Paragraph 12 Compliance checks or assessment of information under Article 43(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 where product examined before exit day
Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—
it is necessary to complete compliance checks of a plant protection product or assess information relating to the renewal of that product in accordance with Article 43(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, and
before exit day a member State or EEA state examined the application for that plant protection product in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 as it had effect immediately before exit day.
Where this sub-paragraph applies, the competent authority which examined the application for the purposes of Article 43(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 is taken to be the Secretary of State.
In sub-paragraph (1)(b), the reference to Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 as it had effect immediately before exit day in relation to an EEA state means that Article as adapted by the EEA agreement as it had effect immediately before exit day.