Measures relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
The Secretary of State and the Minister of Agriculture,, Fisheries and Food Measures relating to Community plant variety rights.
Any Northern Ireland Department The preceding items in this column.
The Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Measures relating to promotion of rural development
The Secretary of State Measures relating to competition in the markets for satellite communications and telecommunications services other than public voice telephony,, mobile and telex services,, and satellite communications and telecommunications terminal equipment.
The Secretary of State and the Commissioners of Customs and Excise Measures relating to counterfeit and pirated goods.