# Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products, Article 1: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
1..‘plant protection products’: active substances and preparations containing one or more active substances, put up in the form in which they are supplied to the user, intended to:
(a)protect plants or plant products against all harmful organisms or prevent the action of such organisms, in so far as such substances or preparations are not otherwise defined below;
(b)influence the life processes of plants, other than as a nutrient (e.g. plant growth regulators);
(c)preserve plant products, in so far as such substances or products are not subject to special ... provisions on preservatives;
(d)destroy undesirable plants; or
(e)destroy parts of plants, check or prevent undesirable growth of plants;
2..‘substances’: chemical elements and their compounds, as they occur naturally or by manufacture, including any impurity inevitably resulting from the manufacturing process;
3..‘active substances’: substances or micro-organisms including viruses, having general or specific action:
(a)against harmful organisms; or
(b)on plants, parts of plants or plant products;
4..‘preparations’: mixtures or solutions composed of two or more substances, of which at least one is an active substance, intended for use as plant protection products;
5..‘plants’: live plants and live parts of plants, including fresh fruit and seeds;
6..‘plant products’: products in the unprocessed state or having undergone only simple preparation such as milling, drying or pressing, derived from plants, but excluding plants themselves as defined in point 5;
7..‘harmful organisms’: pests of plants or plant products belonging to the animal or plant kingdom, and also viruses, bacteria and mycoplasmas and other pathogens;
8..‘product’: the active substance as defined in point 3 or combination of active substances of a plant protection product;
9..‘basic patent’: a patent which protects a product as defined in point 8 as such, a preparation as defined in point 4, a process to obtain a product or an application of a product, and which is designated by its holder for the purpose of the procedure for grant of a certificate;
10..‘certificate’: the supplementary protection certificate;
11..‘comptroller’ means the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks;
12..‘court’ means—
(a)as respects England and Wales, the High Court;
(b)as respects Scotland, the Court of Session;
(c)as respects Northern Ireland, the High Court in Northern Ireland;
13..‘EEA authorization’ means an authorization to place a plant protection product on the market which has effect in an EEA state in accordance with Regulation(EC) No 1107/2009;
14..‘patent’ means a patent which has effect in the United Kingdom;
15..“GB authorisation” means an authorisation, to place a plant protection product on the market in England and Wales and Scotland, granted or having effect as if granted under Regulation (EC) 1107/2009;
16..“NI authorisation” means an authorisation, to place a plant protection product on the market in Northern Ireland, granted or having effect as if granted in accordance with Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 as it has effect by virtue of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement;
17..“prescribed” means prescribed by rules under section 123 of the Patents Act 1977.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1996/1610/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1610/article-1
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