Statutory Rule 2002 No. 21

Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

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" "the Directive" means Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market[5], as amended by - 
(a) Commission Directive 93/71/EEC[6];

(b) Commission Directive 94/37/EC[7];

(c) Commission Directive 94/79/EC[8];

(d) Commission Directive 95/35/EC[9];

(e) Commission Directive 95/36/EC[10];

(f) Commission Directive 96/12/EC[11];

(g) Commission Directive 96/46/EC[12];

(h) Commission Directive 96/68/EC[13];

(i) Council Directive 97/57/EC[14];

(j) Commission Directive 2000/80/EC[15];

(k) Commission Directive 2001/21/EC[16];

(l) Commission Directive 2001/28/EC[17];

(m) Commission Directive 2001/36/EC[18];

(n) Commission Directive 2001/47/EC[19];

(o) Commission Directive 2001/49/EC[20].".

Transitional arrangements for provisional approvals
     3. The Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be modified so that - 

(a) the inclusion of the active substance flupyrsulfuron-methyl in Annex I shall not make it necessary to revoke any approval granted under regulation 7(1) (provisional approvals), or extended pursuant to regulation 7(5), in respect of any plant protection products containing that active substance, and any such approval shall continue to have effect until the date a decision made on an application for approval under regulation 5(1) (standard approvals) has effect, or 30th November 2002, whichever is the earlier; and

(b) the inclusion of the active substance fenhexamid in Annex I shall not make it necessary to revoke any approvals issued pursuant to regulation 7(1), or extended under regulation 7(5), in respect of any plant protection products containing that active substance, and any such approvals which have expired shall be deemed to have revived until the date a decision made on an application for approval of the product under regulation 5(1) has effect, or 1st August 2002, whichever is the earlier.

Revocation
     3. The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001[21] are hereby revoked.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on


28th January 2002.

L.S.

Liam McKibben
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

[2] 1972 c. 68back

[3] 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)back

[4] S.R. 1995 No. 371, amended by S.R. 1997 Nos. 471 and 507 and S.R. 2001 No. 280 (S.R. 2001 No. 280 is revoked by the present Regulations)back

[5] O.J. No. L230, 19.8.91, p. 1 (to be read with Corrigenda published in O.J. No. L170, 25.6.92, p. 40)back

[6] O.J. No. L221, 31.8.93, p. 27 (to be read with Corrigenda published in O.J. No. L4, 6.1.96, p. 16)back

[7] O.J. No. L194, 29.7.94, p. 65back

[8] O.J. No. L354, 31.12.94, p. 16 (to be read with Corrigenda published in O.J. No. L280, 23.11.95, p. 58)back

[9] O.J. No. L172, 22.7.95, p. 6back

[10] O.J. No. L172, 22.7.95, p. 8back

[11] O.J. No. L65, 15.3.96, p. 20back

[12] O.J. No. L214, 23.8.96, p. 18back

[13] O.J. No. L277, 30.10.96, p. 25back

[14] O.J. No. L265, 27.9.97, p. 87back

[15] O.J. No. L309, 9.12.2000, p. 14back

[16] O.J. No. L69, 10.3.2001, p. 17back

[17] O.J. No. L113, 24.4.2001, p. 5back

[18] O.J. No. L164, 20.6.2001, p. 1back

[19] O.J. No. L175, 28.6.2001, p. 21back

[20] O.J. No. L176, 29.6.2001, p. 61back

[21] S.R. 2001 No. 280back